tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post2391522122423077681..comments2024-02-19T23:01:34.366+11:00Comments on eglantine's cake:: Points of ViewPenni Russonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-13558972951394670102008-07-01T19:15:00.000+10:002008-07-01T19:15:00.000+10:00Ah, I think the beauty thing may be even more diff...Ah, I think the beauty thing may be even more difficult than the religion thing! My parents went the way of trying to avoid me having a 'big head'... I think I would rather have a big ego. But of course the in-between is preferred (confident, but not believing beauty is the be all and end all)... just... how does one do it? *shrugs*<BR/><BR/>As usual, Fred is thoroughly entertaining!eleanor bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642298362764360355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-86080233006186703202008-06-27T17:58:00.000+10:002008-06-27T17:58:00.000+10:00I'm a fan of your work, especially your poignant s...I'm a fan of your work, especially your poignant stories about your family. Being the voyeur that i am, i've seen your photos of your girls on flickr and as a totally unbiased random person, i agree that she is beautiful. How could any little girl (or boy) with blond hair be anything but :) And my friend told me the other day there are no ugly people, if only more people were like him.<BR/><BR/>from, a little girl who always wished she had blond hair, even now she's not so little anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-36237079668843824142008-06-25T16:37:00.000+10:002008-06-25T16:37:00.000+10:00Do you remember little Ep, say 7-ish, and her frec...Do you remember little Ep, say <BR/>7-ish, and her freckles? Covers two bits of the story I'd say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-9397770614348671732008-06-25T01:23:00.000+10:002008-06-25T01:23:00.000+10:00Lovely. And funny.2) breaks my heart, too ... it's...Lovely. And funny.<BR/><BR/>2) breaks my heart, too ... it's awful how young the 'not good enough' stuff starts<BR/><BR/>3) very sensible. And her reaction was very sensible too, adding God to her pantheon of imaginary friends.<BR/><BR/>F asked me if God was a myth, to which I said 'YES!'<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your break ... sounds heavenly ... (no pun originally intended)Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-44772619737165085242008-06-24T17:03:00.000+10:002008-06-24T17:03:00.000+10:00I've had some hysterical conversations with my eld...I've had some hysterical conversations with my eldest about God, because he went to a Uniting preschool. They did a great version of religion, so it was pretty easy to agree with the sentiment and point out that not everyone believes it. I particularly liked the bit where God was a girl in a white dress, not to be confused with the angels who wear purple (obviously!).<BR/><BR/>I love the world view. Very astute!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the beauty contest thing, it gives me time to think of an answer. Something about having to decide who is prettiest, which is silly because everyone is beautiful to someone. And I really mean that - when my friends comment on who they find attractive in both genders, I am reminded that it is an absolute truth!Arianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977679825245376111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-31386417894932015542008-06-24T05:06:00.000+10:002008-06-24T05:06:00.000+10:00Ah yes, it begins. Lulu was asking me who 'made' h...Ah yes, it begins. Lulu was asking me who 'made' her the other day and I was explaining that she was made inside my belly etc and grew inside me, that Mum and Dad made her. Hard enough to explain right?<BR/>Asha pipes up with, no, God made us, God made all the people. <BR/>"Wot?!!" <BR/>After much prodding found out that she learned this from a video through the school. The government school she goes to which has quite a lot of religious learning (all Christian). <BR/>Like you I went on to explain that 'some people' believe and even tried to quash the notion that God is an 'old man'. <BR/>It's all too hard. I wish that this school wasn't like it, in fact it has been taken to the Human Right's Commission over it. <BR/>Very hard to tell a child that she should believe the 'facts' that she is taught at school when they are teaching 'facts' about religion!Dustyjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955412787148833024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-48703220440445466572008-06-23T23:31:00.000+10:002008-06-23T23:31:00.000+10:00That's really gorgeous Pen.Alexander is most inter...That's really gorgeous Pen.<BR/><BR/>Alexander is most interested in God. He's at a Quaker school, so it's going to be part of the curriculum and we are fine with that. He wonders a lot about God and asks what God made, makes really perceptive comments about it all.<BR/><BR/>He used to ask if God made John Howard. *sigh* He's not really interested in politics now that the Libs have gone. *deeper sigh*Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241518311069179507noreply@blogger.com