Christmas Craft Idea . . .

Even much worse than a storm or a riot, is a bunch of kids who are suddenly quiet . . . Go find them and try making . . .

Homemade Silly Putty

1 cup Elmer's glue
1 cup liquid starch
food coloring

Put glue and coloring in plastic container. Add starch, a little at a time, stirring constantly. Keep stirring until mixture holds together like putty. Test with your fingers, if too sticky, add more starch in small amounts until mass is smooth and rubbery. Now, you have fun! The putty stretches, bounces and takes transfers off the Sunday comics. Store in an airtight container. A Christmas gift idea for your children to make for their friends?

Sharing the Poetry Corner . . .

Promises

Promises are made
To be broken,
Forgotten,
Neglected.
They are lightly given
To remain unfulfilled.
Unkept promises,
However,
Are really harmless,
Painless,
As long as you are
Not the waiting
Recipient of one.

B. Munsell 773

Mixing your apples with oranges . . .

My husband was visiting family a few years ago. They are all against abortion but have seldom, if ever, voted for a candidate that supported the unborn's right to life. The conversation at the dinner table turned to the subject of life and one of his siblings pointed a finger at my husband and said, "How can you say you are pro-life when you aren't against the death penalty." My husband looked at him and said, "Isn't there a difference between a hardened criminal who finds him or herself on the wrong side of the law and an innocent baby who had no choice in being conceived?"

All too often, we get the same agenda from liberal friends about having so much compassion for the unborn yet none for our fellow man. To me, the subject is not one but two distinct topics and should not be jumbled together for the vote. How many people die from death row vs. how many babies are aborted each and every day? Is there a bit of a difference here? And, how can friends and family throw all rights to life under the bus because a murderer may have to pay for his crime?

When I think pro-life, my thoughts are entirely on the unborn who have been deprived of a voice in this world. A criminal has had a life, has had the opportunity to use his life as he saw fit, and may, at some point, have to pay retribution for their choices. I, personally, would prefer they get life without chance of parole . . . ever and leave it at that. I do not want to mix the unborn with those having earned attention by their violent actions.

It is very sad to me that my relatives do attend church yet would continually jeopardize the lives of millions because they get stuck on a comparsion that doesn't really mesh with the reality. Apples and oranges can't really be compared as they are quite different fruits. Abortion and the death penalty can't really be compared as they are quite different - one deals with the innocent and the other deals with criminals. One has not choice and the other had a life time of choices.