A Monster That Has Eaten A Person

Last updated on: November 11, 2011 at 5:00 am by Rachel Marie Stone

A Monster That Has Eaten A Person 2011-11-11T05:00:04-04:00 Rachel Marie Stone

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

As I type this, my two rambunctious boys are running around, screaming, playing, fighting…

{real time quote}

“I’m the sheriff…I mean, I’m the judge…I mean..”

It’s been a rainy day, and while it’s been mostly a peaceful one, sometimes the running in the house and the toilet jokes and the general little-boy-ness of it all just gets to me and my mind runs involuntarily to images of my American Girl doll packed lovingly away, waiting for my daughter to play quietly and respectfully with it.

{And then, you know, my grad-school self rebukes me for such shamelessly gender-biased assumptions and then I tell my grad-school self to be quiet, because I BOUGHT MY BOYS DOLLS and ENCOURAGED them to do quiet and nurturing things–or at least wholesome and non-violent things–but they think dolls are fun for arresting and that the doll crib is a prison. So THERE!)

Meanwhile, the running, screaming, and weaponizing of everything continues apace, and I get tired of it all. I’m grateful that they are fed and happy and healthy, that I have the resources to provide for them, but couldn’t they flourish a little more quietly?

And then one of them creates something so essentially little boy, something that could’ve easily been sketched by Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes (“it’s a monster that has eaten a person”–eaten with JOY, I daresay)–and I wouldn’t trade their noisy-boy-ness for any number of dolly tea-parties.

(Though, at this moment, an afternoon in a tea shop with one of my nieces sounds a little bit like heaven.)

Previous Post

November 10, 2011

Christ Kitchen = Christ's Kitchen?

Next Post

November 12, 2011 Picky Eater Rehab

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category "health" activism agriculture animals anorexia Anticipating anxiety art autumn Baking beauty beer Bible Big Food binge eating blogging body image Books Bread of Life breastfeeding brokenness candy cartoons celebrity chefs children chocolate Classical Duckfaces Connecting consumption cooking creation care creativity current events death Dessert diabetes Dieting Eating Together Emotional Eating fair trade Faith Family Fannie Farmer fast food fat talk Films Food Food Policy formula feeding Gardening gluten free Grace gratitude guest posts guilt HIV/AIDS holiday hospitality housekeeping Jesus Joy just for fun Justice kindness Local media moment of joy north fork, long island OI parties personal pharmaceuticals photo photography plumpy'nut popular culture poverty pregnancy Preserving real food recipes rest restaurants School Food Seasons spring starvation summer Table Talk taste television theology travel Tuesdays With Fannie Uncategorized winter

Select a Month April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 August 2014 May 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Which king of Judah burned the scroll of Jeremiah's prophecy?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Jehoiakim Josiah Zedekiah Hezekiah