NOTE** THIS IS WRITTEN WHILE CONTRACTING..PLEASE IGNORE THE SPELLING..PAIN DOESNT GO WELL WITH TYPING OR THINKING....hehe

Many years ago, BC ( before children ) someone asked me if I would raise my children to believe what i beleive in relation to my spiritual self. My answer was immediate. NO!!!! I beleive what I beleive, I came to my beleifs on my own ( as my parents were not very religious, though they gave me the opprtunity to find my own path if I so chose). This is the way I wanted to go with my own. Are they chrisened? Yes. I made that decision ( and I know it sound hypocritical after my last statements but I have my reasons to which I will explain later). 

Both my girls are christened Anglican. I do not attend church, i do not pray, but I have my way of thinking and that is for me. everyone needs to choose thier own beleifs with what they are comfortable with. All I will say about my beleifs is that I do not feel that I need to be in one place, on one day of the week, for one hour to be able to beleive what i feel in my heart. And this is what I want to instill in my girls. and here is the cool bit.

Both the girls attend school. My decision to let the kids find thier won path starts here. When scripture was offered, it fitted into my grand plan. To expose the kids to the basics of religion ( ie all te stories about christmas, easter, and being good moral people and why you need ot be this way) and let them decide if they wanted ot learn more. I do encourage them a little by asking them what they learnt, what they think about it and do they agree or not. Miss s (5yo) just likes the colouring in and singing song. She is much to young ot get the real idea, although I think this will come with time. But miss e ( 7yo) is a much differant story. 

Once every couple of weeks i have a bath with each girl alone( someting i cherish from my childhood memories..pure one on one time with my mum with no interuptions) ands we talk about life in general, school, things that they might be bothered about  and the meaning of life kinda stuff. We were talking about modesty, as I'm teaching the girls that now they are older they need to be proud of ther bodies and that they need to start getting dressed in privacy instead of running around the house with very cute bums showing. MIss s is enjoying the novelity of it all but miss e is taking it more seriously. After talking about bodies Emily said she had a question ( I was expecting the big one. How are babies made and with me laying there with a huge preg belly in front of her it was only a matter of time) But no. She asked, were did the first people come from. She then went on to say that she had a picture of dinosaurs layign eggs and people hopping out but she knew it was wrong. She hadn't got to Adam and Eve in scripture but was learing about evolution in class but didn't quite understand it. So I explained. I dont think I did a very good job but I did my best. Then to balance the argument I explained about some people beleiving that God created man. I could see her thinking about this but she didnt say anything.

The yesterday she asked if she could start reading the bible. Completly out of the blue. Both jericospin and myself said instantly yes as reading of any kind is greatly encouraged in our home. So she started. And I must say I am SOOOOOO proud of her. Not only did she read most of the word by herself ( with only a very small protion ofhte words needed tranlation from jerichospin), but she got hte concept of the complicated story  of the world being made. I could see her thinking about what I told her in the bath, and digesting what she is reading, bt instead of asking questions ( which I love my kids to do ) she was doing the most wonderful thing. MAKING HER OWN MIND UP. If she asks me questions I will answer her openly and honsetly. If she asks wht I beleive I will tell her what I beleve but  Iwill aslo balance it with what other people beleive. I will encourage he to ask jerichospin what he beleives, and ot ask naughtynan what she beleives, so she can see tings from differant points of view, then I will ask her what she beleives, and I will tell her that it is what she beleives that is important. After all, the bible has been interpreted millions of ways. Will the interpretation of a 7yo make a differance. My answer is YES it will, to that 7yo.

So jerichospin and I have decided to give miss e her own bible. So now my ebaying has gone from baby stuff to bible shopping. 

I am so proud of miss e. She is showing that she can tink for herself without following the crowd. She is understanding that she has the power to form her own opinions, make her own choices, and follow her heart. Something that alot of adults i know dont kno how to do. Maybe Im not that bad of a mother after all.

A very proud Mrs BC

to answer the point of my deciding to christen the girls...ive had miscarriages..i know the pain of losing a child...i wanted the girls done to protect them if something happened to them..why anglican? i feel it is a very relaxed am of christianity, and also the church i married thier father in. Charlotte the new bub will be christened uniting, as this is what jericho andi were married in, and what i was christened in. a church is a church in my opinion, as long as that church doesnt ask you to do something againt you own morals or dicate to you, but plants seeds of thought for personal growth.