I just looked out the window and my daughter is sitting in our backyard's Texas style tree (meaning small) having a snack and reading a book. Life is funny. That is exactly what I used to do when I was a young girl, the only difference is that the trees I climbed back home were larger and thus I probably scared my parents more when I climbed up them, especially with a book in hand. Bean is only a few feet off the ground, so a fall would not even scratch her, let alone require a bandaid.

I still like to read outside, so I guess not much changes and all that reading and sitting in trees must have been passed down in the genes!

Slings rule... Sarah Palin revisited

On the other hand, you gotta love a mom who wears her baby. What can I say, I am a women conflicted.

Sarah Palin

While I love a good political conversation, I just don't even know where to start when considering Sarah Palin. My first thought was that she was a good pick, merely because she is a woman and I generally cheer for the home team. Then more logical thinking kicked in and I became aware that she has a 4 month old. Let me repeat that....a 4 month old! I have had three 4 month olds in my tenure as a mom, and not once would I have been capable of being a Governor, never mind VP of the United States. Maybe this says more about my incompetencies as a mom than anything about Sarah Palin, but I doubt it.

I am definitely a Christian, and perhaps I agree with Sarah Palin on many policy issues; though perhaps not since I don't usually fall neatly into typical right wing conservative Christian ideology. I honestly don't know what Sarah Palin and I agree on because I stopped wanting to vote for her when I heard she had a 4 month old.

By all appearances McCain has made a wise political move. Unfortunately, his new political pawn represents a worldview that I can't buy into. In an effort to win a pro-family political debate and to shore McCain up as a supporter of a pro-family agenda, we sacrifice Sarah Palin's family and perhaps set a bad precedent for future parents. The message being sent to females by conservative Christians backing McCain/Palin is, “It’s ok to sacrifice your family on the altar of your high powered career; just don’t have an abortion.” (quote from Voddie Baucham) How pro-family is that? McCain has proven with his VP pick only that he is pro-victory, not pro-family. In fact, I contend that Sarah Palin is an anti-family pick and I don't want my daughter (or son!) emulating her.