I am wondering if anyone other than myself has noticed how political correctness is actually code for robbing personal choice? It seems lately that every time we turn around there is something being said which is politically correct because we don't want to offend anyone. I think that sometimes people need offending. Don't read that wrong, I'm not saying go out and purposely offend various people groups, I am just saying that there are times when we need to stand up for what we believe in and in doing so there will be people who will inevitably be offended. But isn't that what America is about? We are all entitled to our opinions because they are just that, opinions. No one ever said that we have to agree with the person who might be next to us because we are afraid to hurt their feelings.
I think sometimes kids have it right with their brutal honesty and their lack of political correctness. We all need to remember that people are people and anything that occurs in life has the potential to wound them. We never know what someone has been through unless we ask them, but wait, is it politically correct to ask a person about their past?
You're probably wondering where in the world this thought came from today. It came from something I was filling out that questioned my ethnic background. They had listed as options: Caucasian, African American, Latin American or Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, Indian, Middle Eastern, Native American, Multi Racial and other. It struck me funny with this list. Multi Racial? Seriously, are there that many people on Earth who are still 100% purely one race? I know that there are certain groups of people who are still pure, and that's phenomenal but for the majority of us we are Multi-Racial. We are mixed up of European, Native American and possibly for some of us even Hispanic, or Black. Or maybe here I should have said, 'people who have in their ancestry someone who was forcefully removed from the continent of Africa'. I don't mean that as a crack at black people, I have many friends who are black and I love them each. They add some spice to my life much like my friends who are Hispanic, and I thank God for all of them.
Alright enough of my soapbox.
As far as Christmas is concerned, we had a whirlwind trip lasting 10 days and spanning three states. I must say there was only a 24 hour period for myself that was regrettable, otherwise it was a wonderful trip. We got to spend time with James' immediate and extended family and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Then we were set to spend 7 days in the mountains of North Carolina with some friends so the boys could ski. Turned out to be a disaster and we left after 4 days and headed to South Carolina and enjoyed time with our friends at their house. I learned a new card game who's name now escapes me, and taught them Dutch Blitz. We did a whole lot of nothing but loved every second of it. Then we cut our return trip in half and stopped back at James' parents for a couple days to the drive home wouldn't be as long. From there we came back to reality and all that it brings. The pugs were left with good friends who I think were equally glad to see us because we were relieving them of 10 days of madness. Hopefully each of your Christmas holidays were enjoyable.
