My angel turns 1

The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career or even your ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planted, you must begin with God. You were born BY His purpose and FOR His purpose. – Rick Warren

Happy Birthday to Caroline! Today is Baby Caroline’s 1st birthday. Have I ever mentioned what a great baby she is? She has been walking for about two weeks and I’m so proud of her. She doesn’t cry unless something is really wrong. Even when she was teething she didn’t complain that much. At church she is the official greeter, almost everyone who walks in the door calls her by name, and she rewards them with a big grin and giggle.

She is beautiful and almost always has a smile on her face. And she is mine, exclusively, as far as I’m concerned. Mr. Wrong is out of town this week, he sent me a message this morning, was it to wish his daughter a happy birthday? No. And that’s okay, she is loved by so many people.

A year ago today, my life was in such a different place, a day that should have been so beautiful was shadowed by Mr. Wrong’s behavior. The day after Caroline was born my dad came a sat with me for several hours, I’m not sure he intended to but he reminded me that even without Mr. Wrong I was gonna be fine, great in fact. And over the last year I have come to see that more and more.

There are times when I am angry at myself for bringing her into such a hard situation and then I remember it wasn’t me that brought her in. She was a gift, an angel given to me by the Creator. I found the above quote by Rick Warren shortly after she was born and it was a reminder to me that God is in control. He knew Caroline before I did, loved her before I did and intended her for me. So today I celebrate the gift of her life. Seriously.

My promise

I know I promised to tell you who I voted for but this is harder than I thought, so here it is... Mike Huckabee. And I did the thing I don't like, my intention was not to vote for Huckabee but against McCain. I wanted to send McCain a message, "please don't expect me to vote for you because you have an (R) beside your name."

TigBom asked if I still believed in our democratic system. I will remind him again, we don't live in a democracy but a republic. We elect our leaders and send them to Washington to "speak for us." And yes, I do still believe that of all forms of governing currectly practiced in the world, we have the best system. And yes, I do believe it is flawed. Have you ever read the Federalist papers? Yes TigBom I'm sure you have. Many of their concerns have come to fruition, we had intelligent founding fathers. Seriously.

Rino...

I didn't leave the Democrat Party, it left me. - Ronald Reagan

So I never thought I'd see the day I was disappointed to see Mitt Romney suspend his campaign. But on Thursday I was. John McCain has all but sown up the Republican nomination. Rush says not to give up hope, a lot can happen in 9 months. The problem is Virginia's primary is in 3 days and I have no one to vote for.

I can't not vote, I jumped all over TigBom for doing that. I have decided that I am free to write in whoever I want. I haven't decided who yet. If you have any suggestions I'm open to them.

The Democratic Nominee appears to be Obama. And he scares me. First up until a few years ago no one knew who he was. He's in the Senate on a fluke - kinda like Jim Webb, Obama didn't win the Republican lost. He has never run anything. He's never been in the executive branch. Never been a Mayor or Govenor.

Second, the few political stands he will take (you know other than change) are in direct conflict with my beliefs. The primary ads he's running in Virginia are really good, they leave you with this warm fuzzy feeling. You know what they leave out? What he stands for.

You see the thing about change for change's sake is that it isn't always for the better. I don't think taking profits from companies is a good thing, what incentive is there for sucess? I don't like one payer healthcare, it hasn't worked anywhere else. Why do you think Fidel Castro went to Spain for his care? I haven't heard where he stands on judicial nominees but I'm willing to take a guess they wouldn't be ones I like. The little I've heard we don't agree on moral issues either.

I have always hated the idea of ovting for the lesser of two evils. I will not cede my right to vote. And I have no intention of voting for John McCain simply because he has an R beside his name. So where does that leave me? Who do I vote for? When I figure it out, I'll let you know. Seriously.