Share Nice.

Honestly...I'm pretty tired. Not exactly physically, sleep-deprived tired...more emotionally tired. Things with 3 little kids are in constant motion. I love every sticky, loud moment, but at the same time I could really use another vacation. Ya feel me?

Another thing...I don't like conflict, and I don't know if it's just election year or whattheheck, but just being in contact with social media makes...me...tired. I felt compelled to say "why can't we all just get along", but it's not even that. I know we all aren't going to agree. DUH. Just take my kids for example. They can't agree on whose mother I am, much less deep political/theological/social issues. Granola vs. I'm hungry gonna eat what I wanna, Conservative vs. Liberal, Obama vs. Romney, Attachment parenting vs...not sure what the opposite of that one is?, Hug a tree vs. Good ol' boy, etc. I don't really think of myself as an extreme of any of these ideas, or an extreme supporter of any one or the other. I just get weary of the "I'm right you're wrong, oh and yo mama is fat so there" attitude.

Yeah, I'm ranting. Yeah, I'm grumpy. Yeah I need a social media detox. (This will probably be happening in the near future. I'm sure people get tired of me too.) As a stay at home mom I love keeping up with my mommy friends, best friends, and my family through social media...but sometimes I feel like I'm wading through crap and a bunch of arguments to get there. I just wanna know what's up with people, not why they hate so-in-so cuz they don't eat grass 3 meals a day, or why they think so-in-so is prettymuchdumb because they are a Democrat.

I'm also all for saying what you think and standing up for your beliefs, and also for sharing information that you're learning and loving via social media. But ya don't gotta send it a long with a big ol' splash of rude and a side of "you're stupid cuz you don't agree with me". Share away, just share nice. It's like I tell my kids, you don't have to agree with me, you don't even have to LIKE me all the time...but for the lllllooooovvvvveeeee just have a good attitude and be kind while you do it.

I want my kids to be opinionated, and strong in their beliefs. But I also want them to be kind. I want them to be the kind of people who treat other people like people. I want them to examine and re-examine and know down to their toes why they believe what they do. Not because it's cool, not because it's easy, not because twitbook or the media said so...but because it's truth. Whether that other person agrees with you or not, they are just that. Another person. They might not think just like you do, but that doesn't make them dumb or worthless. And ya never know...you (me?) might even be the real lunatic. ;) Now I'm going to break up a fight about how peanut butter should best be applied to the kitchen table. Later.