My mom (pictured above, as I see her artistically) passed away 12 years ago today. Last month in one of my blogs, I mentioned how she taught me to always tell the truth. Today, I want to focus on ANOTHER lesson she imparted, not by what she said so much but through something I observed over the course of her very sad, and troubled life. It is this.
....Young ladies need their dads!!
My mom never knew her dad, he left her when she was a kid and therefore my mom developed a very low self-image because of that. This explains (though, not excuses) the way she threw herself at one "unworthy" guy after another in an attempt to find love, using sex as the "bait." (Yes, I include my own FATHER in that parade of "unworthy guys"...he led the parade, to be honest and HE left her, TOO.) This emptiness mom felt later led to the sin of alcoholism, as well....which only led to MORE lacking of proper self-esteem!!
Fathers, (if you are reading this), AFFIRM YOUR DAUGHTERS, it is our job to make our daughters feel loved and appreciated, and to boost their self-image so they won't be vulnerable to smooth-talking guys who will exploit the "void," if one is present. I believe my mom made it to Heaven, but it was the HARD way. Help your daughter's road to be as easy as possible!! First of all, DON'T LEAVE and second of all, GET INVOLVED IN YOUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE as much as she'll let you. GUYS need MOMS and DAUGHTERS need DADDYS...never forget it!!
Machado, Harper and Mariano- My Yankees were SO smart to pass on free agents Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, in the off-season!! Machado (300 million for 10 years) signed with the San Diego Padres and Harper (330 million for 13 years) wound up with the Philadelphia Phillies. Both seem like "good fits," Machado's lazy attitude will fit WELL with the laid-back West Coast team and Harper, known as a trouble-maker, will fit well in the "Fighting City of Philadelphia." NEITHER of them would fit with the Yanks.
And obviously, NEITHER of them is worth the money they are getting. If the Yankees met THEIR demands, how will they be able to pay JUDGE and some of their OTHER huge, young stars in a few years?? Baseball players today are ALL overpaid but Harper and Machado are............Overpaid.
I had great news regarding former Yankee / new Hall of Famer MARIANO RIVERA yesterday, though!! Someone purchased 1000 of the tracts I did, witnessing Christ through his accomplishments!! Who knows, maybe it was Mo, himself (I showed him the tract when I met him 9 months ago, see my blog for June 5th of last year.) If you want to see those tracts, check out this page...
https://mwtb.org/products/pmt-the-greatest-saver-of-all-time-nkjv?variant=27600286663
Now, lastly, New "Madea" Movie- (Warning: SPOILERS!!) I saw the new "Madea" movie (above) as it debuted last night, and, though there WERE some good, solid laughs with clean humor, I was very disappointed. Here's why (READ FURTHER AT YOUR OWN RISK!! SPOILER ALERT)
Unlike the EARLIEST Madea movies, "Diary" and "Family Reunion," this one has very little of an underlying "Christian" theme to it. And, not surprisingly, it's therefore far RAUNCHIER than the previous ones I've seen. Though there are two new characters introduced, there are really no "good guys" in this movie, unlike previous ones. No men who want to LOVE their wives, no cool "ministers" like Viola Davis in "Madea Goes to Jail" or John Amos in "Witness Protection," no godly moms or matriarchal figures. Instead, I noticed a few gay guys in the church group (a first for a Madea movie), one was even singing in the choir. And I thought to myself the "ground" Tyler Perry (the author) is "breaking" looks as if it is to BURY his popular Madea character.
Additionally, I didn't mind a white cop being shown as racist or a black PASTOR being shown as a BUFFOON, because some are those things, to be sure!! But it would have been nice to show a GOOD pastor and a GOOD cop, ALSO!! (For that matter, it would have been nice to see ANYONE good in this movie....the only one HALFway "good" was BRIAN, but he wound up looking naive and gullible, with good intentions but not........GOOD.)
Which leads me to say this: Tyler is going to be in nearby Philadelphia performing later this month, in something called "Madea's Farewell Tour." I looked into tickets but couldn't afford them, and now I say.....GOOD!! Hey, these are Tyler's characters and Tyler's movies and Tyler's plays and obviously he can do what he wants with them, but personally I'm starting to think that it's TIME for Madea to say "Farewell." (And could it be that TYLER is beginning to sense that he needs to say "Farewell" to the character before he totally messes up?? )
In short, this movie was MADEA'S "funeral," as far as I'm concerned.
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