A little of this and a little of that

Ok, so its been awhile. Been pretty occupied with doing nothing with my spare time though. I have come to two different realizations lately that I will share.

1. What does it mean to be home?

The other day, Bethany went to Tulsa with her father to visit her Uncle Tim in the hospital. Olivia went along and Abigail and Makayla went to my parents. To my knowledge, this was the first time I have ever spent alone in our house. I'm always used to being by myself away from Arkansas. As a matter of fact, I am currently in a Holiday Inn Express in New Orleans on a project in which I'm the only one working. Fun times I suppose. What was strange about being at the house by myself was that it felt no different that the way I feel right now in this hotel room. Home is more abstract instead of a material subject. For me, "Home" does not exist unless my family is present. So, times in which all of us are together, That's Home. My house is just a pile of bricks, siding, lumber, and sheetrock without them in it.

2. .....So help me...WhatsHisface?

Well, the inauguration of Barack Obama is around the corner. I'm not going to get on a rant on how the bishop that is giving the opening prayer at the inauguration is openly gay. I'm not going to rant about the fact that this bishop will not pray in Jesus Christ's name, like all the prayers for every presidential inauguration since George Washington. I'm going "what the hell" over a group of athiests that are suing to get "so help me God" taken out of Obama's presidential oath. Barack is very insistant on keeping it in his oath, which I applaud. Apparently, this is the same group of athiests who lobby to want "Under God" taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. Come onnnnnnnnnnnn.......... Why are athiest so sensitive? Christians get accused of being intolerant when athiests push their ideals on people all the time. I hope Obama fights this and utters the words "So help me God". After all, he will need His help. You know what I realized about this? Athiests try to extinguish God from everything, and then when bad things happen; 9/11, Katrina, etc. they say "Where's your God now". When we tell God to get out of our lives, should we really expect him not to have contempt for this country?