Play It Again, Sahm. Meredith Efken
It’s difficult to be honest and vulnerable with other people, even the ones we love. But I’ve learned that this is the ONLY way to truly break the cycle of dysfunction and strife.
So let’s practice this week, shall we? I’d like each of you to share with us one deeply personal thing that you’ve never shared before. As we bare our hearts to each other, grace and friendship will be released, and we’ll be closer than ever. With that in mind, here is my confession. I give it to you with trembling fingers and a full heart:
I HATE to cook. In fact, sometimes when it’s been a really bad day, I call my husband and ask him to stop at McDonald’s on the way home from work. I can down a Big Mac in under two minutes, and we have a bin of Happy Meal toys that we stash in the basement when company comes over.
Whew! It’s great to have that out in the open at last! See, honesty isn’t so hard. What about you? Get that secret off your chest. And remember, this is for posterity, so…be honest.
Peace to you all,
Rosalyn Ebberly
SAHM I Am Loop Moderator
“The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.” Proverbs 14:1 (NASB)
| From: | Zelia Muzuwa <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | She hates to cook???? |
THAT’S her big confession? After all the pomposity, after all the “I’m so much better than you, you poor things, why can’t you be more like me…ah, but you can’t and never will, you LOSERS”…after waging a war on Christmas because retailers weren’t saying the greeting SHE thought was most correct…after being so paranoid about her husband that she hired a detective to spy on him…after her kids were freaking out and drawing pictures of themselves in COFFINS…
She expects us to be impressed that she’s confessed to a lack of interest in the culinary arts???
Air. I need air. I’m hyperventilating. Her first day back, and I’m already developing a nervous tic. At this rate, we’ll ALL need intensive therapy.
Z
| From: | Dulcie Huckleberry <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
How do you really feel, Ham? Honestly. Share it on the loop, dear one. You know it’s for posterity. The emotional health of your children hangs in the balance.
Dulcie
| From: | Zelia Muzuwa <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
Don’t tempt me.
Z
| From: | P. Lorimer <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
Poor Zelia, it sounds as if you may have some unforgiveness toward her. Are you certain you don’t need to confess it on the loop? It will do you much good.
Teasing,
Phyllis
| From: | Zelia Muzuwa <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
Phyllis, darling, don’t you have a graduate class to study for? Something along the lines of “Dripping Faucets: A Survey of the Most Irritating Women of Western Civilization”? You could write a paper on our loop moderator.
Besides, the TOTW was about honesty, not forgiveness. I’ve never struggled with being honest.
Z
| From: | Dulcie Huckleberry <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
Betcha five bucks that forgiveness is next week’s topic.
Dulcie
| From: | P. Lorimer <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
Dulcie,
I’ll see your five and raise you one.
Phyllis
| From: | Zelia Muzuwa <[email protected]> |
| To: | “Green Eggs and Ham” |
| Subject: | Re: She hates to cook???? |
Aaaarrrgghhh!!! You’re a PASTOR’S WIFE! You don’t make bets! And besides, you did it wrong. If you think Dulcie’s bet is right, why would you raise it? Oh, never mind… I have to go pick up my children from school. Why they have to schedule school all the way into June boggles the mind.
Z
| From: | P. Lorimer <[email protected]> |
| To: | Dulcie Huckleberry <[email protected]> |
| Subject: | Zelia? |
Oops. Do you think I made her angry? I was only trying to joke around with her. All of you know I think betting is stupid. I was truly just kidding.
Phyllis
| From: | Dulcie Huckleberry <[email protected]> |
| To: | P. Lorimer <[email protected]> |
| Subject: | Re: Zelia? |
LOL! I think you’re okay, Phyllis. You know she’s been really touchy about Rosalyn ever since The-Incident-That-Must-Not-Be-Mentioned last year. But Z’s been a bit stressed out lately. No wonder—things haven’t been going too well with Lishan and Duri. I think she’s really worried about them. It’s been eighteen months since they brought those two home from Ethiopia, and they’re still having a lot of language problems. She told me Duri has been wetting the bed almost every night, and Lishan has terrible nightmares. I feel bad for her—wish there was something I could do to help.
Dulcie
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