Can I tell you that I love the phrase "wheel of cheese?" I think I can safely blame that on Ron Burgundy.



I've been thinking about Bristol Palin lately. Not a big fan of her mom's, but I was really sorry for Bristol. Pregnant at 17 and in front of the entire world, basically, because of her mom's political career. Then, being a parent before she's even an adult (I believe the transformation generally occurs between 25-30, depending on the individual, but there are always exceptions).

Wow. I didn't even want to have sex until I was 19, and even then I could have taken it or not. I have no wish or desire to preach abstinence, in fact - quite the opposite. I believe that for my own personal habits and existence, abstinence at that age (or any age) has been a lot easier and stress-free (I worry a lot), but I still love sex. It feels good. Don't lie to your kids about that. Don't scare them or preach to them. Just tell the truth. That's usually enough. I love the people who get knocked up in the back seat of a car and then raise their kids to wait until marriage. Really? Really? I think waiting until marriage is about the un-safest thing you can do. Do you really want your kid to go into a lifelong relationship with sexual blinders on? Having no idea what they like or want out of a sexual relationship, let alone going into bed with a virtual stranger? I need to know that someone is a freak like me - meaning my equal in at least two or three arenas with room for growth. I also need to know that they're not a crazy sexual predator or fiend in any way. But that's just me. Understand, I still believe in love and maybe a little bit of romance, but I also believe in large doses of practicality.

So. Here's an article that seems to also sympathize with the young mothers of the world, not just Bristol. Yes, pregnancy is avoidable. But being human is not. Making hard choices is not.

I want to emphasize that I'm not being all pro-abortion here either. Abortion is not, as some people preach, just an easy way out. It's not easy at all. And although I am anti-abortion, I am staunchly pro-choice. I don't like the idea of the government telling me I have to be a mother because they say so, because of their religious practices that they've somehow injected into our governing factors (regardless of that little part about the separation of church and state). I know that a lot of people don't like the fact that it is a choice now, but it is. And, according to what I know of the biblical version of God, he did create this thing called "free will." Freedom to decide. Freedom to choose. Which means we also have the responsibility to do so, no matter which direction we take. Isn't it so much fun to be human? In this type of circumstance, none of the options are easy. We all do our best with the brains, spine and resources we go into it with, and it will define us. By either making us better or making us bitter, as it turns out. That's also something for us to decide.




And P.S. Governor Palin - way to put words into your daughter's mouth, you bitch. Yeah, I said it, and I'll say it again. Your daughter's a woman now, whether you like it or not. So let her be her own woman. Dick. Give her an UNINTERRUPTED chance to speak the truth of her experience, which DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU.



Also, could everybody please just take away Bristol's identity before it's set in stone? They way they introduced the interview completely overshadowed Bristol in favor of Tripp. It really backs up the article which says some really good stuff about a mother becoming a second class citizen in favor of the infant. Look, yo. We're people before we make that other person. Now - don't get me wrong. I adore children. In fact, many areas of my life revolve around children, but I don't disappear into that. I'm still right here. And so is Miss Palin.