Ah the Space

So few are the people who truly understand space.

No, I don't mean the great beyond where the great mysteries of life lie etc etc.

I mean my space.

The place and time that I want for me. And only me.

When it's okay to be selfish and do whatever I want to do - be quiet and read a book, hang out with my friends or take a good long nap.

There's only one person who ever really got it. I'm tired of trying to explain it to anyone else.

And because of this tiredness, I'm going to retreat a little into my dark corner, where it's quiet.

Because, you guessed it, I need some damn space!

I lost

My favourite ring

My phone

My patience

I lost

All sense of time

Of tiredness

Of trust

My appreciation for distances

my proximity to family

my love

for the old familiar

I lost

My footing

My second chances

My eternal regrets

Children in Churches

There is no good reason served by taking children to church.

The children are bored, the parents frustrated and the entire congregation distracted. I'm secretly convinced that even the priest sometimes wants the kids to just shut the hell up or leave! So much for the holy environment and all that...

I know some parents have the idea that if children go to church from a young age, they develop a reverence for the place and become accustomed to the traditions of their religion.

Perhaps they're right.

Then again, my sister and I went to church when we were young and all I remember from those times was that my mum's lap was very comfortable to take a nap on until the whole singing, praying, bowing heads bit was over. I don't think that quite equates a reverence for Catholicism. Then again, that's just me.

In a perfect world, and by that I mean the world where I ran things the way I wanted to, anyone that did not understand volume control could not enter a church.

We can all agree that children have no concept of appropriate voice modulation (some adults don't either, but lets not deviate from this present subject). Therefore, until such time that they do, church is a no go.

Unfortunately, the church I frequent does not subscribe to this theory.

I believe it is time to look for another parish.