November 22, 2023

Friendsgiving: The WOKE Virtue-Signaling Protest of the Traditional Family

November 22, 2023
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Linguistics and Language Series, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

The purpose of this piece is to raise awareness about linguistics and how new cultural practices form. It is my hope that if we can recognize the pattern, purpose and means of infiltrating ideologies and values in one specific context, then we can better recognize trending shifts–and that which is behind some innocuous-sounding changes–in other contexts and especially, in the Church. It is not my goal to pass judgement on whether you or someone you know engages in “Friendsgiving” of...

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By eileenslifer
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The Problem With Being ‘So So GRATEFUL’

November 21, 2023
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

On any given day if we delve deeply enough, some millennial somewhere is tweeting, blogging or Insta-influencing some word salad about how they are “so so GRATEFUL.” What on earth might one find problematic with this, you might ask. Well, read on. But the short answer is, it is hypocrisy–plain and simple. Sure, there may be some exceptions to my general observation and formed beliefs on this matter. But if the idea of this seems new or foreign to you,...

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By eileenslifer
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Leftovers

November 20, 2023
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

There’s a large story I like to tell about leftovers–I was looking for an adjective to place before story and after a few came into my mind I settled upon large. I’m not sure why, maybe there’s just a kind of largeness to this lifestory. Sometime around 2007 or so, I was doing caricatures for a monthly clubhouse party for residents that lived in upscale condos, somewhere up near West Chester. The condo management would splurge on a lovely party...

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By eileenslifer
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“Who Do You Think You Are, ‘Billy Graham’?”

November 15, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

“Who do you think you are, Billy Graham!!??” Those are my most definitively-recollected, specific words that my mother said to me in that particular encounter over forty years ago. __________ College days seem so far away, and the exact dates of my mother’s various (lengthy) involuntary State-Hospitalizations years ago, with the inevitably difficult encounters that surrounded each event, seem to blur together in my mind these days. As I try to write this piece, I sit here staring here and...

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By eileenslifer
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Spiritual Sickness

November 13, 2023
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Personal Writings, Writings

I have felt fairly sick since Friday but seem to be turning a corner. All physical illness–like spiritual and psychological illness–seems to exist on a continuum. When something is wrong in our physical bodies, we start to notice symptoms. And then we try to interpret the symptoms–their severity, or find a possible cause. I’ve had four days now wondering why I was feeling great Thursday, working for an extended time outdoors and indoors that involved significant physical work, cumulating with...

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By eileenslifer
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How Most Girls Think About Their Breasts

November 10, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

There’s an idea (or myth) that keeps circulating around these days that it is normal for young girls to hate their developing bodies during puberty and in particular, their breasts. I’m going to go out on a limb here and boldly declare that I don’t think that I am Abby Normal, and therefore, I’d like to set the record straight (with mitigating caveats) that it is not normal for young girls to hate their developing bodies and in particular, their...

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By eileenslifer
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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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