I never let it bother me until today. I totally forgot to get dishwasher detergent at Walmart while kids were in school so I took them with me. Emma wore her CUTE school uniform jumper today & to add more cuteness she even had the pigtails :) As we were walking through the store, I noticed several people doing the "double look." Like they see her, look away then turn back & stare. And while staring u can totally see disapproval. Really. I wanted to smack one lady bc she actually VOICED her opinion to her husband....'that poor child must go to that CATHOLIC school.' Ummm really??? It's a better school than ANY school in this area. To refrain from voicing my own opinion, we took a detour to the cleaning supplies.
Only in the checkout line was a little old lady who came behind us & said Emma had beautiful eyes. She said, she looked so precious. :) I'm glad she was not judgmental bc it made me feel better. I didn't feel so upset.
Since becoming Catholic myself, I have realized that people judge bc they just don't understand & most of the time they don't want to. They just want to go on with life & never change & never learn anything new. I'm so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone in life & did some learning. It just makes sense. I feel like a better person now, than before. But I will never judge someone for what they believe in again & my kids are goin to learn this too! It's just not worth arguing over. God loves us all & that's all that matters :)
I need to get a shirt that either reads "Luke 6:37" or "Matthew 7:1" I hurts to see so many judgmental people out there. People are ignorant...especially when it comes to judging people...even more so when it comes to judging people based on their religion. They are just scared of things they don't understand. They just judge Catholics based on what they hear not on FACTS. I go through the same thing with Mads...Especially from her dads side of the family...You know that. We don't judge people on their religion so youre right, it's not fair for them to judge us. But remember, only one person will ever be able to judge us and that is our lord and savior Jesus Christ. At least we know that our children are getting the best education possible and our Lord in their lives even at school....which may be frowned upon but at least we know that we are doing what's right for our children!
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