Owen's lying on his belly on the coffee table watching Sesame Street. It's gray outside and cold.
I got him out of his pajamas and changed his diaper and feel like I have pretty much done my job for the day.
I might just keep this couch occupied all day long.
So I see on the news feed on the interwebs that Michelle Dugger has had a miscarriage with what would have been her twentieth baby.
I just read (could this possibly be true?) that she had a miscarriage with her second pregnancy and she had been taking "oral" birth control (my mind went to strange places when I first read that one) and that's when she and her husband decided to let God decide how many children they would have.
I wonder if God decides how much sex they have. I can just imagine it. There's Mr. Dugger, living his daily life, trying to support his tribe of children, maybe driving to the Costco where they probably take their own personal fork lift to help load the groceries when all of a sudden, God says, "Jim Bob! I want you to have sex RIGHT NOW!" and Jim Bob sighs and says, "God, must I? We're out of diapers and frozen mashed potatoes." And God is all, "YES, JIM BOB, you MUST HAVE SEX NOW!" So he turns around and goes home and there's Michelle, trying to make dinner for twenty-five and the kids are screaming and she's wearing the same thing she was wearing the year they got married and she hasn't washed her hair in four weeks and she turns around when her husband comes in and she says, "Where are the diapers? Where are the mashed potatoes?" and then she sees that God-given message on his face and she peels the children off of her and heads resignedly to the bedroom where she does God's will.
I'm going to hell. I know it.
Happy Friday.
Love...Ms. Moon
P.S. Have any of you read Swamplandia! by Karen Russell?
P.P.S. Owen just asked if we could go fishing.
Damn, you crack me up. 20 kids? 20? Wowzers.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for anyone who has a miscarriage. But I'm not so sure about these folks continuing to have babies. And I DO believe in God.
F**ck... Excusez le mot. It's high time that Mr Dugger learns how to control his magic wand. He has done enough magic. Wave it in another direction please... Michelle, you can say no you know... Every sperm is sacred is bulshit. Do we really need families with over 19 kids? Number 19 (see, I count in numbers already) is heavily handicapped and was severely premature... Mr Dugger has done his duty to country and fatherland, now put your thing away and never get it out anymore... at least not in Mrs Duggers presence.
ReplyDeleteA miscarriage is a drama, but in this case it could be a blessing. They do not need anymore babies... He is breeding her into an early grave, all in the name of religion. This makes me so utterly angry...
And yes, I think it is utterly egoistic to know that orphanages are filled with kids with no parents. Duggers go rent an orphanage so Mrs Dugger can be done with this madness... Can you tell Mr Dugger really peeves me off????
ReplyDeleteIf she didn't live in the age of modern medicine, she'd have been dead somewhere around #12. what is wrong with those people. and I don't think the blame lies solely with the Mr. Number 20 should have been the wake up call that all her good eggs have been used. And I agree with Photocat. How arrogant of them. they want a passel of kids? Go adopt the ones already here that don't have homes and parents.
ReplyDeleteI don't know -- I don't mind the Duggars having all those kids. They don't live off the government, pay their taxes, and seem to be genuinely happy -- alot more than anyone else I see on reality tv. So in my mind, live and let live. I don't love the thought of Michelle putting herself at risk of harm to her own body when clearly, it's not in her best medical interest to keep having kids. But then again...it's not MY life. BTW, #19 was a preemie because of preeclampsia (sp?) but she's not handicapped. Anyway...I guess I see it like they have a right to do whatever they want in the bedroom, just like everyone else should. (go gay rights!) And if the kids aren't harmed, any more than the rest of us fuck-ups, I don't have a dog in the fight.
ReplyDeleteShit, you are HILARIOUS, Ms. Moon! hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteGrady Doctor- Well, it's certainly not up to us and if it wasn't so bizarre, they would not have their own reality show.
ReplyDeleteWhich I guess at least partially supports them.
It's so odd.
Photocat- Michelle could say no. I mean, if I'd had sex every time a man wanted me to, I'd probably have twenty kids too. Or be dead. But yeah, it's really not that healthy for the mom. And I just wonder- how can those parents spend any "quality" time with each child?
Ellen Abbott- I try not to judge but we all know I do.
SJ- I agree with you that it ain't our business EXCEPT when you put it out there in a reality show and then it's anybody's business, the way I see it. And to claim that GOD is choosing how many children they should have...just weird. I am no more required to respect their choices (or beliefs, for that matter) than I am to respect the choices of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. And believe me- they make some fucked-up choices on THAT show but hell, so do I. All part of the grand crazy palette of human nature and experience.
Nicol- Sometimes I crack ME up but I'm a pretty simple person.
I think that shit should be illegal. Sorry, I just think that. I know it's walking a thin line, but anything more than 5 is bordering on some kind of neglect/child abuse. No way around it. Also, let's not forget about carbon footprints etal.
ReplyDeletesigh. Ridiculous!
Glad you're having a slow easy day so far.
xo
I'm pretty glad God stepped in on this one, I must admit.
ReplyDeleteAnd, heh ;)
Nothing good can come from what I have to say about that.
ReplyDeleteTake the boy fishing.
Hey Mary Moon, Jaime from Asheville, typing from Singapore. I love how you keep it real.
ReplyDeleteLoved swamplandia
ReplyDeleteYou're not as bad as me. I'll send you a photo that will make you laugh of the Duggers. And I'm not sure what God was up to creating the name "Dugger" to begin with.
ReplyDeleteMs. Fleur- Nope! Can't make it illegal. That's what freedom is all about. But if it's on a reality show, we sure can criticize it.
ReplyDeleteJo- God, schmod. Women aren't meant to bear that many children.
Magnum- Believe me, the boy will be going fishing.
Jaime- SINGAPORE! That's awesome! And you liked Swamplandia? I THINK I do.
Elizabeth- I love it when you are as wicked as I am. LOVE that picture. Oh my.
Too much spawn. Way too much. LOL on every sperm is sacred!
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