Men and mid life

My sister Jalet and I were playing with a web site that can tell if you as a writer are male or female...just by looking at the words you use.
http://www.bookblog.net/gender/genie.html
So i gave it a try, only i tried writing like Justin Writes to see if i could capture that war style of the writing man - child in my house. here is mine... acting like Justin... amazingly the web site said i was a man writing.


Boy without a Name

Once upon a journey through the Vietnam jungle, I met a boy without a name. Along with the 20 other guys in the platoon it didnt seem to matter what he called himself, we just called him "Sonny."

Sonny was alone in the war and not a year past the age of eight. D.J who held the position of Platoon Captain, didn’t care much for Sonny. He reguarded Sonny as an annoyance and a way to get us all killed.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

that was the Sample writing to try and match Justin’s writing

so below is my sister writing as herself and it said that yes indeed she was a feminie writer and you could tell by the floofy words... and this is the conversation that followed....

BY Jalet
When the morning light first broke the skyline, there was frost lying crunchy on the grass. It came to me in that crisp moment that nothing had changed for centuries and that nothing really was ever the same at all. I had cause for reflection this morning. I was officially forty-five years of age. Probably finished with over half of my life, and yet it seemed to me that perhaps for the first time I actually liked, and possibly even understood my life. Seemed sad that it would be nearning the end.

Jalet Farrell

this is my response to why the writing was femine and not Masculine...

Oh... that is because a man thinks he understands his life at 18 when his whole life revolves around sex.... you mentioned the words "45" and "understanding" pretty much all in the same sentence... and well as you know... from 45 on... your feminine beautiful perspective on life is in check... this is where guys have thier midlife crisis and outwordly show us that they just figured out it wasnt ALL about the sex it was about the journey and it scares the crap outta them... and they do stupid things to try to prove that they werent wrong after all, hence fast cars and fast women... and the Divorce rate that is so high at this age bracket...It's an ego thing....

The fact that you used words that the writer understood simply to be penned by a woman were so great. it was not an ego thing it was a heart issue... i dont think it was really about calculating the femine and masculine adjetives... it was all about the NOUN (45) and the VERB(understanding) link.

i love your crunchy frosty life... and darling... your life is not half over,,, your are just beginning from the crossroads.



Things to Ponder.....

Levi Strauss

As I went down to the river to pray, studing about the good ol' way and who shall wear the starry crown oh Lord show me the way......

Levi is the new Son in our families life. Since August we have taken Levi into our Home in every way except legal guardianship. Levi is a kid, Rob and I worried about our Son hanging out with.. we talked to people in our small town and Pastors and Friends and asked what they knew about this kid that Justin had met during youth group. with both parents in and out of prison, and a Mother Levi will never know, other than the scars she left him we were not interested in allowing him over to the house right away. he is fragile with a deep need for love and security. We were not excited about Justin spending alot of his time with him. Until A dear Friend said to us " What if Justin and your family could reach out to Levi,and show him love and Christ, instead of you worring about what this kid could do to mess with your comfort zone. (DUH)

Levi has been wounded so deeply in every way imaginable... and yet the kindess, sensativity, heart warming and childish laugh of this amazing soul has caused each of our family members and close friends around us to fall madly in love with Levi.

Sept 27th Marked Levi's new birthdate in Christ. He asked Rob " Pop" to Baptize him... so October 20th 2006 at 4:00 in the icey waters of Eagle Creek, Levi went down to the river to pray. Levi does not want his family to know for fear of being belittled and ridiculed. Pray now, for the grace and salvation of his Dad and grandpa who have raised Levi. To be able see with thier own hearts the changes in Levi... the Man of God. The Warrior... Levi the Tender hearted Lion, and they themselves would desire to know and want this change as well.

The beautiful changes that has happened in our family, since Levi has come to stay, have been noteable to say the least. I pray daily for all (3) of my children, But God gets me up about 4:30 in the Morning at times, to Pray for this Man-Child, in deep prayer that ripples into the lives and loves around him. I pray with a Mothers heart and a Warriors words. I pray for the life of each of my children as Levi's presence in our family is not by chance, but God ordained and we better not miss the blessings along the way...

A challange goes out to you... if there is someone you feel may be "Messy" in your life... reach out and see where God takes you... God might have a "Levi " in your life that will take your breath away. Cause God, is just that crazy. :O)

Teacher Kary

So suffer the little children.... what started out as an Art Teachaing Position ended up as a full time Teaching position of 4th and 5th graders. I am Currently teaching a blended class of 4 kids... thank the lord there are not more than that because the poor children would somewhere, along the line expect a house to fall on them at my command.. hench the wizard of oz images....

I really am loving, teaching again, it has been nearly 6 years since teaching on a regular basis. Instead of teaching preschool, the 9 and 10 year olds are catching my attention...I told ROb / HUbs that i was sure this age was my favorite to teach. Rob Laughed and can you believe what he said next? Kary, you say that about every age. Oh. whoops.

I have had to overcome some demons from my childhood in order to teach. I think just being able to talk about those ugly labels that made me feel and react like an inadequate learner had to be addressed. Pam, the Saint i work for at TREC Academy has been very loving and straight with me.. this combined with my loving and straight foreward sister Jalet have led to the foot of Jesus on more than a couple occasions recently. There, i kneel and ask God to take the ugly stigma of my childhood and allow me to see it as usable substance for these students. the children that i have fallen so deeply in love with.

Let me rant about learning Disabilities, or the stupid educators that slap that stinking lable on kids, rather than learn the childs learning style.... I will call my students Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty~
Fred is from the Ukrain and becuase of English as a 2nd language school has been tough and he fell through the cracks, that and that he is lazy with his school work has made Fred, a target for "educational learning disabilities.... the truth is fred is amazingly smart! Fred needs to learn hands on and with his mouth,,, meaning Fred likes to talk and move around... so that is how Fred is learning now and excelling like crazy!Does that mean Fred is allowed to disrupt or act like her has Teretts? nope... Fred is learning to suck up some quiet time and work. Guess what... Fred is now seeing the gold inside himself that God placed there. not the lump of coal others used to lable him with... wow to see Fred's face light up when he aces his spelling test...AGAIN!
Horray last week Fred and another student of mine "Barney recieved Christ!!!

Thank you God that you allow me to work with your Saints. That i am privledged to be taught by them as much as they learn from me. Thank you Fred for seeing that you are not a failure.. that God has made you amazingly ABLE!

until then.... think twice about the label you are quick to slap on others... if that lable is negitive it probably does not belong.. like my friend Fred. To see the website of the school i teach at, the school my kids attend... go to....

http://www.pamvincent.upcsites.com/page/page/1518915.htm