Atheists on Facebook

I know many people who are either atheist or agnostic. As many of my associations are among Latter-day Saints, many of these people are former Mormons. But these people don't just disbelieve in God - they are anti-theist. They attack religion and those with a belief in God. Consistently, their Facebook pages are filled with posts deriding theists. I don't understand these people. I don't see the same anger and hatred for other religions (or lack thereof) on the pages of any of my religious friends. In fact, I don't even see that on the pages of my atheist/agnostic friends who aren't Mormons. So why the attacks? Why do you spend your life trying to bring down a religion you left and said you wanted nothing to do with?

Lately

Lately I feel that I have been a blogging failure. I constantly think of things I want to share, but I don't write them, because I want to have time to share my thoughts fully and coherently. Strange, I know - at least in this Twitter-obsessed world. I even understand the reason behind Twitter feeds - it would be nice to be able to write just a brief message to get my thoughts out there. But it's lazy (lazier than going a month between posts?). And I also feel a certain satisfaction when I complete a full blog post, rather than when I change my Facebook status.

Anyway, life has been rather hectic lately. I'm currently rehearsing for Singin' in the Rain at the Scera Shell in Orem. We open on Friday, and as you can imagine, that takes up a lot of my evenings. Especially the past two weeks. I'm there from 6 to 11:15 each night. Add on top of that work - I work from 8-5 every day (and then some - working from my phone til all hours of the night), and my boss' wife just had their first baby. Awesome for them - but that means that we have to cover all his stuff while he's out, which means work is even busier than before, and I have to do more from home/my phone than usual. My poor, sweet wife.

School just got out last week, so Kristen is at home now. She's been keeping busy going walking with her mom in the mornings, reading, prepping for the baby, and cooking/cleaning. She's had dinner ready right when I get home the last two nights. And I imagine it will continue all this week, what with my crazy schedule for the show. Now I'm not one to say it's the woman's job to be in the kitchen - we usually trade off cooking and/or cook dinner together. But it's been so nice to come home to dinner "on the table" (we don't technically have a dining table). My wife is the best ever. :)

Monday night was great - I came home, we ate dinner, then sat on the couch for a little bit. I laid my head down on Kristen's stomach, and kind of tapped on her belly with my finger. Kristen is 26 weeks pregnant, but we found out her placenta is in the front (anterior), so neither she nor I have been able to feel the baby move. So every so often we tell our little girl to "Move! Move! Move!" And then I felt something. I asked Kristen, "What was that?" thinking it could just be her stomach rumbling, as usual. She said, "I don't know." I tapped some more, and got another little bump. We tried a few more times, but that was it, so we weren't sure if it was our baby or not.

Then last night, we felt her kick (or punch - who knows) again. It was one of the most amazing things ever, and I'm so happy we finally got to feel our little angel move. It makes it all the more real...and scary. :)