{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. – Soulemama
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That poor fish probably wasn’t thinking this was a sweet family memory as he suffocated and slowly died in the hands of children :-(
Maybe more compassionate learning could be posted instead? Peace.
To each his own Linda. My son is a meat eater and I think if he is going to make that choice he should have the nerve to kill it first instead of pretending that fish comes in a plastic wrapped package at the grocery. Your compassion sounds more like judgement to me.
Oh, stop being such a protective mama bear, Tiffany. If you create a blog advocating (often judgementally I have to admit in the past two years that I have been following you) specific parenting choices and decisions and then someone questions your parenting decisions you should probably take it in stride… Judgers get judged and people who put their lives in the public eye (especially for profit) should know and expect that. Lighten up, girl, it’s summertime and she was pretty polite and not trying to offend! :)
If it was my parenting decisions I would take it in stride but this is my child’s choices she is criticizing. Not cool IMO.
what if it were a pic of children holding a dead rabbit they’d killed? would you then find it okay for someone to feel offended by it? maybe maybe not. what if it were a dead cat? (it’s legal in some areas to hunt cats). there are a lot of ethical (yes even toward fish and smaller animals) readers of your blog who are sensitive to animal suffering. your son is not where the judgement lies. you posted the picture on your blog.
I posted a picture of something my son was incredibly proud of.. something that made him happy… thus making it a special moment. If you don’t like it, avert your eyes.
Wow, Tiffany, You sure have some judgmental readers. Yikes. Don’t we keep blogs to express our opinions and share ourselves. Don’t worry, we can’t write for every audience. Maybe those readers should take a better look at their “perfect” lives. Humans have to consume nature to survive (whether that be soybeans, dandelion greens or rabbit. Our ancestors grew those big brains by hunting and eating meat. I think this is a very “natural” photo! Congrats to your son.
What a bunch of Negative Nellies! Don’t let them get to you, Tiffany. Know that for every one overly-sensitive and unnecessarily-vocal commenter, there are 10 of us who share in, enjoy and quietly understand the simplicity and naturalness of your son’s moment and of your wanting to immortalize it. I wouldn’t have normally commented. However, since your insights bring so much inspiration and knowledge to my home (for which I am greatly appreciative), I couldn’t stand by silently while the whiners issue a verbal beatdown. As a nature lover, organic homesteader, cohabitant with a variety of animals, environmentalist, mother and meat eater, I agree with your assessment – and I teach my children similarly – that we should all fully comprehend exactly where our food comes from, and in turn, consume and coexist responsibly. Keep the good stuff coming, savor your memory and be well, Mama Bear!
Thanks so much Kimberly. It means a lot to me!