plog (what we ponder)
july 2009
WARNING: This is not our typical plog.
jon and kate plus fate
We decided to throw our two cents into the Gosselin's decision to
divorce.
I must confess that I've never watched an episode all the way through
and short of getting a full frontal lobotomy, can't imagine how I could
sit still for a whole show.
I do remember catching part of a beginning episode once when they
were talking about their decision to go forward with bringing six
children into this world, fully knowing that the children could have
long-term special needs and a whole list of other complications.
If I'm not mistaken I believe their reasoning had something to do
with their "faith," which I am sure also included a vow like this:
"I, Jon, take you Kate, to be my wife, to have and to hold from
this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward
until death do us part."
Now that we know Jon and Kate have made a decision to divorce, I
can't help but think back on the decision they made to bring so many
lives into this world. Raising one child is a challenge and even one
child can be neglected by two parents. I can't wrap my mind around
having eight, especially six the same age. That incomprehensibility is,
I'm sure, what led to the appeal of their show. The appeal was about
two people, who for better or worse, decided to take a chance at raising
eight children, together! It seemed like quite a responsibility to take
on, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Wrong!
Well, now that we all know the news and it is Splitsville for them,
I can't help but wonder what happened to their vows? What happened to
their faith? What happened to their commitment, if not to each other, to
their children?
Sad to say, but this is what is wrong with America and perhaps the
world. We don't keep our word, AND the things that we profess to believe
in, we really don't. Even when EIGHT children are involved, Jon and Kate
can't get beyond their own individual desires and differences.
When our country collapses, it won't come from the outside, but from
within. You see, it's not just Jon and Kate who renege, it is most
everyone. And if Jon is some kind of poster boy for modern society that
doesn't bode well for the future at all.
It seems we have become a country of people who will say anything to
get what we want, then quickly spin and walk away from our marriages and
mortgages. This can't be good for us or our children. Whatever happened
to honor? Commitment?
If Jon and Kate bother me, perhaps it is that they are simply
reminding me of my own hypocrisy and lack of commitment, perhaps Jon and
Kate represent what we have all become.
