Enigmas

On the www.excite.com home page, the dictionary word of the day today is "enigma". While I always am up for fun ways to boost my brain power & add vocabulary this handy feature has the fatal flaw of being very repetitious. I know for a fact there are many more words in the English language that could be used instead of recycling the same ones repeatedly. But, none the less, I have to give this site credit for giving me a title & theme for today's little tidbits.

The site's definition of an enigma is a puzzle or a mystery. This could easily be a definition for life in general don't you think? I do! Like, where does the matching sock go during the wash & dry process? It certainly doesn't make it's way back to be bundled up with it's mate. Or, why is it the spare freezer in the garage only fries & dies when it is newly stocked with ice cream sandwiches & other tasty treats & not when it is virtually forgotten & unused? Or, why does money come out of a checking / savings / coffee can so much quicker than it goes in? - it's the same density as far as matter & quantum physics go. I don't get it, it's an "enigma". Another enigma is how a little, sweet 3 yr old boy can stand & pee & getting said product virtually everywhere in the bathroom in addition to the toilet bowl while not dancing about wildly? It seems he is trying to be still & aim, & yet..... Thank goodness for the dollar store's sanitary wipes to rid us of that last enigma!!!!

Life, life is definitely an enigma & if we think we've figured it out, I believe we are only fooling ourselves into a passive submission of ignorant bliss. What is that saying, how does it go? The wise man knows he knows nothing. Something like that. Well all hail moi, I must be flippin Einstein because I aint got a clue, that's for dam* sure!! Now teenagers, there is one of life's greatest enigmas of all. How can we produce offspring whom we love & nurture just to have them virtually spat in our face for doing so? Do you know my 17 yr old son had the audacity to honk for me to come out to the car yesterday, rather than give me a courteous, "Mom, it's OK, I don't need the portable DVD player for my trip, you can stop looking we need to leave now" Yeah! That's charm for ya! Did you know if the garbage is overflowing by even 1 sandwich baggy it is solely my fault- how dare I? Don't I know he has a job now?! Suddenly certain species of wildlife who eat their young are now revered for their keen sensibility rather than looked down upon in disdain with the words "eeew, gross" on our lips. But rather now it is , "Hip Hip Hooray!" No, I'm not a cannibal. I'm just a tired mother of many. Instead of marvelling at nature's beauty or other such works, today, I marvel at "Enigmas" this includes Sudoku, gosh that puzzle drives me nuts!!!

Why does it cost to have a used fridge hauled off to be donated to a gospel mission? Why would a house be built with no windows facing the back yard? Why are freckles cute on little kids & called age spots & deemed ugly when we are older? Why is it good to laugh & be happy but bad to have laugh lines & crow's feet? Why is tanned skin considered beautiful but bad for you? Why is it considered beautiful to be natural but impossible to naturally be what is now classified beautiful without surgery & hair color? Why do you need a license to have a dog or catch a fish but no license to have a child? Why do we tire of answering why questions so we end up doing so with a "because I said so" or "just because that's the way it is" response to inquiring minds? Why do Internet news medias think I care what Britney is doing, who Prince William is dating & if an American Idol contestant got into a disagreement on a plane- but real news is not reported? Enigma's. Is it fate, karma, destiny, devine intervention or what that I happened upon this ever appropriate word just before sitting down to write today? That too is an enigma.

For now my Dear Readers, I hope you are not too puzzled, too mystified or perplexed, that I have not left you in too much of an enigma of your own. If you have some answers feel free to mail them to me!! Thanks for reading & Be Blessed!