Family: Doing it the Right Way

There’s a single line that makes just about all people happy. “_____ is expecting!” Children are a wonderful gift from God and it’s exciting when anyone is having one, especially the first. Every so often I’ll see an article online saying so and so celebrity is expecting. Depending on who it happens to be, I’ll curiously read the article to find out a little more about that person.

Most of the time the celebrity is single, and sometimes has been with their partner for an extended period of time. This is one promotion in film and in celebrity-life that people don’t take seriously anymore. It puts a huge damper on an exciting new life when a couple did not choose to do things God’s intended way, which is marriage first, children after.

Recently I watched an interview on YouTube with Chris Hemsworth. He was talking to the interviewer about his wife being pregnant, and I had to smile—I didn’t know Hemsworth was married. And then today I was online and found out that as of last month, his wife is expecting their second child.

I wondered who his wife was, so I looked her up. Her bio is a little beside the point, but when reading through it I found out their story. They met through a company that supports them in their careers, they later dated for 10 months, were engaged for five months, and then were married in 2010. Their first child was born in May 2012, and here in 2013, they’re expecting their second.

I gotta say, this is both exciting and refreshing to see Hollywood celebrities do it right. Hemsworth’s wife Elsa said on starting a family, “Having the person that you love by your side and starting a family with them is the best thing that can happen to you in this life. You can't ask for more”. I can’t agree more because they did it right; they are doing it God’s way. And that makes it exciting!

So, to the Hemsworths (though I highly doubt they’d ever read this post from a random BJU college student), I say congratulations and good on ya, mate.

Naivety at its Finest

Blue Sky Studios’ 2011 film Rio was a beautiful film—the picture was spectacular, but the characters, the plot, and the music were just as colorful. I enjoyed the film when I first saw it, but a few flags went up in a couple areas.

Content with Content

I was reading through the comments on my blog tonight (thank you to those who have commented!) and one thing that my friend Leigh said on my post “Friend or Foe?” really stuck out to me. In response to my post on movies promoting demonic activity, she said, “I've always disliked horror movies, but I don't often sit back and analyze why I don't like them.”

Leigh hit it right on the nose.

When the Sand Runs Out

Family is important. I don’t know where I would be without my family, which consists of my parents, five girls and four boys. It is a madhouse at times for sure and as I always say, there’s “never a dull moment”. With all of our contrasting personalities and splashes of humor or attitude, something of interest is bound to happen at least once a day.