I was struggling to find something to write about, using the letter U as my prompt. As the days rolled by, I began asking my family to throw some U words at me, but none of the words inspired a story or a poem. Finally we decided, maybe instead of a story or a poem I could make a list. Not of U words, but of things our household could unanimously agree upon.
We are a close knit family. We support each other's ideas. We listen well to one another's thoughts, struggles, and dreams. And don't forget that we are homeschoolers, so obviously my husband and I have indoctrinated them into all our ways of thinking. (insert wink here). Surely, we could come up with a long interesting list of Unaniminities. Haha! I just made that word up, but I like it so it will stay.
We started throwing out ideas.
Tea! Hmm, that gets a minus 1. 1 person in the household isn't as enthusiastic about tea as the rest of us.
Coffee? Minus 1
Japanese curry? That would have been good at one time, but it's a minus 1, as 1 of has grown tired of it.
Daily walks? Minus 1.5
Interesting, even those simple, less important things couldn't get a unanimous vote.
We didn't delve into bigger issues on this occasion, like politics, climate change, abortion, and the COVID-19 response. But having had numerous conversation around those things, I already know that although we agree in general on most of those, there are nuances that would keep us from calling our beliefs unanimous.
Apparently, a unanimous list wasn't going to be such an easy one to make. It turns out, that we are a family of individuals.
What did make it on the list? Only 3 things!
1. Jesus is Lord.
2. Pineapple belongs on pizza.
3. Homeschooling is THE best.
*Photo by Miguel Andrade on Unsplash
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