Fantastic day

It is absolutely beautiful out. Our homeschool has been so smooth today. The doors are open and beans are cookin'. Chores are being done. Heck, I'm even down another two pounds. Its domestic bliss here.
I deleted most of my church folk off my facebook some time ago. That sounds so serious and hardcore to "defriend" people. It wasn't intended to be. It started simple enough. My neice had a birthday. I went to the party, some pictures were taken. Seeings how I washed that gray right outta my hair, put on some make up and lost twenty pounds , I was pretty darn happy with said picture. I used it as my profile pic on facebook. OH MY , you'd have thought I posted a pic of myself in a pair of daisy dukes sucking on a crack pipe. The news of me wearing make up and jewerly and being bold enough to put it on a public forum hit the phone lines like crazy. My friend who lives four hours away called and said she's afraid I'm "spiritually regressing" Sister Used to be My Best Friend, had apparently called and asked her if she'd seen the photo. Seriously, people were emailing and calling one another. It was like NEWS lol. So I figured rather than feed the rumor mill and worry about stuff constantly I'd defriend 'em. I mean they aren't speaking to me anyway. Facebook was just a little window into my life. A way to say "See, I told ya they were backslid"What impresses me is three of those ladies (and one of their husbands) have "friended" me back. There is one lady who has always been sweet and wonderful and so not caught up in the "mess" of the church, I have always talked to her alot. She is no different than she ever was. We're having a fb convo right now about homeschooling. It isn't fair to pain the WHOLE UPC with such a broad brush. To say they are all legalist or they are all this or that. I warn my kids not to say never or always and this is the same thing. There are good good loving people in that church. People who love Jesus, and love people. Not everyone buys the propoganda thats going on in that church right now. I'd love to say, Well then why do they stay, its hypocritical ect. But the Lord led us to leave, and he may be leading them to stay. There is a reason I had to be there and the journey is leading us onto somewhere else. I dont' know the thoughts and intents of those womens hearts about church and why they stay or don't stay. I just know that they have shown me love and acceptance and that may be hard for them to do. I'll just be thankful for it.