Feb. 1, 2008 - Reason 442 that we USUALLY tomato stake our children
Tomato Staking Children (for those who have never heard the term) - Comparison to a tomato plant...you stake a tomato plant so that as it grows you can gently guide it round it's support system, nipping the suckers that come off at the wrong angle, nuturing the good fruit, fertilizing and feeding nourishing things so that the plant will produce an abundant crop of good fruits. As opposed to NOT staking a tomato plant, allowing it to grow where it may...falling to the ground to spread...allowing weeds to grow up under it where they can not be taken out without damage to the plant...allowing pests to hide among the overgrown leaves to injure the plant's ability to grow healthy...allowing the fruits to fall to the ground and rot, unacknowledged...
As relates to children Tomato Staking means keeping a child near you MOST of the time, living life, playing, teaching, laughing, correcting, enjoying each other as they learn and grow, so that none of their fruits go unnoticed and most of the character issues that could cause them harm later in life can be weeded out before they can take root and form a habit.
All that sounds pretty serious...but really, I just didn't want anyone to think that tomato staking involved wire cones or those little green twisty ties. 
This is what happens when you have a brand new, hunky dory, yellow highlighter WITH flags for your bible study that you leave on the table to use the NEXT time you open your bible...and you have a 2 year old who is bored because momma is sick and doesn't feel like chasing her. You can't see the floor or the book case but trust me she used EVERY.SINGLE.FLAG! I hadn't even pulled ONE yet.
Serves me right for watching the Dog Whisperer!
See ya around...
Comments
Feb. 3, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by CrossView
LOL! At least it wasn't anything permanent! =P
Looks like you'll be pulling those off for a very long time!
