Tell Me About Your Rags

Wonder Woman and I were putting up decorations in church Tuesday night and we had a visit from Mr. CutebutCrabbyPants.    And it has been on my mind all week.  So, Mr. CBCP walks right up to the stage and says. "Oh great.  I can't wait to tell my wife that you are hanging up the rags again!"   Some of the folks at my church do not enjoy the guitars, drums, and the dancers, but I had never heard such a negative response to the visual decorations.   

Wonder Woman and I looked at each other and started laughing. I laughed because I really get it.  If I went to a church with a choir in long satin robes and organ music, I would be just as unappreciative.  Sometimes, once you get used to something and it feels good, change can be hard.  We did understand, and so we gave Mr. CBCP some ideas on how to deal with the guitars (he really doesn't like those either) and the rags:

- don't look at the rags

- sit farther back in the auditorium so you cannot hear or see so well

- ear plugs?

- wear your sunglasses in the auditorium

- talk to your neighbors during the music so you are not paying attention to it......facing back so you can't see the stage

- Come late after the singing and when the stage lights go down

- sing the song you like while we are all singing the song we like

Do you have rags of your own?  What are they?

Normal Girl