Double Digits: A Parenting Achievement Unlocked

K has turned ten years old. Double digits. Success. I explained to him:

"This might be the last time you increase the number of digits in your age. Of course, ninety years from now, you might remember this conversation and think, 'ha...dad was wrong'. I hope I'm wrong! I probably won't be around to acknowledge it though."

He's getting a little birthday party on his birthday, and then an actual birthday party the following Saturday that includes friends from school, church, etc. It's nice that they're all making the trek to the middle of nowhere for him; the true sign of friendship.

I get a lot of spam because people use my sorta common gmail address for all manner of random things: cell phone contracts, oil change shops, Netflix subscriptions, dating apps and so forth. I affectionally refer to this entire collection of people as "OCJ" – the Other Curtis Jones. However, this was the first time anyone had used my email address to request a visit from a Mormon "missionary".

Most of the time I assume people use my email address because they just don't want to give out their own email address. In this case that hypothesis makes less sense. I'll never know, because I can't reply to the requestor to learn more.

But I did reply to the email itself.

No thanks. I'm a Christian.

Intentionally vexing words, as I'm aware they view themselves as Christians, which is unfortunate. I received an automated reply.

The biggest bummer is how a cult manages to secure the name, "The Church of Jesus Christ" which is pretty much the perfect name for a Christian church. Usurped by a cult. Serious strategic fail there.