Mindy Millington
(The Older One)
 My name is Mindy Millington, the older sister.  I was 12 years old when my sister, Nikki, was born.  I am from South East Georgia and I come from a poor family.  I grew up appreciating the taste of dried beans and rice for dinner.

My mother was a hippy and my father was just a good ole' country boy who became a cop - what a combination.  Of course, from the above sentence you can gather why they didn't last 2 years in marriage.  From their separation, I was blessed with a good step-mom and a drunken, abusive step-father.

From my mother, I learned to love learning and how to look outside of the box.  My father taught me what means to have values and a solid foundation.

After graduating high school from Charlton County, I entered into the United States Army and was sent to Germany. About 6 months into serving in Germany, I was sent to Saudi Arabia in preparation for Desert Storm.  I was in the signal unit that gave communications support to the 3rd Armored Division which is the unit that went into Iraq then into Kuwait.  I was only about 40-80 miles behind the front lines during the war.

It was during my travels overseas that I became a real US Patriot.  I saw first hand how great our country was by comparing it to the other countries I visited.  Not to knock the other countries, just that I had taken so many things for granted that I was awaken to a true understanding of what it means to be an American.

Even though I had been raised a Christian all of my life, I really embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ when I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints right after I got out of the Army.  I was baptized on July 4, 1993 and I joke that it was the day of my true independence from living a life of sin. (not that I am perfect, I just get to repent alot)

I have two sisters:  Nikki and Catrena.  You will find out more about Nikki by reading below and she is the sister that is on my mother's side.  Catrena (my father's other child) is a professor at a liberal college and she has her PhD in Chemistry.  We agree to disagree on many political topics, so she will find this site amusing.  Both of my sisters are amazing individuals and I feel blessed to have them in my life.

I have 5 wonderful children and twins on the way: 2 that my husband brought into the marriage, 1 that came with me and 2 that we have had together.  The first 4 are boys and the baby is a girl.  Yes, she is spoiled rotten, but she can take up for herself as well.  She will hurt the teenagers just as quick as she will someone her own size.

I homeschool the last 3 of the children, which is not always easy.
It is worth it though when I glance at today's society and its values.  I don't have to worry about someone bringing a gun to school as much as other parents might.

I am independent, smart, and modern.  Yet, I am conservative. Sounds like an oxymoron doesn't; modern + conservative?

I hope that through my writings in this forum I can show how the two perspectives can compliment instead of conflict with each other.

Nicole Bedford
(The Younger One)
 I'm Nicole Bedford...the younger of we two blogstresses....I hail from the southern United States and proudly represent the red, white and blue....redneck, white trash and blue collar.

Being raised in a tumultuous yet artistic household, I learned a great appreciation for the simple beauties in life.  In fact a basic appreciation for just that...life.

That my beliefs tend to lean toward the conservative is surprising, my parents were very liberal.  Our home was one built upon the free thinking, free "loving" ideologies of the 1960's.Unfortunately...that my parents' marriage was so unhappy, the result of a "life without consequence" attitude on both their parts, led to a great deal of turmoil for me.  They were good people, hard working, but misguided.  As an adult, upon canalization of the traumatic moments of my childhood, I realized that the lack of consequence by which they lived their lives was tragic and that perhaps the values I had been taught in my youth where misguided.  That having been said, I have my parents to thank, for my appreciation of art and learning, my acceptance of adversity, and the capacity to "think outside the box."

Not that I lead such a contemporary life.  I've had my quirks, my eccentric lifestyle choices so to speak.  I am a published writer, of fiction and verse. A visual artist and amateur photographer. My college career has been rather hit or miss because my interests being so varied, but time providing I want to continue with a major in Eng Lit. I lead my life by the wisdom of my heart, the things I know to be right, not the "truths" that the media spews forth. Too often "knowledge" is substituted for wisdom.

Most importantly I am a mother. I have two beautiful, talented, creative, intelligent children and one on the way. Liam aged 7; Aurora aged 6 and a baby girl due July 2009. I have been exceedingly blessed with the opportunity to home school them both. I find this to be the most meaningful position I will ever uphold...educating my children beyond the fear of institutionalization and inhibition of free thought.

While offering due respect to all those of faith, I find my roots have grown deep in the beliefs of the LDS church. In that I find a great amount of comfort and peace. I do believe in FREEDOM of religion, not the EXCLUSION of religion. That we each have the right to worship as we choose, does NOT mean that as a nation we can turn our back on our "Higher Power". If "In God We Trust" was good enough for those that shed blood for our independence, its good enough for me.


I consider myself to be a conservative feminist...a maverick republican. I'll be truthful , not all of my ideals are strictly conservative. The occasional left wing stance will strike me as sound and sense full. Those moments are far and few between and on the "big" issues, the ones that make or break a political party, I stand right. In my writings, observations, blogs and rants I hope that I can empower more women to stand up for what they really believe. Its not popular to be conservative, its not "cool". As a twenty something, chat room addicted, MySpace aficionado, I know that I'm a rarity. More women should find the strength to resist the sway of modern politics and today's media shark bed.

I'll be more than happy to discuss contrasting ideals with an earnest, open mind. I hope that those visiting our forum can receive what I have to say with the same. I'm open to understanding, to embracing the diversity that makes our country AMAZING.I feel blessed for the opportunity to share my words...and thank you, the reader, for visiting!











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