What does this look like to you?

Tell me what does this look like to you?

Nathan loves Elmo. Anything Elmo. Sam and I always rent Elmo's world DVD's from the library. The last one we just rented was called "Families, Mail & Bath Time." The fact that the word "Families" was in the title made Sam and I nervous since a certain group of people are fighting hard to redefine families.

Sam and I watched this video with Nathan the first day, we watched hard too, because we suspected something is going to be thrown in. But we were wrong we thought, because we didn't see anything. Still the title made us uncomfortable. So yesterday I watched it again.

If you blink you'll miss it. If you reach down to scratch something you won't see it. But yesterday I didn't have to scratch or reach for anything and I saw it. It appears and disappears so quickly on the screen that I had to pause the DVD really fast to get a good look at it. Then I called Sam in to confirm it.

You can describe me as angry right now. Or better yet down right heated. My son loves this show and I'm sure someone in your family does as well.

But you know what? My son will no longer be watching this show, a decision made by his father and me. Does that seem harsh? Maybe. Unfair? Maybe. But God entrusted us with these two and sometimes our decisions aren't going to be liked.

But he could just watch the "clean" ones. Again Elmo's not welcome at this address any longer. I thought the video I rented from the library was a "clean" one. But again look at the picture above and answer my question.

What does this look like to you?