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Unexpected
I was reflecting on my honeymoon briefly and realized that my most vivid memory from that week was lying in the ER bed* while N held my hand. It's not a bad memory, just probably--well definitedly, not what I thought I'd… -
Surprising
The weather has finally sort of broken and I hope we're done with record highs for good. We had something like the hottest October since 1877. With cooler weather, I'm finding that one of the things I'm enjoying the mo… -
Loving your neighbor: your gay ones
I am unusually exhausted today, so this will probably be shorter than I had hoped. Proposition 8: Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. I think that this is a valid policy quest… -
Things I love about my family
The latest in family missives about the newly engaged couple-- Happy Couple: We're getting married on Aug 23rd! Dad: Sounds great. Bro: FYI, August 23rd is the International Day for the Rememberance of Slavery and Its … -
Not a mind-meld
I've been sorta sick, but I seem to have reached a moment of clarity so I will use it to update. And this is my prayer for you that your love would abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight... ~Paul, Lette… -
Singleness as geography
N and I will be celebrating our 1st year together next Sunday, so I thought I'd use this time to reflect on stuff. I think between the two of us N and I had about 50 years of singleness, and we weren't your serial dater… -
Just what did you promise
"...originally "will" was an entirely normal verb that simply meant 'want to' or 'desire'. ...although hardly a bride or groom realizes it today, the original sense of the promise 'I will' [in the marriage vow of the An… -
Are you ready? Nuggets from North Carolina
A couple of my xanga readers--you know who you are--are pondering this question of "Am I ready to be married?" The short answer is that if you're aware enough to ask the question, you probably are ready. Conscientious… -
You will marry the wrong person
… we always marry the wrong person. We never know whom we marry; we just think we do. Or even if we first marry the right person, just give it a while and he or she will change. For marriage, being what it is, means we … -
You make me want to be a better (wo)man
Rolled into bed aroud 3:30 this morning. Probably for the first time in our marriage I was DEAD asleep when N woke up. I don't think I remember his alarm. This part of preparing for my dissertation proposal defense has …
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