Delaying marriage until you can afford an extravagant wedding with all the trimmings is unnecessary. I love officiating weddings. It’s one of the best parts of my job. Over the past few years during our nation’s recession, weddings seem to be so much cheaper and streamlined. I like that. Nothing wrong with a big, fancy…
Few things in life can be as confusing as romance. Its rise and decline and its fulfillment or failure can confound minds, upset bodies and disorder normal daily existence. Usually when we soar into romance we’re flying blind. Aside from high hopes, we have little clear idea of where we’re going and what we’re likely…
With a catch in her voice, I knew what was going to pour out of her. Partly because I knew her husband and always felt he was pretty mean to her. All I have ever wanted is for someone to love me. Is there anything wrong with that? To love me. Not be nasty to…
After signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd U.S. president wrote in his Notes on the State of Virginia, God who gave us life gave us liberty.” While Jefferson is speaking about gaining liberty—defined by Merriam-Webster as the quality or state of being free; the power to do as one pleases—as…
Everyone has a sexual past. Everyone. Even the most pious, religious, church-going, prudish person has stories to share about his or her sexuality. It’s easy to look at the person who’s never had sex before and dismiss the rest of their sexual history. There is such a value placed on sexual intercourse that anything but…
