On Bad Leaders: Thoughts from the morning after
I was living in England and Scotland during the George W Bush years and his presidency reflected badly on Americans abroad. Eight years after the end of the GWB’s final term, we are still...
Category: Relationships
Surviving A Mixed Political Orientation Marriage
I’ve been a Democrat since I was 18. I’ve never had any regrets about this political affiliation, though I have on occasion found myself admiring the stances of Green Party candidates. Similarly, my husband...
Unwilling Sacrifices
I know I’m about a year too late for this to be news, but I recently watched Suffragette with my family. Snuggled up under a warm comforter and popcorn in hand, I was expecting a feel-good,...
Values and Power in a Changing World
One of my best friends, Jocelyn, whom I left behind in Seattle, sent a friend of hers to me through Facebook messenger today. I have met him a few times – the first time...
She Ate the Fruit. She Had To.
By Wendy (This song is performed by Wendy and her sister.) I was 24 when I got divorced and my parents separated. It was a gut-wrenching time, to say the least. To soothe the...
Seventeen Times I Felt Reverence.
(Inspired by a beautiful part in a beautiful book, 100 Birds Taught Me To Fly, called, “Twelve Times I Prayed.”) My sister, C, holding my baby, singing, “I’m just a little black rain cloud, hovering under...
Marriage vs. a Piece of Paper
“Marriage really is just a piece of paper,” I said to my fellow Laurel as we sat in an unused room in the church, skipping Sunday school one morning, years and years ago. “I...
“Rear their children in love and righteousness”
The title of my post comes from a line in The Family: A Proclamation to the World. The full sentence reads, “Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness,...
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