“Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can’t help but smile on it.”
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Quote: Barbara de Angelis on Madcap Marriage
“The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It’s a choice you make – not just on your wedding day, but over and over again – and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.” Agreed. This heart-felt dedication must … Continue reading
Good Guys – Kendell Smith Challenges Men to “Be a Father”
The following three videos are an inspiration for young fathers, that is long overdue. Two are links to the videos and I apologize for the commercials, I couldn’t locate the videos without them. This first link is to Kendell Smith’s touching Facebook “challenge” to Dads everywhere, to “Be a father.” http://www.wfmynews2.com/media/cinematic/video/14142511/nc-father-issues-facebook-challenge-to-real-men/ This video is one, … Continue reading
Quote: Euripides on Madcap Marriage
“It’s not beauty but fine (Christian) qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.” The italicized word is mine. kqd Please read my related post – Madcap Marriage – Vol. #2 Essay 12
The Miracle of Motherhood – Peggy O’Mara
“Effective discipline is based on loving guidance. It is based on the belief that children are born innately good and that our role as parents is to nurture their spirits as they learn about limits and boundaries, rather than to curb their tendencies toward wrongdoing. Effective discipline presumes that children have reasons for their behavior … Continue reading
The Sacrament of Marriage – Theologian Helmut Thielicke
“I once knew a very old married couple who radiated a profound happiness. The wife, especially, who was almost unable to move because of her age and illness, possessed a kind face, etched with a hundred lines by the joys and sufferings of many years. She exhibited such a gratitude for life … Continue reading
The Miracle of Motherhood – Dorothy Evslin
“It will be gone before you know it. The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher. Then suddenly, they disappear.”
Longform Essay – When You Lose a Parent, a Part of You Dies with Them
My Dad died recently. And, yes, he died peacefully. And, yes, he was 92. And, yes, he’s in a “better place.” And, yes, he was ready to go. But, how do you fill the void in your life, the hole in your heart, the chair at your table and the pit in your stomach? I’m … Continue reading
The Miracle of Motherhood- Peggy O’Mara
“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” Tell them they are fat, ugly, stupid or a jerk, even in jest, and that’s the inner voice they will hear, for the rest of their lives. kqd
Quote: Anonymous on Husband’s Hell
“A marriage is made for two, but some bitches don’t know how to count.” And this is because women have foolishly substituted the ideology of radical, second-wave feminism for the tenets of their Christian faith. kqd Read my related post – Husband’s Hell Vol. #2 Essay 9
It's the Women, Not the Men! 