marriage

Marriage is not so much a word as it is a sentence–a life sentence.

What Is Marriage?
So much planning is spent on a wedding — but how much planning goes into having a marriage? How many people that confess their love for one another sit down with a pre-marital counselor or life coach to explore issues and goals for creating a marriage? If individuals that agreed to marry took the time to receive insight into a meaningful healthy marriage before the wedding, then maybe the divorce rate would not be so high. I do not think many times individuals have the same clear understanding of marriage which can and lead to confusion and ultimately unfortunately divorce. I do not believe that anyone get marries to only end their marriage in divorce. I do not believe that divorce is the goal when two people decide to get married. Its beneficial for any partner to explore with an effort to understand if they have found a good mate fit for marriage. The toll that divorce takes on two individuals that agreed to holy matrimony not to mention the children can be brutal. So many people put more emphasis in planning a wedding than the actual planning of the marriage. When two whole, healthy, completed individuals come together many things should be taken into consideration before actual planning the wedding:
By Kamala Odom8 years ago in Humans
A Sign From My Love
One day as I walking my daughter Amelia along the same path we took every day to school, we came across this piece of broken rock that resembles a heart. As many times as we've walked right by and never saw this, one day we notice it. She says, " Mom look it's a heart. Daddy sent this to you so you know he's thinking of you!"
By Amanda J Mollett8 years ago in Humans
How I Became a Pastor's Wife When I Didn't Want to Be
As a child, I grew up in the church. If those doors were open, we were walking in. Wind. Rain. Snow. Sun. Morning Service. Evening Service. Special Service. You could count on us.
By Francesca Hamilton8 years ago in Humans
My Journey
So, this year I realized that nothing really ever changes with me. Well it is just March 3, 2018 and there has already been so much that has happened that I feel has defined me as a person. I would like to share my journey with whoever cares to read. Why, you ask? Well, sometimes I really wish I had someone to tell me that I'm not alone, and I feel that maybe.... just maybe my journals will let someone else know that they are not alone.
By Iammethats AlliCanbe8 years ago in Humans
Marriage Is a Life Sentence
So, in today’s world I have heard repeatedly that marriage is just a piece of paper. Some say you don’t have to be married to do things married couples do. You don’t have to be tied down to just one person your entire life. Some have even said I can’t make a commitment for the rest of my life, I’m so young.
By Elena DeCristino8 years ago in Humans
The Marriage Union
There is a tradition among Catholics and an increasing trend among Evangelicals in American society to display a photograph where there are both a groom and bride, in white, raising together a unity candle in their hands over their heads. The core values that are demonstrated by these persons and the marriage event are unity, loyalty, and spirituality (particularly of the Christian faith).
By Thomas Kilian8 years ago in Humans
Trouble in The Bedroom
So, there's this thing that my wife does in bed that drives me crazy, and not in a good way. To be fair to her, it's something impulsive and entirely involuntary, yet every night she torments me by doing it - seemingly more vigorously than the previous night, like some sort of petulant defiance.
By Mark Williams8 years ago in Humans
Why Won't Millennials Get Married?
Recently, I’ve noticed a huge spike in the amounts of videos, poems, and articles about how millennials—and I use this term cautiously, since it is often used to infantilize a generation of people who could be well into their thirties—are no longer interested in love.
By Ex Oh8 years ago in Humans
Marrying a Religious Man and Not Converting
Yes that’s right, I am going marrying a charming man with the most brilliant mind, whom I loved so much that it is just unthinkable, but I will not be converting to his religion and for that decision alone, I could be jailed or even killed in some conservative countries.
By Judy Mae8 years ago in Humans
A Story of a Small Town Girl in Kansas
I am an assembly mechanic at a small aircraft machine shop. I've never really been a girly girl and I've worked in a male dominated profession my entire life. I got married young, very young; I was only 18. I would like to give a brief account of my life before Kyle (my first ex husband; yes, I have two). I was raised mostly by a step mother who did not care much about me and my grandmother on my father's side. My father is an alcoholic and my mother was addicted to Meth for nine years. After the age of 5, I only saw her once or twice before I was 14 or 15. (Excuse my lack of exact ages. I don't have many memories of being a child.) So in short, when I met Kyle at age 16, I was starving for love.
By Alondra Atkinson8 years ago in Humans
Being Married in My Early 20s
I was just 18 years old when I met my one day husband, Roger. He was 26. I know the age difference seems big but it really wasn’t. He says still to this day that he knew he wanted me from the moment we were introduced. And how did I feel about him when we first met? Well my first words to him were “You smell good.” Yea. Not my finest moment.
By Taylor Searcy Holland8 years ago in Humans
Finally Leaving That Toxic Man in Your Life
I have been with this man for five years. We've been married for all most two and have a two and a half year old baby boy. Two weeks ago, I finally left. We look like the happy American family. He's a Marine, I'm an artist and entrepreneur. We seem like we have it all together and everything is running smoothly. I worked really hard to make it look that way.
By Darra Bryant8 years ago in Humans