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Marriage

How do you define marriage? Friends? Partners? Lovers?

"Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally recognized union between people, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws."   - Wikipedia With an accepted definition like that, it’s no wonder marriage is loaded…
Rebecca S Mullen
May 8, 2020
Understanding Grief

Grief: A Grown Up Sandbox

Grief can be a mysterious thing. It just kinda wants to pour though me like water or sand. It’s wordless. As soon as I try to put my hands around it, it squishes out the sides, escaping in grains or droplets. When my mother died I found myself wanting to…
Rebecca S Mullen
April 17, 2020
ParentingUnderstanding Grief

Complimentary Colors

We arrive at the campus together, her first college visit as she begins to make her choice. She is scheduled to take a class at 9:45 as a way to introduce her to college life. Half an hour to kill. I think she’d rather have sat still, but feet walking…
Rebecca S Mullen
April 10, 2020