Have you ever watched chickens interact with each other? Watching chickens peck at the ground can be nice and relaxing until they turn on each other. Each flock of chickens has a pecking order. If you're at the top, you don't get pecked. If you are not at the top, you get pecked by someone higher on the pecking order and then you get to peck someone who is lower on the pecking order. If you are at the bottom of the pecking order, that's when they start pecking other objects (e.g., a human’s foot). My mom had a chicken that was incubated and hatched in her second grade classroom. After … [Read more...]
Documenting the Love Story (Marriage Proposal)
Though this video is mostly comprised of pictures and music (as opposed to live video), you still get a real sense of the love that this couple has for each other... and him for her daughter. It's longer than normal, but I believe it's worth watching - enjoy. … [Read more...]
Ways Your Future Spouse’s Career Will Affect You
One important detail to know about your guy or gal before falling head over heels for him or her is what career path he or she is taking (or would like to take). This may seem like a trivial piece of information in the early stages of a relationship, but it is something that will affect you for years, if not the rest of your life, should you choose to marry each other. Think about your own personality. If you marry someone with political aspirations, are you prepared to meet a lot of people, be in the public eye, and host dinners or other events? If you marry someone in the medical … [Read more...]
Will Your Judgments of Others Come Back to Bite You?
Before I got married, I was the marriage expert. Seriously, just ask my mom. I knew all there was to know about marriage and how married people should treat each other. Even though my head knew that marriage was a lot of hard work, my inexperienced self really thought that many people could do a lot better – they just weren't trying hard enough to make their union work. Some of my assumptions may have been true, but my “I get it, why don't they…” attitude was a set up for future humbling. Let's just say my mother was not always excited to hear my take on how she related to my dad. From time … [Read more...]
Is Your Church a Supportive Community?
Growing up, church was my home away from home. Many of my early memories are of me at church. When I was a little kid (2-7), I loved going to church. When I was an older child (8-11), I tried to get out of going to church (like a lot of kids), and when I was a teenager (12 and on) you couldn't drag me away from church. Believe me – many a night did my poor father sit out in the church parking lot waiting for me to get finished gabbing to my friends. My church was like a small town. Everybody knew everybody else – and everybody else's business. Though I didn't appreciate it enough at the time, … [Read more...]
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