Last year while trying to find myself I took an adolescent development course as part of an education major’s requirement. For my final paper I researched young adult abusive relationships. As someone whose watched many a friend be part of an unstable and unfriendly relationship I found the research particularly interesting. I’m sharing this [...]
Nostalgic Loves
I miss the nineties (sigh). For some very strange reason finals season makes me particularly nostalgic. I’m not sure if it’s the added stress, intimidating time constraints or mountains of work, but whatever it is I feel a remarkable urge to escape the present and relive my past. This feeling often takes the form of [...]
Don’t Bother With Your Varisty Jacket; Just Accept My Request
So, I’ll be the first to admit that many nights when I’m supposed to be studying for a test the next morning, I can be found ‘taking a break’ and perusing my friends’ Facebook pages. Often this involves scanning my news feed to see what people are up to. Among the events being attended, newly [...]
Unconditional Love
The other day I was talking to my friend, whose going through a difficult time right now and she told me the one thing that would make her happy is to feel loved by someone who loves her more than anything else in the world. This got me thinking about love in relation to unconditional [...]
INTERRACIAL, BIPARTISAN, INTERFAITH marriages???
I recently came across a essay submitted to the New York Times Modern Love column. Besides finding it amusing in a sentimental kind of way, it hit strangely close to home. The essay entitled ‘I Married a Republican: There I said it’ can be generically summed up by its title: its about one person’s story [...]
