The Weight of Great Expectations

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by Robin O’Bryant     Thanksgiving was fun. We spent a week at The Farm in Jasper, Alabama with Zeb’s family. I love them and I have the best in-laws in the world. I don’t even have to try to like them, because I just do. They are awesome. And I say that because I don’t want [...]

Pride Goeth Before the Marriage

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Feminists, I venture to say, approach marriage with less blinders on than most women. At least this feminist woman did/does. I have high expectations of the men around me: remain yourselves, because I love you for yourselves. But at the same time, we all have to remain vigilant that gender roles and mundane societal expectations [...]

Purely Hypothetical

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  If I thought only strangers would see the words, I’d share what I’m afraid those who know me may see. I could be the oldest of five girls and the daughter of a dead man who’s phone number I still have. I could be the daughter of  a widow I’m hoping to talk out [...]