2 posts from February 2009

This is the beginning of my bucket list, but by no means the end...

Things to do:
     Skydiving
     write a book of poems
     write a children's book
     write songs and cut an album
     play basketball again
     become a certified personal trainer
     meet George W. Bush
     meet the president
     try surfing
     publish that book of poems
     take a sculpture class
     model gowns
     correspond with a soldier on active duty
     bike cross country, maybe the whole country
     reach a height of 6'2"
     kiss the most handsome man in the world
     fall in love with him, permanently
     dress up
     teach women in a foreign land
     run a half marathon
     complete a triathlon

Countries/Continents to see:
     India
     Italy
     Greece
     All of Europe
     All of Africa

Languages to learn:
    Italian
    Arabic
    Spanish
    French

Instruments to learn:
     Guitar
     Voice
     Bass
     Cello

Return to ballet, modern, ballroom, tango, tap

It's the day you say "I do," but do you realize what you are saying? You might be beaming from behind a gossamer veil; or you could be the handsome man with the ring in his pocket and his bride filling his eyes. Whoever you are, you are making the greatest commitment of your life.This promise is one that you are swearing to live by until death. Most people don't realize that anymore. 40-50% of marriages in the United States end in divorce. Oddly divorce rates among conservative Christians if significantly higher than that of other faith groups. Wondering why? It is because those marriages are more impacting on a community when they last. A couple that not only sticks it out, but that has taken seriously that "the two shall become one," and is able to minister as a living example, have the power to influence many, many more husbands and wives to hold fast to their commitment, thus preventing broken homes and broken children that would only go on to repeat the standards of their parents. You have no idea how many struggling couples are watching you now, or how many will watch you over the years. The home is the foundation, the safety, for a child. If they cannot see and feel love, respect, and acceptance demonstrated there, there is no model, no proper faucet for filling the child with these much needed verbs and nouns.