one of my mom's cousins is in town so my parents had a family (ie, cousins) lunch yesterday. i got to the house at 12:30 and left at 9:30. i was kind of peopled out, and there weren't even that many people there. my mom and her cousin - mostly the cousin - sortofkindof reminisced about various relatives, most of whom i never met, and the cousin ( Read more... )

oh what a day! what a lovely day!

thank you, scotus, for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in ( Read more... )