Long time, no update

[business_classy]

So I guess I can't really update everyone on the happenings of my past couple of months.  It would be too long and too over dramatic, and pretty exhausting (both as the writer and as you the readers).  But I guess the best I can do is update the events most fresh in my mind

Comments

[acertaintragedy]

"It makes me feel thankful that I have the right to choose who I will love, marry, who I will have children with because these are such basic rights that often get forgotten about until you meet someone who has never had them."

i have been through similar situations involving meeting people completely tied into religion and i have always shown interest in hearing what that life is like because like you've stated above...it really makes you appreciate your own situation. even comparing how my parents were raised (super catholic) to my lifestyle makes me pleased with having the right to pick and choose what makes me happy. granted, my dad has never been keen on my lack of religion...but regardless of how much he bitches about it i still openly tell him thank you for letting me be my own person.

[business_classy]

For the beginning of my life on this planet, religion was forced on me because of my parents need to please their own parents. Its strange, my mother was in her 30's when she had me but she felt the need to sign me up for catechism annually because if she didn't she knew she would never stop hearing about it from my grandmother. After my grandmothers passing I was never forced to go to church again.

In retrospect, I wonder if I would feel more passionate about church or bible studies if it wouldn't have been forced on me as a child. Would I be more passionate about religion in general if it was something that was introduced to me from an intellectual & comparative analysis standpoint as an adult? This I don't know, but it is definitely something I wonder about.

[dress___up]

i think it's awesome the woman opened up to you like that, she probably really needed it. other cultures are so fascinating, but so heartbreaking sometimes, too. i couldn't imagine going through an arranged marriage or leading such a set-in-stone lifestyle.

i hope tax season isn't treating you too horribly & you're able to catch up on sleep (& fun!) miss you, i'm sending a hug along with melanie while she's in town.

[business_classy]

I am very excited about this hug and the visiting of Melanie. I will be cherishing this moment because she will be my first Michigan visitor of 2009. I am very much looking forward to the day.