Day: January 18, 2013

The long distance relationship

By Mary WoodardPosted on January 18, 2013Posted in BlogsTagged Mary Woodard, Relationships, Arguments, Long Distance, Working it out, God's will, Spanish, Harem

In August of 2011, I was having a long, deep, interesting conversation—the type women often do–about my deal breakers for a dating relationship. No Long Distance (I can’t handle that). No one who is not a native English speaker (I can’t DEAL with people butchering my language). No Latin types (They are TOTALLY untrustworthy. Let’s[…]

Of Siberian Exiles and Feistiness

By Sarah GouldPosted on January 18, 2013Posted in FeaturedTagged Sarah Gould, World War II, government, escape from communism

Life is a funny thing, isn’t it? We walk around assuming that everyone’s had the same, or similar, experiences as ourselves—growing up in a peaceful home surrounded by love and middle-class money, getting everything you need with more than a little of what you want thrown in. That was my experience, but it wasn’t my mother’s or my grandmother’s.[…]