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Eleven White Roses (Part 6)
Previous installments: Eleven White Roses (Part 1) Eleven White Roses (Part 2) Eleven White Roses (Part 3) Eleven White Roses (Part 4) Eleven White Roses (Part 5) October 2007 At the bottom of our three story honeymoon cabin, there was a picturesque indoor pool with a huge rock water fountain flowing into it. Everything about the cabin was breathtaking—even impressing my own very judgmental eye—and my mind could hardly... Read More →
Needs Don’t Have Servants in this Castle
Part 6: Searching for Mr. Right You could marry a prince, live in a nice castle and never have to lift your fingers again to wash a dish, but no matter how much money and maids and servants, there is one thing you must do alone: meet his needs. Yes, his needs. Your man is looking forward to a wife who will take care of him and serve him. Sure sure…. He will never say that in the initial “interview” you will have... Read More →
Kissing Frogs is Optional
Part 5: Searching for Mr. Right There is a reason that fairytales continue to be read generation after generation. There are elements of truth in them, and specifically, the Brothers Grimm, which breakdown the level of evil a human heart can reach. Fortunately, good always conquers evil. In the tale of the frog prince, if you recall, there is a princess who has promised the frog he can be near her after he retrieves her... Read More →
The Fairy Tale that Never Was…
Part 4: Searching for Mr. Right Hollywood is full of love stories in nearly every film. Love stories that are about finding the right person, and after that, it’s smooth sailing. Love is beautiful. Love feels amazing. Love, however, is not something that just happens. It never has been, and it never will be. That part of the fairytale is an absolute lie. Yes, a lie. Falling “in love” exists, but what we need to... Read More →
Marriage Mermaid Style
Part 3: Searching for Mr. Right Do you remember that part in the movie where the Little Mermaid decides that she has to marry this strange human guy she saved on the beach? Well, maybe she didn’t say she had to marry him from the get go, but she, in all her fascination, falls in love with him from that brief encounter (here we go again.) Now honestly, I know he was supposed to be all handsome and what not, but this... Read More →
Ameer Charming
Part 2: Searching for Mr. Right If you are waiting for Prince Charming, or as I like to call him “Ameer Charrrrming” (roll those r’s!) to come and whisk you away in into the land of happily-ever-after, all I have to say, is “uh oh.” You are about to be one damsel in distress. Sure, you may not be locked up in a tower somewhere, screaming for help. You will, however, have locked yourself into a cage and thrown... Read More →
The Stupid Glass Slipper
Part 1: Searching for Mr. Right I think I am going to make a few enemies right now when I say that Disney is not my favorite place to find “halaified” entertainment. I have, over the years, grown utterly disgusted by all of the female roles that lead to a love affair turned marriage and the whole happily ever after thing. My daughter, for example, who just turned seven keeps on asking me why I won’t show her the... Read More →
Eleven White Roses (Part 5)
Previous installments: Eleven White Roses (Part 1) Eleven White Roses (Part 2) Eleven White Roses (Part 3) Eleven White Roses (Part 4) Chapter Eight – April 2008 Blog Entry I often fantasize about leaving my husband. I actually sit down and entertain my wish of finding the emotional strength to permanently disconnect myself from him. I don’t want to believe that he is a bad person; I don’t want to harbor... Read More →
Eleven White Roses (Part 4)
Previous installments: Eleven White Roses (Part 1) Eleven White Roses (Part 2) Eleven White Roses (Part 3) Chapter Twelve – October 2007 I was so excited. My new husband had been gone from our home the entire day at his clinical rotation and when he left, the apartment floor was strewn in boxes and halfway un-packed belongings. I worked as fast as I could the entire day without a single pause—cooking, cleaning,... Read More →
He’s Like A Brother
“You’re just like a brother to me!” she’d often tell her Muslim college friend whom she’s grown close to over the years. She feels comfortable with confiding in him, trusting him, opening up to him – but she’s never thought of him as a husband. They hang out together during their breaks, she calls him whenever she needs to vent, and she loves how he’s never judgmental towards her. To him, she was a friend... Read More →
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