How Social Media Has Changed Personal Interactions
As a person who had a Facebook account when they first launched to only 10 universities (yes, I am old), my interactions with people have changed just a tad bit. Other than the ability to stalk past...
View ArticleIs Premarital Counseling Becoming a Necessity?
Is Premarital Counseling Becoming a Necessity? With the ever increasing rate of divorce among first, second, and even third marriages, the effort to “not become another statistic” is more...
View ArticleMy Interpretations of The Interpreter of Maladies
The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri is a beautiful collection of 9 short stories, and these short shorties, though completely separate in characters and plot, work together to paint some key,...
View ArticleBoys Who Define Themselves Through Relationships.
I had the fortune of talking to a young man this week, let’s call him Jason, about his ‘life story’. Jason began his tale in middle school because he didn’t feel like a “real person” before then, which...
View ArticleDTR (Define the Relationship)
They are lurking in the dorm rooms, present in every classroom, and even flaunted out in the open all over campus. You recognize them all around you, whether they are too noticeable to ignore or even...
View ArticleLoving Yourself Before Loving Your Partner: A Look Into The Minds of Cheaters
People cheat for numerous reasons like not being satisfied with his/her partner, not being able to handle attention coming from others, or because it makes him/her feel like he/she has power. But what...
View ArticleWhat Men “Really” Expect from Women
I’ve had this conversation before in previous sociology classes, American study classes, and even with my boyfriend. So what do men “really” expect from women? Well this question is pretty up in the...
View ArticleHalfway Real.
This week I casually asked a girl to tell me her life story, to which she replied something along the lines of “but I don’t even know who I am”. This sparked more of a discussion rather than an...
View ArticleTweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Hey readers! I hope you all had a great week. I personally had a pretty great weekend since I got to see Cirque du Soleil on Sunday. They were phenomenal! On to my topic for the week: relationships....
View ArticleGrandparents Raising Grandchildren
It can happen so quickly; boy meets girl and along comes baby and perhaps another. Sometimes things work out. Other times, the boy and girl are not ready to raise a child. Maybe they are still...
View ArticleWhy so jealous?
Jealousy is a feeling we all wish we could avoid. At some point in our lives we have all experienced some form of jealousy. Whether it be at a young age or in our adolescent years it happens. It is …...
View ArticleThe Steel and the Stone Make the Edge
My group’s interview with Al Matyasovsky reflected some behaviors and beliefs that I expect good leaders to have. He emphasized the importance of communication, “…if we don’t talk we can’t get it...
View ArticleAre you in or are you out?
I have never been a fan of window-shopping. I often find it equates to torture. Not that I’m all that materialistic – I just don’t find standing in front of an item, a house, a piece of furniture or...
View ArticleI Am Changing
“I am changing, trying every way I can. I am changing, I’ll be better than I am.” Lyrics from “I Am Changing” from the musical, “Dreamgirls” written by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen Today we met with...
View ArticleLong Distance Relationships
As I mentioned in my initial blog post, I’m from California, which is where I left my lovely boyfriend of 5 months. After a summer of being practically attached at the hip, this distance has been...
View ArticleStop the Search
“What do you do when others are not enough?” This was the topic we covered last Friday night during sermon at VCF (Victory Christian Fellowship). Nobody is ever going to be enough for you, It’s like...
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