Planning a second wedding is quite strange. It’s like walking a familiar road after being absent from a city for decades – you think you know the sites and the layout but nothing is as it was. I don’t want to think about the first time, endlessly reflecting on how it was done before. ButContinue reading “Deja Vu Yet New”
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A Wife By Any Other Name
When I married for the first time, I changed my name without thought. I was happy to replace the name that I associated with childhood with one that I related to becoming an adult. I was young – 22 – and I had not yet accomplished much with my given name. Shedding it caused meContinue reading “A Wife By Any Other Name”
The Marshmallow Test
In the Stanford marshmallow experiment, young children were placed alone in a room with a single marshmallow. They were told that if they left the marshmallow alone until the experimenter returned, they would receive two marshmallows. Further studies indicated that children that could delay gratification had better life outcomes in terms of educational attainment andContinue reading “The Marshmallow Test”
Life at the Intersection of Divorced and Engaged
I currently live at the intersection of divorced and engaged. It’s a temporary home, one which I will only occupy for a little more than a year. I am never sure how to answer when people inquire about my relationship status. If I reply that I am divorced, they look at the ring on myContinue reading “Life at the Intersection of Divorced and Engaged”