Writing Vows A Cross-Cultural Marriage August 28, 2014ByJennie Goutet Before my husband and I got married, we had an understanding that he would lead in the marriage, and I would submit. Now, before you have a chance to protest at such archaic thinking, let me explain what I mean. ...
Wedding Vows For Him I vow to make my life forever yours and build my dreams around you. I promise to be the man that I see now in your eyes, today, tomorrow, and for always. You are the first person I want to see in the morning and the last at night. I look forward to lovin...
The joke of "selling" his wife and daughter becomes his oral "contract" with Newson, when Susan misreads the two men's words as "erasing" Henchard's and her marriage vows. The spoken bargain with Newson produces another—Henchard's oath to foreswear the use of alcohol, not forever ...
but the time for him to be taken in to the army came before his papers- he had lost his originals, and he had sent to Washington for them- and, on the Saturday he was sworn in the army, and on
So we agreed, me and I, to wait until Monday. Monday evening found me walking home after rehearsals renewing my vows. But it was the 29th of the month, and who starts anything then? So we both agreed to wait until the 1st of the month. And when that arrived, it was a Thursday. ...
stumbles over a murdered body in the woods, the ensuing investigation throws him in with Tommy Granger, the police inspector’s prime suspect. Certain of Tommy’s innocence, Hugo vows to clear the name of the man he’s falling for, but Tommy has his own secrets; secrets with deadly ...
May 2, 20244 min read ‘The Book of Vows’ – Amit Majmudar’s Mahabharata In an impassioned introduction providing context for this greatest of stories with countless retellings, Amit Majmudar explains why he... 64 views2 comments Post not marked as liked Feb 8, 20246 min read Poetry & ...
In our version, María and Tony exchange vows and sing “One Hand, One Heart” at the Cloisters Museum, one of my favorite places in New York, where modern-day lovers can take a subway to the medieval world of Romeo and Juliet. I asked Steven if we could give “Somewhere,” ...
On 8 December 1896, in Verona, she took her vows in the Congregation of the Canossian Sisters and from that time onwards, besides her work in the sacristy and in the porter’s lodge at the convent, she made several journeys round Italy in order to promote the missions: the liberation th...
Here is a passage from my last novel, For the Sake of Silence, in which a Trappist monk, Father Joseph, agonizes over his profession as he finds himself caught between his vows, which bind him to silence and contemplation, and his work as a missionary, thrust upon him by the decision ...