Tag «Marriage»

Daddy, Can I Come Home?

Several years ago, I met a life-long friend walking down the road. We stopped for a couple moments and exchanged greetings. I asked her how she and her husband were doing (they had married three months earlier). Her response startled me. She said, “Steve, we’re not together any more. I wasn’t happy, so I called …

Be My Valentine!

You’ve probably heard the story about the young man who wouldn’t marry unless the girl he picked to marry had the approval of his mother.  This young man would bring home girl after girl to meet his mother, only to have his mother disapprove.  After several years of trying, this young man finally found a …

Unacceptable Statistics

When I was in college, Dr. Earl Edwards shared statistics with us concerning young people from the church in Wynne, Arkansas.  These statistics covered a 20 year time span.  Because of this class I had under Dr. Edwards, I decided that I too would keep some statistics similar to what Dr. Edwards had shared with …

The Father of the Bride

Tomorrow, June 20, 2010, my daughter is getting married.  That makes me the “Father of the Bride.”  There’s a jovial stigma to being the Father of the Bride.  Maybe we can chalk that up to Spencer Tracy.  But at any rate, I feel much more than a bumbling man whose only contribution to the wedding …