Dispelled: Part 10

June 24, 2012 By 3 Comments
chandra

by Chandra It didn’t take long for myself and Darren’s lengthy friendship to turn from dating to committed to one another. We were very much in love, and our voluminous email correspondence had already paved the ground for much of our relationship. I was so happy- I had met the man that I had been [...]

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Review: Pixar’s Brave is Braver Than it Looks

June 23, 2012 By 12 Comments

by Sierra Pixar’s Brave is every fairy tale and none of them. It’s every trope and none of them. It’s filled with lovable scamps, bumbling eccentrics, defiant courage, enchanted landscapes, stifling expectations and unintended consequences. And it’s filled with beautiful brogue and wayward redheads. I’m going to talk my way through this movie. It’s currently 10:30pm. [...]

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Baptist Taliban: Part 3

June 18, 2012 By 7 Comments

by Cindy Foster THE CHURCH WE WERE The Preacher and his wife graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. At the time he attended there, the college was quite conservative. There were strict rules about dress, dating, curfews, entertainment, music and much more. The Preacher actually grew up in Springfield and was a member [...]

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Millipede: Part 9

June 16, 2012 By 7 Comments
dark wave

by Millipede That what was forgotten…. All this time though a dark wave was cresting over our existence. Through the years as my husband gained weight until he was morbidly obese, health problems cropped up, some requiring hospitalization. As you can guess the bills started coming in. While he was able to pay some of [...]

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Millipede: Part 8

June 14, 2012 By 9 Comments
pleasinggod

by Millipede The next couple of years were what I would call the “golden years” of Patriarchy. By this I mean that we were living the Patriarchal dream, with the husband “leading” and providing and the wife keeping the home and being submissive. It was the apex of our journey; we were finally living the [...]

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