The other day I was told that I should keep my maiden name, or at least hyphenate, because I need to keep my cultural identity. Taking on a Hispanic last name when I marry will make me lose my English heritage. The name is really important. I have no intention of keeping my maiden name, mostly because I’m excited to share Paul’s name with him. The comment just made me think. What’s in a name? In modern-day United States, does…
I think we may have found a solution to Paul’s car problem. He should use this boy as a role model: Third-grader takes teacher’s van for joyride
Paul and I have been trying to figure out where we can cut back on expenses for while he doesn’t have a job. One of the ideas we tossed around was taking his car off the insurance to save that monthly payment. We didn’t really want to do that – sharing a car while living 15 minutes away from each other would be somewhat inconvenient. We decided to see what other things we could do and use that option as…
Well I had ambitious plans to copy down some of the words from my cantata onto my blog for Easter, but obviously that didn’t happen so… I’ll just leave with Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a great Easter, and a chance to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior! My brother came up this weekend on a somewhat last minute road trip. I enjoyed hanging out with him… I think I’ve enjoyed my siblings a lot more now…
The other night, Paul and I were reading Colossians 3 and we really like this chapter. I think we’re going to use it in our wedding. Rules for Holy Living Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all…