The devalued state of marriage

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What’s the point of getting married? No really.  It seems that currently in the state of our culture, marriage has been devalued.  Our society has shifted from a God fearing, held to a higher being than our own selves kind of lifestyle to a grab some Jesus in the drive through and make sure that no one’s feelings are hurt or feel left out kind of life, those principles that made people more accountable and upstanding are falling by the way side.

I reflect on this often, but as I was reading an article titled, “Not Married, Not Single”, in my November 2012 issue (yea I am a little behind) of Essence magazine, I felt myself cringe.


The Stars and Stripes of our First Year – Happy Anniversary!

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A year ago today, I walked down the aisle, met my best friend at the end and walked back up as his Mrs.  One of the greatest days ever!!!

We may be newly-weds but we are by no means newly-acquainted.  As I have mentioned before, we have lots of history – knowing each other for the greater majority of our lives; and even sharing some kind of weird connection for all that time.

Everyone told us that marriage changes things and even though we knew each other and had dated for a decent amount of time, it just changes – and IT DID