Soap Box: I love you

I write this blog for me first. I enjoy the journaling aspect. Secondly, I write this for my children. And then thirdly, I enjoy sharing with those who like to keep in touch!! I am not writing this to offend any one, but I am going to stand on my soap box for a moment. This way my children know where I stand if I'm not there to tell them.

I recently watched a show where the characters spent several nights together. And then, and only then, he said he thought he loved her. This has bothered me. When I was a teenager, we held hands before I love you. The holding hands staged came at "I like you." But I didn't kiss a boy that I didn't love. And I love you was either said before or very shortly after a kiss. And yet, I have seen as people I know, as well as on tv, causually kiss, causually have sex, move in together, and then discover they love each other.

Here is where I stand. I am so grateful that I was taught these standards in my youth. Sex is to be sacred--and done only between a man and a woman legally married. I am so grateful that all of my children were born and conceived with in the bonds of marriage. And that we are committed to each other in a very perminat way. When it is done this way, my body and his is an amazing gift in which we have only given to each other. And in following these principles, I have not found restrictions but freedom and happiness.

Now I love all my friends and family no matter the choices they have made. And I want to encourage my children to be tolerant, loving, and supportive. But this is where I stand, and I want my children to know.

Having said that, I am so proud of my co-worker who choose to get married. They didn't spend much. My mom made the bouquet. My sister made the cake. And I took the pictures. And I wish them many, many years of happiness together. More pictures not posted for privacy reasons. But I am so excited for them!! And Mom and Dot, you did a beautiful job!!