I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. Well, it's always a mystery, because you don't know why you get depleted or recharged. I know life is full of twists and turns, and sometimes loss, but whatever paths we go down, I want every step to be with you.Īnd in the presence of these witnesses, I take you to be my husband. With you by my side, I will never lack for joy. I will stand by you as a partner in all things. Your home is now my home, your family, my family. I vow to care for you, to protect you and everything that is yours. You've unlocked a part of me I was afraid to believe in,Īnd made the magic of wish stalks come true. You have given me a universe of stars and stories, ![]() You have brought me fullness where there was only hunger, "I love you, Jase Ballenger, and I will for all my days. Were any words enough? But I said the ones closest to my heart, the ones I had said in the wilderness and repeated almost daily when I lay in a dark cell, uncertain where he was but needing to believe I would see him again. His brown eyes danced, just as they had the first time he spoke those vows to me. You have not stolen my heart, but I give it freely,Īnd in the presence of these witnesses, I take you to be my wife." My family is now your family, and your family, mine. I will never stumble in my devotion to you, and I vow to keep you safe always. I vow to honor you, Kazi, and do all I can to be worthy of your love. With you by my side, no challenge will be too great. You are the compass that makes me a better man. You are the hand pulling me through the wilderness, Kazi of Brightmist.you are the love I didn't know I needed. Sometimes I feel as though I were a diver who had ventured a little beyond the limits of safe travel under the sea and had entered the strange zone where one is said to enjoy the rapture of the deep. To a large extent they are twin experiences. I once held a live hummingbird in my hand. As their minds and hearts expand, their deeds become more formidable, their connections more significant, their husbands more startled and delighted. As they grow in years, they grow in light. They carry the distinguishing mark – the mark that separates them from other educated and superior women: the incredible vigor, the subtlety of mind, the warmth of spirit, the aspiration, the fidelity to past and to present. They have all accepted the same bright challenge: something is lost that has not been found, something's at stake that has not been won, something is started that has not been finished, something is dimly felt that has not been fully realized. ![]() I have known many graduates of Bryn Mawr. But of course, we do see the race of other people, and race holds deep social meaning for us. For example, I feel welcome at work so you must too I have never felt that my race mattered, so you must feel that yours doesn't either. This pretense that she did not notice his race assumed that he was "just like her," and in so doing, she projected her reality onto him. Pretending that she did not noticed that he was black was not helpful to him in any way, as it denied his reality - indeed, it refused his reality - and kept hers insular and unchallenged. If she were ever going to understand or challenge racism, she would need to acknowledge this difference. A white participant said to him, "I don't see race I don't see you as black." My co-trainer's response was, "Then how will you see racism?" He then explained to her that he was black, he was confident that she could see this, and that his race meant that he had a very different experience in life than she did. ![]() I was co-leading a workshop with an African American man.
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