”Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.”
—Nathan W. Morris
To My Parents on Their 50th Anniversary
Today is my parents’ 50th anniversary. On January 27, 1968, in a Russian Orthodox church in central Pennsylvania, an 18-year-old and a 22-year-old made a commitment to one another. They upheld their vows to the very end.
It’s uncommon today for couples to marry so young and to stay together. My parents came of age in a different time and culture, a world where starter marriages weren’t yet a thing and the median age of a U.S. bride was 20.8 (by 2015, the number had risen to 27.1). Still, it’s pretty amazing that a teenage bride and a groom in his early twenties chose each other and stuck together for all those years. Read more
Quote of the Week
“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.”
—Socrates
New Year’s Resolution Check-In
We’re now three weeks into 2018, and most New Year’s resolutions don’t make it past January. How are yours going?
Quote of the Week
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 1964
