Letters from Grandpa
My father was recently given a set of letters written by his father (now gone these fifty years and more) to a friend in the early 1940’s.
Category: People
What (our) marriage is really like
How dare he? This is not the first time he will shave his whiskers for the state, and it will probably not be the last, God forbid.
To a young mom
Don’t give up too quickly: on your children, on yourself, or on those “other moms” who don’t get it, or don’t talk about it.
From a young mom
“Let it be said I did it as well as I could and learned to wring joy out of every day in the midst of the glaring ordinary.”
One last thing: The relationships of women
This applies to more than friendships with women. It applies to marriage, child-raising, and all manner of things. People are what you believe them to be.
Practical ways to make time for friendships
You wouldn’t believe how much talk time fits around chores, and conversely, how the work flies with a friend. But you’ll have to let it be a little messy.