This Marriage – Jan. 23, 2019
This marriage be wine with halvah, honey dissolving in milk. This marriage be the leaves and fruit of a date tree. This marriage be women laughing together for days on end. This marriage, a sign for us to study. This marriage, beauty. This marriage, a moon in a light-blue sky. This marriage, this silence fully […]
Will You Also Leave?
They wanted traditional vows: “…for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, ‘till death do us part.” At 62 and 66, they had both suffered loss before. She had been widowed, and he divorced twice. This time, they hoped to sustain their commitment ’til death do us part. And they hoped their children, […]
