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"Time Does NOT Change the Way of Loving"

“Your grandfather proposed to me with a piece of candy. We had nothing, he knelt down and told me: I have nothing now, just a piece of candy, but if you want we can build everything together".

And you? I opened the candy, divided it in two and we ate it. From that moment we divided and shared everything. We fell, we got up and we build.

All together. We have experienced difficult moments, tiredness, but we have always been there for each other. Until the last breath.

Other times, Grandma.

Time does not change the way of loving.

What has changed is that you no longer have beautiful examples to follow.

Now they are afraid of everything. They do not marry for fear of not being able to build. As soon as they fight, they leave because then they think they are going to find a better one. They always look for perfection, as if it existed.

They miss the perception of reality. Of happiness in the little things.

They do this big demo, thousand-dollar rings, over-the-top video for marriage proposals, and then they miss the moment. That intimate thing that you keep in two, only in two for a lifetime.

This is what they lack. The courage to live life and love for what they are and not for how they imagine it.

With a candy, love and courage, you have for a life together.”

DO. NOT. SETTLE.

 Young ladies, when the season of life comes and you’re starting to pray for a spouse to spend your life with... pray for the kind of man that will lay next to your future 13yr old, on the bathroom floor praying over her because she can’t keep a drop of water down. Pray for a man that will carry her down the stairs, to the car and spend all night in the hospital by her side. Pray for a spouse that will consistently put you and your children first, above himself- but NOT above the Lord.

Pray for a spouse that will wake up at 6:30am on Sunday and get his family around and lead them to the House of God. Because, if he can wake up at 4:30am on Saturday to hunt... he can wake up at 6:30 on Sunday to lead his family to salvation.

Young lady, trust me when I tell you, that after 15 years of marriage, 3 kids and a baby in Heaven, many devastating trials and lots of heartache- you need to make sure that the man you give your life to, is the man God has sent you.

Do. Not. Settle.

No amount of waiting for a husband is worse than settling for the wrong spouse and losing years of your life living outside of the will of God.

Just wait. And while you wait, pray that the Lord would not only prepare your future spouse, but that He would prepare you to be the kind of wife He is leading you to be. Be the person you want to marry.

Wait for the one God has for you. Don’t give pieces of yourself away to every man that crosses your path and shows you a little affection. It. Is. Worth. The. Wait.

Kari Boyer

I Don't Help My Wife - One Husband's Inspired Insight into Marriage

A friend came to my house for coffee, we sat and talked about life. At some point in the conversation, I said, “I’m going to wash the dishes and I’ll be right back.”

He looked at me as if I had told him I was going to build a space rocket. Then he said to me with admiration but a little perplexed: “I’m glad you help your wife, I do not help because when I do, my wife does not praise me. Last week I washed the floor and no thanks.”

I went back to sit with him and explained that I did not “help” my wife. Actually, my wife does not need help, she needs a partner. I am a partner at home and through that society are divided functions, but it is not a “help” to do household chores.

I do not help my wife clean the house because I live here too and I need to clean it too.

I do not help my wife to cook because I also want to eat and I need to cook too.

I do not help my wife wash the dishes after eating because I also use those dishes.

I do not help my wife with her children because they are also my children and my job is to be a father.

I do not help my wife to wash, spread or fold clothes, because the clothes are also mine and my children.

I am not a help at home, I am part of the house. And as for praising, I asked my friend when it was the last time after his wife finished cleaning the house, washing clothes, changing bed sheets, bathing her children, cooking, organizing, etc. You said thank you

But a thank you of the type: Wow, sweetheart !!! You are fantastic!!!

Does that seem absurd to you? Are you looking strange? When you, once in a lifetime, cleaned the floor, you expected in the least, a prize of excellence with great glory … why? You never thought about that, my friend?

Maybe because for you, the macho culture has shown that everything is her job.

Perhaps you have been taught that all this must be done without having to move a finger? Then praise her as you wanted to be praised, in the same way, with the same intensity. Give her a hand, behave like a true companion, not as a guest who only comes to eat, sleep, bathe and satisfy needs … Feel at home. In his house.

The real change of our society begins in our homes, let us teach our sons and daughters the real sense of fellowship! “

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The Statue of Love - Engineering Marvel!!

A statue in Georgia, every evening at 7pm it will became a single statue...

The Statue of Love sculpture inspired by love story of "Ali and Nino" Created by Georgian artist Tamar Kvesitadze. The story is similar to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and tells of an Azerbaijani youth who falls in love with a Georgian princess but dies defending his country. The 7 ton statues start their motion at 7 P.M every day and are controlled by computer and lit with dramatic color lighting.

Let's Talk Truth

This is one brave gal who 0WNS the truth! She lived it, and understands it!
     

 http://thefederalist.com/author/heather-barwick/
HEATHER BARWICK                                     
Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting
http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/17/dear-gay-community-your-kids-are-hurting/
PARENTING

Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting

I loved my mom’s partner, but another mom could never have replaced the father I lost.
Gay community, I am your daughter. My mom raised me with her same-sex partner back in the ’80s and ’90s. She and my dad were married for a little while. She knew she was gay before they got married, but things were different back then. That’s how I got here. It was complicated as you can imagine. She left him when I was two or three because she wanted a chance to be happy with someone she really loved: a woman.

My dad wasn’t a great guy, and after she left him he didn’t bother coming around anymore.

Do you remember that book, “Heather Has Two Mommies”? That was my life. My mom, her partner, and I lived in a cozy little house in the ‘burbs of a very liberal and open-minded area. Her partner treated me as if I was her own daughter. Along with my mom’s partner, I also inherited her tight-knit community of gay and lesbian friends. Or maybe they inherited me?

Either way, I still feel like gay people are my people. I’ve learned so much from you. You taught me how to be brave, especially when it is hard. You taught me empathy. You taught me how to listen. And how to dance. You taught me not be afraid of things that are different. And you taught me how to stand up for myself, even if that means I stand alone.

I’m writing to you because I’m letting myself out of the closet: I don’t support gay marriage. But it might not be for the reasons that you think.

Children Need a Mother and Father
It’s not because you’re gay. I love you, so much. It’s because of the nature of the same-sex relationship itself.

Growing up, and even into my 20s, I supported and advocated for gay marriage. It’s only with some time and distance from my childhood that I’m able to reflect on my experiences and recognize the long-term consequences that same-sex parenting had on me. And it’s only now, as I watch my children loving and being loved by their father each day, that I can see the beauty and wisdom in traditional marriage and parenting.

Same-sex marriage and parenting withholds either a mother or father from a child while telling him or her that it doesn’t matter. That it’s all the same. But it’s not. A lot of us, a lot of your kids, are hurting. My father’s absence created a huge hole in me, and I ached every day for a dad. I loved my mom’s partner, but another mom could never have replaced the father I lost.

I grew up surrounded by women who said they didn’t need or want a man. Yet, as a little girl, I so desperately wanted a daddy. It is a strange and confusing thing to walk around with this deep-down unquenchable ache for a father, for a man, in a community that says that men are unnecessary. There were times I felt so angry with my dad for not being there for me, and then times I felt angry with myself for even wanting a father to begin with. There are parts of me that still grieve over that loss today.

I’m not saying that you can’t be good parents. You can. I had one of the best. I’m also not saying that being raised by straight parents means everything will turn out okay. We know there are so many different ways that the family unit can break down and cause kids to suffer: divorce, abandonment, infidelity, abuse, death, etc. But by and large, the best and most successful family structure is one in which kids are being raised by both their mother and father.

Why Can’t Gay People’s Kids Be Honest?
Gay marriage doesn’t just redefine marriage, but also parenting. It promotes and normalizes a family structure that necessarily denies us something precious and foundational. It denies us something we need and long for, while at the same time tells us that we don’t need what we naturally crave. That we will be okay. But we’re not. We’re hurting.

Kids of divorced parents are allowed to say, “Hey, mom and dad, I love you, but the divorce crushed me and has been so hard. It shattered my trust and made me feel like it was my fault. It is so hard living in two different houses.” Kids of adoption are allowed to say, “Hey, adoptive parents, I love you. But this is really hard for me. I suffer because my relationship with my first parents was broken. I’m confused and I miss them even though I’ve never met them.”

But children of same-sex parents haven’t been given the same voice. It’s not just me. There are so many of us. Many of us are too scared to speak up and tell you about our hurt and pain, because for whatever reason it feels like you’re not listening. That you don’t want to hear. If we say we are hurting because we were raised by same-sex parents, we are either ignored or labeled a hater.

This isn’t about hate at all. I know you understand the pain of a label that doesn’t fit and the pain of a label that is used to malign or silence you. And I know that you really have been hated and that you really have been hurt. I was there, at the marches, when they held up signs that said, “God hates fags” and “AIDS cures homosexuality.” I cried and turned hot with anger right there in the street with you. But that’s not me. That’s not us.

I know this is a hard conversation. But we need to talk about it. If anyone can talk about hard things, it’s us. You taught me that.

Heather Barwick was raised by her mother and her mother's same-sex partner. She is a former gay-marriage advocate turned children's rights activist. She is a wife and mother of four rambunctious kids.

History Of Wedding Trends

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 1916

Overseas in Britain, where many of the country's young men had been sent off to war, young couples began forming romances through letter writing. Many of these couples became engaged without ever having met face to face, a phenomenon that resulted in larger number of "hasty war weddings."

 1923

Three models wear wedding dresses typical of the 1920s, with slim lines, short hemlines, and cloche veils.

 1928

The first fully automatic photographic film developing machine was patented in 1928, paving the way for wedding photography as we know it today. In the late 19th century, some couples began hiring a photographer to come to the wedding venue in order to pose for a formal wedding picture, but it wasn't until after World War II, once film roll technology was available and lighting techniques had improved, that photographers began capturing the entire wedding event.

 1930

Wedding cakes were initially thought of as a luxury item, as the refined sugars needed to make pure white frosting were very expensive. In fact, the term "royal icing" came about thanks to Queen Victoria and her extravagant, multi tiered white-frosted wedding cake. Pictured here is a wedding cake from 1930.

 1932
Proof that couples have been attempting unique and quirky weddings for decades: This couple seals the deal with a kiss on a surfboard on December 3, 1932, just off Catalina Island, California. 

 1934

The first issue of BRIDES magazine hit newsstands in 1934 under the title So You're Going to Be Married, before being renamed.

 1936

Famed English tennis player Eileen Bennett wed racehorse trainer Marcus Marsh on September 28, 1936. She often wore headbands on the court and chose to walk down the aisle in a headpiece and long veil, which were in fashion at the time.

 1937

King Edward VIII gave up his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, on June 1937. At just 326 days, Edward's reign was one of the shortest in British history.

 1938

At Grosvenor House in London, a model shows off a luxury gown made of 48 yards of satin and 22 yards of tulle. On average, 1930s brides paid $1,092 in today's dollars for their dresses.         GETTY IMAGES

 1941

Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt wed movie producer Pat DiCicco in Beverly Hills on December 28,1941. Even back then, the future fashion designer was ahead of her time: Even though cake toppers (reportedly) made their debut during the Victorian era, they didn't become popular until the 1950s.        GETTY IMAGES

 1942 

Sixteen-year-old Marilyn Monroe (then known as Norma Jean Baker) married her 21-year-old neighbor, James Dougherty, on June 19, 1942.

 1944

Wartime weddings, such as this English couple's town hall ceremony, often saw the groom wearing his military uniform, while the bride donned her best dress in lieu of a gown.        GETTY IMAGe

 1948 

Jazz singers Nat King Cole and Maria Ellington wed on Easter Sunday in Harlem, New York.

 1949

Necklines plunged during 1949, and wedding gowns were no exception. Shoulder-length, curled hair was also in style, and veils became shorter and simpler.

 1950

Eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Taylor wed the first of her seven spouses, Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, 23, on May 6, 1950. Their Bel-Air Country Club reception was Hollywood's social event of the year. Liz wore a gown by designer Helen Rose, who created both Taylor's wardrobe in Father of the Bride (released in 1950) and Grace Kelly's wedding dress.

 1951

Arguably the "it couple" of the 1950s, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis' 1951 nuptials (with Jerry Lewis as the best man!) marked a classic Hollywood moment. The duo celebrated their small wedding with a tiered wedding cake and large floral centerpieces.   GETTY IMAGES

 1953 

In September 1953, the media turned its spotlight to John Kennedy and Jackie Bouvier, as the famous couple wed in Rhode Island. Jackie's Battenburg lace dress was made from 50 yards of material, and she donned a veil that was originally worn by her grandmother.    BACHRACH/GETTY IMAGES

 1954

The popular CBS daytime series Bride and Groom featured real-life couples who would get married on air. Bet you didn't realize that reality shows were popular long before The Bachelor!       GETTY IMAGES   

1955   

Actress Olivia de Havilland donned a Christian Dior wedding dress with a high neck and long sleeves while filming the romantic comedy The Ambassador's Daughter, which was released the following year.

1956

A wedding for the history books, Grace Kelly wed the Prince of Monaco in 1956, making the Hollywood starlet a real-life princess. Her wedding dress, designed by Helen Rode of MGM, is known as one of the most iconic wedding dresses and of all time— it's now on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  

 1957

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood celebrated their first wedding on December 28, 1957 in Arizona. The couple divorced in 1962, only to rekindle their relationship and marry again in 1972.        GETTY IMAGES

 1965

Popular singer and actor Annette Funicello married her agent, Jack Gilardi, on January 9, 1965.        GETTY IMAGES

 1967

When 21-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu married 32-year-old Elvis Presley in Las Vegas on May1, 1967, hearts broke across the nation. The couple's wedding cake reportedly cost $3,200 ($22,000 in today's dollars).

 1968 -  Champagne car "Just Married"

 1969
The popular '60s trend of brides wearing short wedding dresses was still going strong at the end of the decade, and some brides opted for a hat as opposed to a veil. Audrey Hepburn went for both trends, wearing a short dress and a head-covering.    HANDOUT

 1970

In the1970s, wedding trends were all over the map, with brides wearing everything from traditional gowns to pantsuits. This was the decade when men started sporting colored tuxedos, too.        H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS/CLASSICSTOCK

 1973

While the nuptials of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips were nowhere near as influential as Princess Diana's wedding would be eight years later, their wedding did embody some classic '70s wedding style—just check out Anne's turtleneck style dress. 

 1974

During the '70's, the desire to have a unique wedding went beyond distinctive wedding attire.  The ceremony itself also became more personalized including the choice of venue.  Weddings were starting to move out of churches, and the concept of having a destination wedding took off.

 1979

For her wedding to Rod Stewart in April 1979, Alana Hamilton wore an off-the-shoulder dress and a crown of baby's breath.        RON GALELLA

 1980

Welcome to the1980s—the decade of poofy shoulders, taffeta, lace frills, and cathedral trains.

 1981

The 1981 wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles was an absolute game changer in the wedding world. An estimated 750 million people watched the ceremony on television—and soon brides everywhere were demanding a fairytale wedding.

 1982
After Princess Diana's wedding, everyone began channeling their inner royal. Extra lace accents, longer veils, and bigger bouquets abounded. Figure skater Dorothy Hamill married Dean Paul Martin in 1982, complete with—you guessed it—a big bouquet and lace details.

 1984

After the recession ended in 1983, wedding receptions became more and more extravagant. Elaborate multi-tiered wedding cakes—like this one featured on an episode of Knight Rider—were a must-have, with some towering as tall as eight tiers high.         GETTY IMAGES

 1986

Though it wasn't quite as legendary as Princess Diana's  big day, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York's marriage to Prince Andrew, Duke of York on July 23 became a iconic wedding moment of the 80's

 1988

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson tied the knot in 1988—and they're still going strong 28 years later.

 1990

Vera Wang introduced her first bridal collection in 1990 and opened her flagship bridal salad in NYC.

 1993

Bridal gowns of the '90s were more sleek and simple than the styles popular in the 1980s, but brides still loved a small touch of poof and drama, which is evident in this photo from the wedding of Marla Maples and Donald Trump.

 1994

Sleek and simple was NOT Celine Dion's wedding get up to manager Rene Angelil on Dec 17, 1994.  The tiara was a big trend for '90's birds.  Though most chose to wear much simpler tiaras.

 1997

Thanks to Carolyn Bessette, minimal and simplistic bridal styles defined the latter part of the decade—spaghetti straps were a hot trend.

 2004

The 2000s saw the rise of the strapless wedding dress, with early aughts brides like Erica Levy (above) choose trendy silhouette.

2013

Kelly Clarkson married Brandon Blackstock in a scenic ceremony at Blackberry Farm, a pastoral Tennessee resort. Kelly's romantic dress with lace sleeves is a nod towards the vintage wedding style that's come back in vogue in recent years.    KELLY CLARKSON/TWITTER

2016

Prince William and Kate Middleton celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary on April 29, as the world takes a look back at their fairytale nuptials.