by brandondonnalee | Nov 14, 2014 | Marriage
At least infinity stands off, makes room in the back of the closet for another pair of shoes, an old umbrella, our clutch of tight memories. Years to list become, like a baked cake, no longer separate, but melt, mesh, cohere into the sweet taste of shared lips....
by brandondonnalee | Jul 11, 2014 | Marriage
A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you are in control of it. – John Steinbeck
by brandondonnalee | Jun 12, 2014 | Marriage
Under normal conditions, when a baby is born most everyone recognizes that they are going to have to share. Before the baby there were 24 hours in the day and none of them were dedicated to the baby. After the baby is born, most everyone recognizes that there are...
by brandondonnalee | Apr 7, 2014 | Marriage
From Time immemorial, flowers have been considered the language of love. They don’t cost much, especially in season, and often they’re for sale on the street corners. Yet, considering the rarity with which the average husband takes home a bunch of...
by brandondonnalee | Mar 13, 2014 | Marriage
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth. –Edwin Louis Cole Marriage is a tricky thing. A mystery. A real-life roller coaster. God created man without a wife, and saw that it was not good. He then gave man the...
by brandondonnalee | Mar 12, 2014 | Marriage
It hit me today that I have four friends that have all lost their husbands at an early age. One died just yesterday and the heartbreak is fresh and raw. They were all in their 20’s or 30’s when they passed. All by different causes. Such anguish. So...