From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Choosing. Again.

August 30, 2010

âKathleen, can I speak with you outside?â my prof asked as we all began gathering our books and pens together. Class had just let out. I was surprised by his request, because I hadnât been one of the presenters that day and hadnât handed in my final essay yet. But I nodded and stuffed my [...]

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Is Marriage Hard?

August 27, 2010

Grappling once again with the notion that marriage is “hard,” I ask the question: “compared to what?”

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When Sex Isn’t Scary

August 23, 2010

In my last post, I explored the reasons why I think itâs natural and healthy to have some fear of sex. But I also know that the overwhelming fear that I experienced before marriage was unwarranted and unhelpful. The well-intentioned women who scared me witless at their marriage-preparation camp forgot to balance their warnings with [...]

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Why Sex is Kind of Scary

August 20, 2010

The other day, a young acquaintance of mine sent me a message on Facebook asking if we could get a coffee some time and talk about Fertility Awareness Method (FAM). She got engaged recently, and has been discussing various birth control options with her fiancÃ©, and wanted to explore FAM a little deeper. âIâm kind [...]

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Why I Started Project M, Part Two: Because I Knew Nothing About Anything. Except One Thing.

August 17, 2010

Because I was younger than most married people, I had an advantage: I knew what young people in my time were going through. I knew what our generation had been told about marriage and what they needed to hear. I couldnât really instruct people on the subject, but I could certainly give them a glimpse into my own experience, into something that was so entirely foreign to so many of them. So I started writing about that.

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Project M One Year Anniversary: The Old Becomes New

August 16, 2010

I just realized something today. My five-year anniversary with my husband actually marked the one-year anniversary of Project M. Holy crap! *Throwing imaginary confetti across the blogosphere* In celebration, I’ve decided to remix and repost some of my old stuff. But to you, it will probably be new stuff, because the posts I’m reposting are [...]

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