My Little Dear
Sleep comes easily to Cathy McGill. At age 70, she now requires a continuous positive airway machine to rest. It silences her usual nighttime noises and subdues her tossing and turning.
Her husband Steve wakes repeatedly at night to pat her hand. Most nights he sleeps without sleeping. In the morning he apologizes for touching her hand so often. “I’m sorry,” he says, “I just have to make sure you’re warm.”
The couple has found themselves at an age when they wonder how they will live without each other. Wistfully Cathy calls her marriage “a good love story” and by her tender voice and blurred eyes it 's clear she treasures her connection with her husband.
But the value of their relationship was not obtained easily. Through a
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The previous year her daughter Rachel had reported to London, England to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). After being transferred to Poole, England Rachel met a non-member named Steve. He was single and in his forties when she met him and he was quickly interested in the church and started having Rachel and her companion over regularly to teach him about the Gospel. One day Rachel asked him to write a letter to her mother and assure her she was happy and healthy. Steve wrote the first of many letters between him and Cathy. Letters turned into phone calls and phone calls turned into tapes and pictures. During their developing long distance relationship Steve was baptized and asked Cathy to come to England to stay with him for one week before her daughter finished her mission. She readily said yes, but the week before her trip Cathy fell and broke her leg.
Despite a large cast and a wheelchair, Cathy traveled 4, 821 miles (Google Maps) from her home in Farmington, Utah to meet a man she hadn’t met before, a man she thought she
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She said, “You have to be comfortable that you don 't know exactly how you are going to get to the results that you want to see.” On December 28, 1992 Steve and Cathy made a commitment to strive for the results they wanted when they were married in the LDS temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a cold and rainy winter day and Cathy didn’t have a coat to wear while they took wedding pictures. In all their photos from that day she is wearing Steve’s suit coat and the couple couldn’t have been happier. After a brief honeymoon in north bountiful Cathy and Steve went home to Farmington and started their lives together. Married and in their forties, the couple thought of themselves as two people starting over. Without the young children, child support, or alimony to settle their commitment was unmistakably to the other person. They promised to love each other for time and all eternity. UCLA psychologists predict that a deeper level of commitment, like Steve and Cathy’s, is an effective predictor of lower divorce rates and fewer problems in marriage. Putting in the work and effort to love each other and stay married is different than being in love. It causes tighter bonds, stronger connections, and long lasting
When Marie falls ill, Wes calls his brother Frank. This makes Marie very upset, and she tells them she does not want Dr. Hayden to see her. She gives the excuse that she sees a different Doctor by the name of Dr. Snow. Wes thinks it would be easier and more convenient to just call his brother. Marie persists and even gets hysterical. Gail Hayden, Wes’s wife, goes in to talk to Marie. Gail then tells her husband what Marie shared with her.
While comparing her time, theology and spiritual practice we realize she lived during the time of immense change, similarly we are living on the edge of a challenged modernity. Her spiritual direction allows us to recognize and develop further abilities in our pastoral ministries of caring for one another as participants within the corporate communities as well as within the mission fields.
As a child, Aimee was self conscious about her prosthetic legs. Only later did she realize that her difference is what makes her extraordinary. All her life she has been breaking expectations and never let’s anyone bring her down. “He was asking me to be less than, a little more downtrodden. He was asking
She had a way of reaching out without saying anything. Upon her initial arrival at UCLA, the team was met with a girl who weighed just 59 pounds and moved with a strange "bunny walk." She often spat and was unable to straighten her arms and legs. Silent, incontinent, and unable to chew, she initially seemed only able to recognize her own name and the word "sorry." Her silence and inability to use language made it difficult to assess her mental abilities, but on tests she scored at about the level of a one-year-old. She enjoyed going out on day trips outside of the hospital, and explored her new environment with an intensity that amazed her caregivers and strangers
We met in Princeton, Kentucky, which is about two hours away from their house. Cathy asked Meghan if she wanted to come with, but she said she wanted to stay home instead of riding four hours in the car. We left at about 4 p.m. and arrived in Princeton a little before 6. Cathy, Gracie and I didn’t know that on our way there, Meghan was texting people giving signs of what she was doing. I left with my aunt and Cathy and Gracie were on their way home. Gracie text me and told me something was wrong with Meghan, and explained what was going on. She sent me a screenshot of what Meghan sent to Shelby, Meghan’s best friend. Meghan kept telling Shelby that she loved her, would miss her, and then finally told her that she took her mom’s pills. Shelby called Meghan’s older sister and told
Although their love has endured through many years, it has come to an end in the story. All throughout the story the couple is reminiscing about their life and while they are there are some odd details that are strewn throughout.
Marriage is a commitment that seems to be getting harder to keep. The social standards placed on an individual by society and influenced by the media inevitably lead some to consider divorce as a “quick-fix” option. “Have it your way” has become a motto in the United States. It has become a country without any consideration of the psychological effects of marriage and divorce. The overwhelmingly high divorce rate is caused by a lack of moral beliefs and marital expectations.
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For my marriage project I interviewed my neighbors Pam and Wayne. They were married on August 30, 1980 at The Balcony by Father Burna. They went to St. Lawrence church and completed Pre-Cana for their preparation during their engagement. They have been married now for 37 years and exemplify a good, Catholic marriage. During this interview I could tell that Pam and Wayne exemplify a good, Catholic marriage just by the way they talked about each other and looked at each other. Actually during the interview, Wayne had to walk away because he started tearing up when talking about Pam being the love of his life. Pam and Wayne talked about some things of marriage that I never realized and showed me the true meaning of what marriage is.
they could not get married but the consistory court finally gave them their marriage licence
Who wouldn’t agree that marriage is a beautiful thing? Spending your life with your significant other is an amazing experience that most people get to have at some point in their life. Committing to the right person is a great step towards a joyful future.“However, divorce and separation seem to be highly private decisions, based on considerations made by individuals and couples” (Dronkers 479). In today’s society, divorce has been a problem for many couples. There are many factors such as financial problems, addictions, lack of commitment, and others that cause divorce. However, for any causes there will always be effects as well. The major effects of divorce is the way children 's lives are impacted. Divorce can also affect the spouse 's
Inside the article “Why Marriage is Good for You”, Maggie Gallagher makes claims that marriage improves many facets of an individual’s life; including both mental and physical health, longevity, finances, and reduced chances of infidelity (Gallagher). The statements made throughout the article reference many statistics and studies conducted by various organizations and individuals, however, Gallagher falls victim to a number of common logical fallacies. While this weakens Gallagher’s argument in the article, it does not necessarily make it false.
told me they had desired a Bible school for a long time (the Lord spoke to them in February 1996
She was an old, Nicaraguan lady who always had flour on her dress. She made us feel so welcome in her home as we settled in. Upon looking at the house we asked her about the strange house. The house this lady lived in was a quilt of rooms. Patched together, each room was unique and a new experience. Quickly we found out that as her family grew, her husband added on new rooms and extensions to the once small house. This made it the perfect place for missionaries and others to stay.