The Resolute Woman

Category: marriage

  • The never-quite-satisfied

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    At the her brother’s wedding, the main character in Ann Packer’s short story Things Said and Done describes how, as a child, her father “conferred specialness” on her and how she “was to breathe only the rarefied air of the never-quite-satisfied.” It was, she concludes, not the best preparation for life or for her marriage.…

  • The wonderful extravagances of marriage

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    We talked about Sandra Cisneros and how she explains about family stories and connections in our last blog post. We also like Cisneros discussion of the “wonderful extravagances” of marriage in her novel Caramelo. After the “little grandfather” dies, his wife thinks about what she misses. “Everyone complains about marriage,” Cisneros writes to explain the…

  • More wisdom from a wedding

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    We shared a little wisdom from a wedding in our last blog post, and we have a little more wisdom from that same wedding to share in this blog post. The wedding included a poem by James Dillet Freeman, a Cherokee minister. We like these lines from “Blessing for a Marriage.” May you need one…