Q. I just recently finished an amazing teen love story called There You'll Find Me by Jenny B Jones and I want another awesome teenage love story like that! Any ideas? I've already read the Twilight Saga and loved it. And I've read almost all of Nicholas Sparks' books so give me some new ideas please :)
A. If you like Nicholas Sparks, you should try Richard Paul Evans. They write very similar, and have a lot of fans in common (including myself.) My favorites by Evans are The Locket and The Sunflower.
THE LOCKET-
After the death of his mother, Michael Keddington finds employment at the Arcadia nursing home, where he befriends Esther, a reclusive beautiful elderly woman who lives in mourning for her youth and lost love. Michael faces his own challenges when he loses his greatest love, Faye. When Michael is falsely accused of abusing one of the Arcadia�s residents, he learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness from Esther, and her gift to him of a locket, once symbolic of one person�s missed opportunities, becomes another�s second chance.
THE SUNFLOWER-
Just a week before their marriage, Christine's fiancé calls off the wedding, leaving her heartbroken. With hopes of helping her through a difficult time, Christine's best friend Jessica enrolls them both on a humanitarian mission in Peru, to work at an orphanage called El Girasol � The Sunflower. While working at the orphanage Christine meets Paul Cook, a successful and charismatic American doctor who has fled the States after one fatal day took away his career, his faith, and the woman he loved. Unplanned events lead Paul and Christine into the jungle of the Amazon, where Christine must confront her deepest fears, and she, and Paul, must both learn to trust and love again. Filled with powerful lessons of faith and hope, The Sunflower is an evocative novel about the redemptive power of love from one of the world's most beloved storytellers.
Or here is his website to check out his other books-
http://www.richardpaulevans.com/books
THE LOCKET-
After the death of his mother, Michael Keddington finds employment at the Arcadia nursing home, where he befriends Esther, a reclusive beautiful elderly woman who lives in mourning for her youth and lost love. Michael faces his own challenges when he loses his greatest love, Faye. When Michael is falsely accused of abusing one of the Arcadia�s residents, he learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness from Esther, and her gift to him of a locket, once symbolic of one person�s missed opportunities, becomes another�s second chance.
THE SUNFLOWER-
Just a week before their marriage, Christine's fiancé calls off the wedding, leaving her heartbroken. With hopes of helping her through a difficult time, Christine's best friend Jessica enrolls them both on a humanitarian mission in Peru, to work at an orphanage called El Girasol � The Sunflower. While working at the orphanage Christine meets Paul Cook, a successful and charismatic American doctor who has fled the States after one fatal day took away his career, his faith, and the woman he loved. Unplanned events lead Paul and Christine into the jungle of the Amazon, where Christine must confront her deepest fears, and she, and Paul, must both learn to trust and love again. Filled with powerful lessons of faith and hope, The Sunflower is an evocative novel about the redemptive power of love from one of the world's most beloved storytellers.
Or here is his website to check out his other books-
http://www.richardpaulevans.com/books
What is the best gift for my sister's wedding?
Q. My sister will get married in October. Could you give me some ideas of wedding gifts?
A. Go for something meaningful for the wedding. If your sister attends church, then a framed poem or a collector's plate about marriage. These can be found online, or in gift shops.
Get something with value for the future. A silver frame for her wedding picture. Perhaps something engraved , like an item from the store "Things Remembered."
Candlesticks of any material, but especially crystal or glass would be nice.
Clocks are nice, something fancy for the wall or the table, something useful with a second hand and the seconds clicking are great. Think about an anniversary clock, one you can see the insides of when it is running.
Check out places like Macy's and Saks, both have a wedding gift section, usually near the china department. They have boxed gifts like salad bowls, clocks, candlesticks, serving trays, fancy casserole sets. Prices start around $20.
Or go with appliances, cute ones like an ice cream maker, or more practical ones like a George Foreman grill.
Ask Sis or you family if she has a registry, and where it is, and look at the list so you can see what she needs and has not got yet.
Get something with value for the future. A silver frame for her wedding picture. Perhaps something engraved , like an item from the store "Things Remembered."
Candlesticks of any material, but especially crystal or glass would be nice.
Clocks are nice, something fancy for the wall or the table, something useful with a second hand and the seconds clicking are great. Think about an anniversary clock, one you can see the insides of when it is running.
Check out places like Macy's and Saks, both have a wedding gift section, usually near the china department. They have boxed gifts like salad bowls, clocks, candlesticks, serving trays, fancy casserole sets. Prices start around $20.
Or go with appliances, cute ones like an ice cream maker, or more practical ones like a George Foreman grill.
Ask Sis or you family if she has a registry, and where it is, and look at the list so you can see what she needs and has not got yet.
How do adoptees do with marriage?
Q. Do they usually marry people of the culture/society they were adopted into, or from the one they were adopted out of?
Are divorce rates among adoptees really worse than the average?
Do adoptees usually want to adopt again or have children of their own?
Are divorce rates among adoptees really worse than the average?
Do adoptees usually want to adopt again or have children of their own?
A. 1. My ethnic heritage between my adoptive and biological families is nearly identical: Swedish/Irish-American + ???? vs. Swedish/Scottish-American vs. British/Greek-American. The socioeconomic culture was: my mom came from the 1% and married my dad from the lower middle class. Together they were upper middle class. My biological family was in extreme poverty. Both my birth mom and adoptive dad, in addition to coming from strong Swedish-American, Midwestern roots, came from immigrant farmers. I do not know my birth dad's heritage at all, but I have one child who, inexplicably, appears to be biracial! I married a Danish/Dutch/French-American from a poor, rural family.
I know my birth mother and we have issues. She is 57 years old. After years of sobriety, she is facing prison time for her third narcotics charge in as many years, and I find myself writing to judges to keep her out of prison. She does not actually talk to me, other than to post sweet things on my FB wall when she's feeling contrite. I do not know if this plays a part in my loyalty to my family.
2. Divorce rates among adoptees -- I imagine adoptees have trouble sometimes with commitment. I'm only 40 and have been married almost 20 years, and that is longer than either of our sets of parents. But I also suffered early (age 16) mother loss in my adoptive mom and that might make me hold on stronger. I'm not sure. I would imagine adoptees who came from orphanages and foster care, who had trouble with reactive attachment disorder and similar, would have more serious marriage issues.
3. I have three biological children and we would love to adopt from foster care. Ideally, a 7-10 year old girl who would be a close sibling with our 9 year old son, due to the fact that our older children are seven and ten years OLDER than he is and will be moving out soon, leaving him alone. He would be a wonderful brother, and we long to give to a child.
Also, the particular situation makes a difference. My college roommate was adopted at age 1-2 by her aunt and uncle after her mother died, and then had two younger sister/cousins who look just like her. She assimilated nearly perfectly into the family because she was raised by her mother's biological sister.
My bff from kindergarten on was adopted at birth, similar to me, and he is devoted to his adoptive parents, has no desire to see his birth family, and has never married in spite of being very attractive and a pilot in southern California! His younger sister has been married several years and has two small children with a man who does not share her values, nor does he help support the family. She also knows her birth mother and they have issues.
Another male bff was adopted at age 5 with his 3 year old brother. He remembers his birth mom and grandmother and is at peace with the fact that they gave a gift by putting the boys into the "system" and not continuing to attempt to raise them. He is also very devoted to his adoptive parents, did not get married until his 40s, but has had five children with three different women, none of whom are with his wife of 1.5 years.
Another adopted male in his 40s I know is a successful doctor. He had sweet, wonderful adoptive parents as far as I know, and a wonderful younger sister (their biological child). He has no interest in meeting his birth family. He left his first wife for his second. They have three children and seemed to have a happy marriage. However, I believe they are now separated due to a child endangerment incident he had, of which he as convicted. I have no idea if his adoption affected any of this behavior.
I know my birth mother and we have issues. She is 57 years old. After years of sobriety, she is facing prison time for her third narcotics charge in as many years, and I find myself writing to judges to keep her out of prison. She does not actually talk to me, other than to post sweet things on my FB wall when she's feeling contrite. I do not know if this plays a part in my loyalty to my family.
2. Divorce rates among adoptees -- I imagine adoptees have trouble sometimes with commitment. I'm only 40 and have been married almost 20 years, and that is longer than either of our sets of parents. But I also suffered early (age 16) mother loss in my adoptive mom and that might make me hold on stronger. I'm not sure. I would imagine adoptees who came from orphanages and foster care, who had trouble with reactive attachment disorder and similar, would have more serious marriage issues.
3. I have three biological children and we would love to adopt from foster care. Ideally, a 7-10 year old girl who would be a close sibling with our 9 year old son, due to the fact that our older children are seven and ten years OLDER than he is and will be moving out soon, leaving him alone. He would be a wonderful brother, and we long to give to a child.
Also, the particular situation makes a difference. My college roommate was adopted at age 1-2 by her aunt and uncle after her mother died, and then had two younger sister/cousins who look just like her. She assimilated nearly perfectly into the family because she was raised by her mother's biological sister.
My bff from kindergarten on was adopted at birth, similar to me, and he is devoted to his adoptive parents, has no desire to see his birth family, and has never married in spite of being very attractive and a pilot in southern California! His younger sister has been married several years and has two small children with a man who does not share her values, nor does he help support the family. She also knows her birth mother and they have issues.
Another male bff was adopted at age 5 with his 3 year old brother. He remembers his birth mom and grandmother and is at peace with the fact that they gave a gift by putting the boys into the "system" and not continuing to attempt to raise them. He is also very devoted to his adoptive parents, did not get married until his 40s, but has had five children with three different women, none of whom are with his wife of 1.5 years.
Another adopted male in his 40s I know is a successful doctor. He had sweet, wonderful adoptive parents as far as I know, and a wonderful younger sister (their biological child). He has no interest in meeting his birth family. He left his first wife for his second. They have three children and seemed to have a happy marriage. However, I believe they are now separated due to a child endangerment incident he had, of which he as convicted. I have no idea if his adoption affected any of this behavior.
Do you think my husband will expect sex on the wedding night?
Q. We're getting married in 3 weeks. We haven't had sex yet and we have been together 2 years. We're having a nice wedding and we'll stay at an expensive suite in the night. I don't want to have sex on the wedding night, what should I do if my husband expects it?
A. Of course he will want to have sex with you on the wedding night. That is part of what the marriage commitment is all about. Your give yourself to him and he gives himself to you. That is both literal and figurative. If you don't want sex, you had better tell him now so that he can either get used to the idea. You had better have a real good reason why you don't want to have sex. If it is just a matter of wanting to cuddle on the first night and have sex the second night, then you had better explain it very well and make it worth while to wait.
The wedding night is your opportunity to be as sexy as you have ever imagined being. You are sharing the most personal gift possible with the one man who has earned your love and the bestowal of that gift. Don't blow this opportunity to show him how much you love him. He is expecting it.
The one caveat I offer is to not drink yourselves silly at the reception. You want to be fully sober and alert to share this wonderful gift.
The wedding night is your opportunity to be as sexy as you have ever imagined being. You are sharing the most personal gift possible with the one man who has earned your love and the bestowal of that gift. Don't blow this opportunity to show him how much you love him. He is expecting it.
The one caveat I offer is to not drink yourselves silly at the reception. You want to be fully sober and alert to share this wonderful gift.
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