Not really sure which forum this post should belong to, but here goes...

I moved to Ottawa, Canada last December, and haven't yet found a church/spiritual group.  I got burned out on mainstream church about 3 or so years ago, after I realized that I was only going to church because I had to (I was the audio technician) and that I was getting more out of the books I was reading during the sermons than I was actually getting out of going to church.

In this blog entry I address how attention modulates the significance of relationships.

This little snippet of conversation was grabbed from Pinga's Affirming thread...

[quote=Serena]

you are waiting on a beach
for a healing word to come
maybe an apology in a bottle
maybe a flower that says, "I'm sorry."
and the hurting leaves you numb

will you forgive?
will you forget?
will you live what you know?
He left his rights
will you leave yours?
you don't understand it
let it go

you are waiting on a beach
this is where the east meets west
and as another sun sets on your anger
the darkness laughs, as the wound destroys

I'm wondering what the definition of "marriage" is to everyone else.

Marriage, to me, is a committed union between two people that is agreed to by both persons (regardless of gender), brought to God with an honest and loving heart, and blessed by Him.

So, I haven't posted in due to my graduation and subsequent road trip straight to camp.  

The good news:  I'm enjoying camp, I bought stuff at west ed, and I'm back with my girlfriend.  We worked a lot out.  She is snuggling me right now :3

The bad news: Being at camp for a week at a time means that I will not be able to get to a computer as often as I would like. I forgot my speakers so my mom has started compiling a 'care package' to mail to me :P

Hello wondies,

I'd appreciate your advice and support. This is by no means the most serious problem I've seen on the forums, but it is currently taking up a lot of my attention.

I have to just let all this flow. if it doesn't make sense then its fine, I may be the only to truly understand it and like I said before wondercafe is the only place I can go to blog that no one knows me or can pass judgement on what I have to say. its just who I am and who I am is disappearing. I know my relationship isn't all that healthy, but it could be. its not physically abusive or anything like that but I am starting to feel like I am being somewhat controlled and somewhat lead in directions I don't know if I want to be in.

I am an 18yr old British christian girl in a relationship with my 19yr old Palestinian/Jordanian bf for almost 2 years in may. My parents have recently found out about him and how seriously commited we are and they do not accept because he's muslim. I'm in my last year of highschool while my bf moved to Montreal Canada for university. The plan is for me to follow him. Unfortuantely I live in Saudi Arabia, and I'm under his name when it comes to his work permit "Iqama", I have no right whatsoever in this country.