my careless contagion

I like these kids. Justin and Claire (formerly Spivey) Duggar . I like kinda following what they're doing, and what they did recently was get married. If you don't know who the Duggars are, you are forgiven. They aren't Hollywood famous. For me, they seem the antithesis of a lot of the crap out there. They're young. They're adorable. They have their whole lives ahead of them. (What I wouldn't give to go back and do it again.) They typically hew to traditional, Christian standards of living. They are Baptist, though a different brand of Baptist from me. They're famous because there are so many of them (19 Kids and Counting was the show). They are TV famous. All that. But I don't care about that. I just like the fact that these two kids are gonna give it a try. In this very cynical world that is endlessly divided and increasingly turned against tradition and Christianity, they are going against the grain. Got married. Probably love God and all that. How pu...

I believe Cindy told me (if I am wrong, let her correct me, but I don't think she reads here anymore) she believes being with me would be a sin, which I contest, of course. I think that is legalistic garbage, but how can I argue with someone who says such a thing? What is important to them is what they believe, not what I believe. So, I write the following with the vestiges of her still in my heart but with the extremely sad realization she cannot allow herself to be with me. You know, I read a lot of classic literature, and it all seems to have the element of a sad love story, but none of it compares to the sadness of this. This was indeed written about a certain woman. I can't ask that woman to sin against her conscience in order to be with me, though. That would be unkind and wrong, and I never want to be unkind to such a lovely creature. All I know is she wants absolutely nothing to do with me, regardless of the reason. I heard every excuse imaginable and some I never imagi...