i am late to every morning meeting
because according to my calculations
i have only twenty-three thousand and fifteen
days left to wake up next to you
and that seems far too few
so i do my best not to waste a single one.
Reason #4,342
Kristi: Your eggs for Easter.
Me: What about them?
Kristi: You used all male pronouns.
Me: ...
Kristi: ...
Me: Because they say "He is Risen." Jesus was male.
Kristi: But he was divine.
Me: ...What?
Kristi: The Trinity isn't male.
Me: But Jesus is ... in human form. Which is male.
Kristi: But *also* divine.
Me: ...Huh.
Poem: “I love you” by Mario Benedetti
Your hands are my caress
my daily reminders
I love you because your hands
work for justice
if I love you it’s because you are
my love my accomplice and my everything
and in the street arm in arm
we are many more than two
your eyes are my spell
against a cursed day
I love you for your gaze
that looks and plants the future
your mouth that is yours and mine
your mouth doesn’t lie
I love you because your mouth
knows how to shout rebellion
if I love you it’s because you are
my love my accomplice and my everything
and in the street arm in arm
we are many more than two
and for your open face
and your wanderer’s footstep
and your weeping for the world
because you are of the people I love you.
and because love is not a halo
nor morality tale
and because we are a couple
that knows it is not alone
I love you in my paradise
which is to say that in my ideal country
people live happily
without even having permission
if I love you it’s because you are
my love my accomplice and my everything
and in the street arm in arm
we are many more than two
This is the spot we were sitting six years, two months, and one day ago, when we first said “I love you.”
And it’s still true today.
<3
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Melissa Etheridge - Come to My Window
From a playlist made back in 2005 when I fell in love with Kristi.
:)
There is something infinitely sexy about a woman who laughs at the same things you do, in the same way you do.
Love you, K.
My first semester of seminary is over.
Hebrew final cancelled. Paper on ministry with queer youth submitted. Mark final emailed. Systematic theology essay sitting on my hard drive, to be printed and turned in tomorrow.
And suddenly my first semester of seminary is over.
Faithful friends who are dear to us…
Today, as in many other class days, tangents were gone off upon during systematic theology.
In order to keep myself from swearing more than usual (and I was swearing under my breath quite a bit when we hit the 20-minute mark), I started thinking about Christmas cards and presents. Who do I still need to buy gifts for, when will Kristi and I get the time to write and mail cards, is there a cute photo of us from the year that we should get printed?
Belief-O-Matic
To celebrate Reformation Day, Kristi and I took the Belief-o-Matic at BeliefNet:
http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx
