Travel: Elopement Growing in Popularity

It is the 21st century and planning your marriage in an non-traditional way and getting married by way of an elopement is certainly growing in popularity. The days are gone when young couples would contemplate having a pompous and formal wedding site to make their marriage vows. And today, it is something that isn’t unforeseen;Continue reading “Travel: Elopement Growing in Popularity”

Safety: Women Living Alone

By the time women reach the age of fifty-five, 46 percent live alone in the United States. Thirty-five million women are the head of their households. At least eighteen million women in the United States live alone. An additional twelve million women are single mothers. Uncounted other women head households while their husbands are away.Continue reading “Safety: Women Living Alone”

Is Hugging Outdated?

Hugging is a physical acknowledgment of the presence of another with the intention of expressing affection. Sometimes hugging is meant to also express reunion after separation and in that case, it represents “affection beyond words.” Over the years though, hugging has assumed many uncomfortable forms, some of which I mention below to indicate how complexContinue reading “Is Hugging Outdated?”