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we went to the bank yesterday and left amazed at how bankers can make you feel naked and vulnerable. it felt very invasive and we resented their insinuations. the way she kept implying we may divorce some day, it makes me sad and angry that the marriage arrangement has little respect anymore. sure, there's a high divorce rate now a days, but there are actually some people out there (like us for example) who take our commitment very seriously and are 100% committed to our marriage and seeing it thru until old age. it may be hard for bankers to understand, but i didn't marry b for his money and i'm not actually tucking it all away so that i can take off with it some day. it's odd how children are taught to share, and how b and i hold everything in common, and yet at the bank what's mine is mine, and what's his is his. i want to loudly proclaim to them "WE SHARE OUR FINANCES – PERIOD!!!" what's mine is his, and what's his is mine. it's so frustrating. the whole "what if" situations they throw at is so counter our faith and our wordview. there's no way of explaining it to a banker. they don't understand that money is not a priority for us. .

all around the cathedral,
the saints and apostles look down as she sells her wares.
although you can't see it,
you know they are smiling each time someone shows that he cares.