Love to Spare

Black Marriage Day

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Acooba.

The waning of March signals 2 things in our personal universe:

Spring is here; and,
It’s time for Black Marriage Day.

Black Marriage Day? What’s that? It’s a question we get a lot…usually accompanied by a bemused stare. This year we have a pre-emptive Black Marriage Day “Primer” to answer all the questions we usually get [...]

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The Sacred Vow

Posted on 18. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

I’ve never cared much for the pomp and circumstance of weddings, but marriage itself has always seemed magical to me. Indeed, when I see true and enduring love between two people I am filled with a sense of hope for all humanity. The following is a poem I wrote expressing this hope. It was written [...]

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True Brotherhood

Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

There’s a funny character who lurks around this blog site under the alias GetJef. If you’ve seen him, please don’t be alarmed, he’s just my brother (well, sort of). Jeff and I have no actual blood relations or family ties, our skin colors are vastly different, and we are ideologically worlds apart. Jeff drinks beer [...]

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Dear Reader - Letter No. 1

Posted on 14. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

Dear Reader,
Today marks the second monthiversary of Love to Spare. I hope your experience here on this blog has been as rewarding for you as it has for me (I’m having a great time). It’s been a real pleasure to share ideas and community with you! I’ve especially enjoyed making new friends, and reconnecting with [...]

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The Quiet Days

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

I recently came across two very interesting posts by Amanda Linehan: Become Yourself and Look Far. In Become Yourself, Amanda invites us to explore what “being yourself” really means. In Look Far, she asks if we’ve “stopped to look lately” and how we go about “looking far” in our life?
Thank you, Amanda; these are powerful [...]

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The Language of Love

Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

There are lots of ways to carve up our world, to separate ourselves from others, and to discriminate between us and them. For example:
You do it all the time. You set yourself apart from others, you put your needs above theirs, you point out what you believe is inferior (wrong) about them, and you only [...]

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A Father’s Promise

Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

I grew up without knowing my real father, and without finding a role model in my alcoholic stepfather. All I knew for sure is that I didn’t want to become like either one of them.
Many years and four kids later, I still have uncertainties about my own role and relationship as a father. When my [...]

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The Love Letter

Posted on 07. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

Yesterday, Acooba showed me a love letter I had written to her back in 1994. At the time, we were 5 and half years into our marriage, had two young children and a baby, and (besides working) I was attending graduate school for Marriage, Family and Child Therapy. Needless to say our schedules were full. [...]

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Brace for Impact!

Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

Earlier this year, passengers aboard Flight 1549 heard a loud boom, and then an ominous warning from their captain: brace for impact! A few terrifying moments later, their plane splashed down into the Hudson River. Miraculously, everyone survived.
Call me crazy, but lately I can’t help but feel that those of us living in the U.S [...]

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A Life Full of Gratitude

Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

Recently, Daphne of Joyful Days posted beautiful examples of personal creeds, and invited her readers to share their own. It was a joyful challenge. Even though I maintain a pretty good idea of what I believe, I’ve never taken the time to express these beliefs in written form. Until now:
A Life Full of Gratitude
…………………………………….
Each day, [...]

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The Next Big Thing

Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

Have you ever noticed how smaller things are the building blocks of bigger things? Music is made up of vibrations and rhythms, galaxies are made up of stars and planets, oceans are made up of countless drops of water, and the human body is made up of an estimated 50 trillion cells.
When smaller things fit [...]

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