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The Marriage Box is a roped-off section behind the pool where young girls lounge on display in animal-print bikinis adorned with fringe or spotted with sequins. They pose in flattering positions, lying on their backs to keep their stomachs
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“Yes, it is so hard to dream and live and not to find what we want. So much has been given to us, but somehow not what we want. There is always something missing, always something we could have had, should have had. We do not understand why God denies us these things; why He is deaf to our prayers.”
― An Observant Wife
― An Observant Wife
“You taught me to care when I asked someone, ‘How are you?,’ to listen to the answer. You taught me that the people who don’t ask, who don’t speak, who are sitting alone on the sidelines, they are the people we need to sit down next to, not the ones who crowd around us.”
― An Observant Wife
― An Observant Wife
“No sacrifice is too great for our children. Whatever we do for them comes back to us in blessings a thousandfold.”
― An Observant Wife
― An Observant Wife
“The person who believes they love more believes they give more,” Jessica says. Her tone takes on a wilting, guru quality reminiscent of our early years. “And that can lead to resentment.”
― The Dinner List
― The Dinner List
“A beginning and an end. That is every day of our lives. That is what we have in common as human beings, Yaakov, every day of our lives. And to every ending, there is a new beginning.”
― An Observant Wife
― An Observant Wife
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