So, as I described in the previous article, I had arrived home from the Philippines, so now it was time to start the process of getting a US Visa for my wife so she could come and join me in the United States. Back at that time (1990) the process was relatively short, about 4 […]
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A Life of Love: Worst Day of my Life
Welcome back to another installment in my series, A Life of Love. When we left off last time, Feyma and I had been married and had our reception at the family home. It was a great day in my life, and I think Feyma would say the same. After the wedding, we went to Cebu […]
A Life of Love: The Wedding and beyond
So, it has been a while sine I added to this series, sorry for the delay! When I left off last time, Feyma and I had attended the City Health Seminar and the Church Seminar, both of which were required for us to be married. Today, we will look at the wedding, and our time […]
A Life of Love: The Church Seminar
My Life of Love series continues! Last week, I told you about the rather shocking questions I got at the Government Seminar which was required for marriage. I sure was happy to get that over with! We had to attend one other required Seminar, the seminar at the Catholic Church. I believe that the Catholic […]
A Life of Love: The Questioning
As I told you in last week’s installment of “A Life of Love” – in preparation for our wedding, Feyma and I had to attend a couple of pre-marriage seminars. There were two required seminars. First was a seminar that was required by the Philippine Government, it was focused on birth control. Apparently, this kind […]
A Life of Love: The Prep
OK, so Papa’s permission for the wedding was firmly in place, so the wedding was on. Feyma had already said yes to my proposal before “The Talk” with Papa, with the only caveat being that I had to secure the permission of her father. In the Philippines, if you want to marry, you have to […]
