tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post4881680452898501..comments2024-02-11T02:16:33.107-08:00Comments on Stephanie's Epiphanies: The Hierarchy of LoveSTEPHANIE J. GATEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871866298443824113noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-38196750559396452682011-04-10T08:15:54.346-07:002011-04-10T08:15:54.346-07:00I love this post. It causes you to look at your ti...I love this post. It causes you to look at your tiers. It helps me because I was in the process of doing this. I don't think I was doing it right until I read this post. Thanks for sharing.Cookiehttp://ablackwomanlivinginpain.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-79912992850731039112011-04-08T14:12:24.289-07:002011-04-08T14:12:24.289-07:00Love: the always interesting topic of teenagers an...Love: the always interesting topic of teenagers and romantics.<br /> Forgive this trite truth: God is Love. However, we are so far from being our ultimate God selves that not only is our love hierarchical, it’s conditional and most often confused, for what we think is romantic love is more likely an addiction. Yes, we care for those who fulfill a need. That’s why we love our mothers more: They take care of us at our deepest level of need. Well, that’s my take. Excellent review, Ms. Gates.<br />Dana SpellDana Spellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920611287770754591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1361044202268851561.post-8945828205024117262011-04-07T17:52:03.937-07:002011-04-07T17:52:03.937-07:00Thoughtful post, thank you for sharing!
I know ...Thoughtful post, thank you for sharing! <br /><br />I know it's kind of silly, but when I found my partner (now my husband) I couldn't figure out where to put him in my quick dial list on my cell phone -- after my mom and dad, of course, but does he go before my brother? Sister-in-law? Best friend? Somewhere in between? For now he's below bro and sis-in-law as I've known them both longer than him, but above my best friend (who I've also known longer...hmmmm). Thinking about moving him up to just below mom and dad at this point. <br /><br />Not having met him until I was 36, I had become pretty used to the idea that that particular level of the hierarchy might remain vacant. I was beginning to consider becoming a single parent because I knew I wanted to experience being a mom. So I guess I'd say the hierarchy of love is complicated and fluid, and governed by lots of unwritten rules, memories, joys, longing and many, many tears. ~jlhJenn Hnoreply@blogger.com