{"id":6965,"date":"2022-11-18T07:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=6965\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:23:07","slug":"starts-us-colleen-hoover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2022\/11\/18\/starts-us-colleen-hoover\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;IT STARTS WITH US&#8221; by Colleen Hoover"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6963 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2-150x150@2x.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2-80x80.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/It-starts-with-us-2-80x80@2x.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I was very happy to read in 2022 Lily and Atlas&#8217; story!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;Dear Lily,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><i style=\"color: #008000;\">I&#8217;m used to writing you letters that no one else will ever read, which may be why I had a difficult\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #008000;\"><i>time when<\/i><\/span><\/span><i style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0I first attempted to write these vows.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">But vows aren&#8217;t meant to be something you make in private. The purpose of a vow is to make an intentional promise that is witnessed, whether it&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b><i style=\"caret-color: #008000;\">witnessed by God, or\u00a0<\/i><i>friends<\/i><i style=\"caret-color: #008000;\">, and family.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>It has to make you wonder, though, or at least it made me wonder what the purpose is behind the need for a public vow. I couldn&#8217;t stop my mind from questioning what must have happened in the past to create the\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #008000;\"><b><i>necessity for love to be witnessed.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Does it mean that somewhere along the way, a promise was broken? A heart was shattered?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><i style=\"color: #008000;\">It&#8217;s disappointing if you really sit\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #008000;\"><i>and<\/i><\/span><\/span><i style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0think about why vows even exist.<br \/>\r\n<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>If we trusted everyone to keep their word, vows wouldn&#8217;t be necessary.<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>People would fall in love, and they&#8217;d stay in love, faithfully, forever, the end.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>But that&#8217;s the issue, I guess. We&#8217;re people. We&#8217;re human. 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