Our Courtship, Part Seven: Engagement and Marriage

“If we could survive courtship together, we think we can survive anything.”

Our Courtship, Part Six: Courtship by Committee

“I put the ring on my own finger; not exactly like how I had pictured it when I was a little girl.”

Our Courtship, Part Five: It Begins

“I was in love before, but I finally felt free to feel all those feelings.”

Our Courtship, Part Four: Falling in Love

“I was in denial about how deep my feelings went, because I simply wasn’t allowed to be in love before courtship.”

Our Courtship, Part Three: Missing Him

“I felt very ashamed to have such a strong crush — it wasn’t holy and pure to give so much of my heart to someone else before we were even courting.”

Our Courtship, Part Two: Boy Meets Girl

“I, like most homeschool girls, thought Pride and Prejudice was quite possibly the greatest love story ever written.”

Our Courtship, Part One: No Dating

“I felt guilty for the boyfriends I’d had in grade school; I wondered if I had already ruined my future marriage.”

How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Damage Healthy Relationships

“I’ve lately started facing the ways in which the teachings of ’emotional purity’, (a la Josh Harris, the Ludys, and others) have damaged the part of my brain that makes healthy relationships function.”