To Erin

I wrote this in a Facebook message to Erin because she asked how my family was:

The divorce is getting kind of messy for the first time. My parents are getting into the nitty gritty details of who is paying what. Mom wants dad to put in writing that he will help pay for future stuff like cars, college, weddings, but dad just wants to pay for it as it comes, so it's a little tense. They figured it out though (mom gave in) and the lawyer is rewriting the documents and they should be final and ready to sign by the time I go back to school. It sucks, I am willing to admit that. I am seeing a Christian counselor though. It's only been 3 sessions, but I am really glad I am finally doing it. Even if my parents had not gotten divorced, their marriage was so formal and had so much baggage from family histories that I really needed to see a counselor anyway just to help me deal with growing up with that.

I will keep your family and your probably-soon-to-be family in my prayers. Can you pray for me about my mom not pressuring me about marriage? She gets really excited about boys when it comes to me and has asked me twice if I want to go look at rings, in addition to telling me about a dream she had two nights ago that I came into her room at midnight with a ring on my finger.