caroworld

One of the tenants here, Wafaa, works for Peacemakers. I'm not sure what the group does, but somehow we got to talking about multiple marriages and arranged marriages for children. She's working to stop them. I read an article about a Mormon woman in Utah who grew up in a radical sect and had an arranged marriage to her first cousin when she was only 14 or 15 or some other ridiculously young age. Her husband already had some other wives. There were all these rules the woman didn't like and she ended up leaving him and being ostrasized by her family. I was sharing the story and Wafaa told me she saw it on Oprah. So anyway, Wafaa is learning the law more so she can do something about it.

Oh, we were talking about Utah and Mormons in general because Kathy just moved there.

I wonder how my mom is doing. I forgot to mail something for her she told me about yesterday, so I know I'll be hearing about it when I get home.

I think it's still raining. Hard to tell because my window is up near the ceiling there, besides it's clouded glass and has blinds over it. But I hear that "shhhhhh" sound when cars drive by. Hmmm... I'll wind my way out of here and see. I hope so. Sometimes I like rain.

Good bye until my next post.