The following is a talk I gave at my Stake's Young Women's camp the week of July 4th. A few important points of context: First, the location of the talk was the amphitheater which they refer to as the Sacred Grove. Second, each day's lessons share a theme, and that day's theme was love. Third, some parts may seem disjointed because the questions were not rhetorical; each question involved receiving answers and comments from the audience. So, without further ado:
Monday, July 15, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Eat, Pray, Marry
Once again, many thanks to Yvon Sicotte.
As movies have taught us, marriage serves the exclusive purpose of validating romantic love. If you're not out-of-control, head-over-heels stupid in love then you have no obligation to marry, stay married, or remain faithful, regardless of circumstances. In contrast, our ancestors married and respected marriage for a bunch of dull reasons like Religion, Morality, and Survival. BOR-ING! So to those of you of modern sensibilities, the story of how the Cicotte family established itself may cause you anything from distaste to horror, but I think there's a human, even tender story to be told here, so bear with me.
As movies have taught us, marriage serves the exclusive purpose of validating romantic love. If you're not out-of-control, head-over-heels stupid in love then you have no obligation to marry, stay married, or remain faithful, regardless of circumstances. In contrast, our ancestors married and respected marriage for a bunch of dull reasons like Religion, Morality, and Survival. BOR-ING! So to those of you of modern sensibilities, the story of how the Cicotte family established itself may cause you anything from distaste to horror, but I think there's a human, even tender story to be told here, so bear with me.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Côte des Argoulets Part II
I owe this post to Yvon Sicotte, a distant relative who has had a twenty-five year head-start studying the same documents I have been piecing together for about five years. His work's comprehensiveness puts mine to shame and renders it useless. I may only meagerly contribute by providing translations since his work is only in French. Still, I encourage anyone reading this to visit his site here, if only to boost the number of visits and encourage him to continue. I also owe this post to my father, who found the website.
A long time ago I promised a transcription of Jean Chicot's land grant. I got about a third of the way before the less-than-legible handwriting and archaic language forced the project onto the back burner. Later attempts only got me about half-way. Then my father provided me M. Sicotte's website which contained a complete transcription, as well as some useful contextual commentary. Here is my English translation, along with my own commentary:
A long time ago I promised a transcription of Jean Chicot's land grant. I got about a third of the way before the less-than-legible handwriting and archaic language forced the project onto the back burner. Later attempts only got me about half-way. Then my father provided me M. Sicotte's website which contained a complete transcription, as well as some useful contextual commentary. Here is my English translation, along with my own commentary:
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