Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Revisiting "Love and Marriage"
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Revisiting "Love and Marriage"

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May 20, 2023
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We had very few subscribers back in August of last year, when I posted this essay about “Love and Marriage,” by the writer of some of my favorite old songs, Jimmy Van Heusen. And really, I’m thinking today not just of our dear mothers (our Word of the Week) but our dear fathers, too. ‘Cause without them, our mothers wouldn’t have been our mothers! So…

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