Author Archives: dramarobyn

I recently read through the majority opinion and the dissenting opinions for Obergefell v. Hodges. Most people know this decision as the one that legalized same-sex marriage at a federal level. If you haven’t read it yet, I’d highly recommend doing so. Scattered throughout the legal arguments is an underlying emphasis on how important marriageContinue reading “Lessons from Obergefell”

            I am a child of divorce. My mother and father separated when I was 4. A few months later, we moved to a city 4 hours away. My mother went from being a stay-at-home mom to being a single mother of five children who were all dealing with different levels of trauma. It wasContinue reading “Divorce?”

I am a 26-year-old Marriage and Family Studies major at Brigham Young University – Idaho. I am the youngest of five children. My mother and father were high school sweethearts who married when they were 19. They divorced after my father was arrested for abusing my sisters and me. I was raised in a single-parentContinue reading “About Me”