As a ‘seasoned’ individual, having experienced both sides of the Greek/non-Greek fence where marriage is concerned, I feel somewhat qualified to address this topic with first-hand experience, even though my story may not be a common one. Back in the 1980s, marrying a Greek-American was important to me. I attended Greek cultural events, sang the [...]
About Dena Kouremetis
Having written about a variety of topics from America’s housing, to midlife romance, to celebrity profiles, Dena Kouremetis currently writes three columns for Examiner.com. Author, co-author and professional consultant for four books, Kouremetis is a past columnist for the Sacramento Bee and has written articles and feature stories for newspapers across the country. Several of her personal stories have appeared in books, including Heavenly Miracles (Morrow Press) and Raging Gracefully:Smart Women on Life Love, and Coming into Your Own (Adams Media). Profiled in Professional Women magazine in 2004, Kouremetis is also a public speaker and professional trainer. She recently authored the eBook Climbing St. Friday -- a poignant, nostalgic look at the 1970s adventures of a young Greek-American girl who is sent by her parents from a small town in the Midwest to Athens, Greece, for a year of college. It is now available on SmashWords.com, Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
Why Greek-Americans Are so ‘Churchy’ . . .
When visiting Greece, I am often asked by native-born Greeks why Greek-Americans are so ‘churchy’ – we sing in church choirs, attend church fairly regularly, wear our baptismal crosses, etc. By the same token, I have always been puzzled about why, during my visits to Greece, the only people I see at church in both [...]
Corrupting Two Languages at Once
Do you fit into the category of hyphenated Americans who (1) learned the foreign words for everyday objects before you learned the English words for them? (2) noticed that an entire collection of English words managed to creep into the foreign language your parents spoke? As Greek-American children, we heard our parents use words for [...]
Greek, Married and Political Opposites
The recent elections went by without a hitch in our household. And how can that happen, you may ask, when my husband and I are political polar opposites? First let me explain that we have been together for nine years and married for the past five. My new husband was a confirmed Greek-American bachelor (my [...]
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