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Personal Essay: Behaving Better
I have had the opportunity to participate in a writing group this month. The following excerpt is from one of my entries: There are some days I am unable to behave better. I know I should. I should just dust off that Super Woman cape and make it happen. But I...
Swimming in Deep Waters: The Layers of Progressive Emotional Communication
As a child, I always knew in my gut that there had to be more to relationship than the superficial. I will never know why but I was born with an ache for the authentic. Enough of the pretend pretty, the looking-good-on-the-outside stuff. Can someone please talk...
Give Me the Slower Version, Please
“But that would take so much time!” she protested in response to my having walked her and her partner through the intentional set-up of healthy relational dialogue. And in my direct, no bullshit way I respond, “And so? Why is that a problem? Make the time! What more...
The Seasons of Grief
If grieving were as easy as three simple steps! But somehow, in its madness, having a life vest to ride the wave, an understanding that there is a sequence, we might feel more grounded in a groundless reality. I have broken down the grief stages into a metaphor of the...
Personal Essay: The Princess and the Toddler
I am sitting for a friend's dog this month. And not just any dog. She is a lumbering Labrador who must be related to Marley in a former life. In just a few short days, she has scratched the paint off the wall, eaten two pillows and a chair, spilt coffee on the new...
A GPS for Relationships
With our modern technology, there really is no excuse to being lost. Just type or speak where you are and where you want to be, and boom ... all systems are pointing to your final destination. It is as if we now live with a magic Genie in our pockets instead of an...
Personal Essay: Smoking in Stretch Pants
Several summers ago, my neighbor and I dragged our kids to a summer adventure. We followed the then new, hip trend of taking our kids to a farm stay. Have you heard of the idea? Many farms are opening their doors like a B&B. They make much needed added income and...
Let’s Make a Deal: Opting for Door B
With the risk of showing my age, do you recall that game show way back when with Monty Hall called, “Let’s Make a Deal?” As a little girl, I loved that show. People would dress up in crazy costumes and carry these big old bags so that when Monty asked who had a...
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