Ginger's Blog
There is No Cure
There is no cure. No magic pill. No easy way. How, our inner five-year-old wishes this were different. She or he wants to have cake and eat it too. Literally. And right now, mind you. After all, we deserve this, right? We believe – and justify – that the bricks...
House Afire
I admit I am not the best cook. It’s a skill I never mastered. Even if I follow a recipe exactly, it never looks like the picture nor tastes as the superior adjectives in the description tells me it should. Then, there is the bonus of the smoke alarm. I can’t make...
Not-So-Unconditional Love
Here I go again, raining on your parade. But I guess better to hear from me than from someone more important to you … Unconditional love between partners does not exist. Because, accountability counts. It is possible to erode love, whether slowly or quickly,...
Go Around Again
Many of you know that I ran track in high school. The mile run was my specialty. That’s four laps around for you sports novices. After the many logged hours of pre-race training, all that was needed was a strategy as to pace and take over and then the sheer will to...
Long-Term Love
“How do we know when it is going to work?” she asked, the healing-hearted woman in a hurting couple. “You don’t,” I said truthfully and painfully, so wishing I had a different answer. A better answer. A reassuring answer. Because, it’s a daily decision to invest in a...
Love is Permission
It’s been a hard time in America. I wish I could say surreal, but sadly, we are adapting to a new normal. Threats, bombs, killings, hate. And, there is no sign that it will stop anytime soon. We gasp. We send our thoughts and prayers - whatever that means. Yet, we are...
Growing a Larger One
You are filling your car with gas. Something you probably do many times a month, unless you are lucky enough to live in New Jersey where they still pump gasoline for you. You space out, watching the numbers climb too high too fast. Or, perhaps, you make googly eyes at...
What’s on Your Mind Today?
“What’s on your mind today?” I casually asked the patient, as I do many times throughout my day. “That’s a hard one,” he said, not-so-casually back. I wholeheartedly agreed. First, you must rid yourself of external distraction such as screens, work stress, the fight...
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