Valentine’s Days Over The Years
Just like New Years Eve, Valentine’s Day is filled with pressure to make it super spectacular and memorable. I don’t know about most people but for me, the most memorable Valentine’s Days I’ve had were...
View ArticleStarting Over Again and Again
If I try to visualize a timeline of my life it’s broken into chunks. The end of each period of time started a new phase in my life. At the beginning of each new phase I realize that I felt as if I was...
View ArticleFear of Being Alone
All my life the idea of a breakup with whoever I was dating at the time seemed like the scariest and worst thing that could happen to me. In my mind it always meant that my heart would be shattered...
View ArticleIt Is What It Is
My head is a jumbled mess of thoughts. I’m juggling worries about moving, expenses, parenting and extended family. I can’t get my arms wrapped around it all and so it’s like a storm in my head. What...
View ArticleGrabbing Life By The Balls
The last week that the Portland man and I spent “discussing our future” (I use quotes because I laugh now, realizing that we had NONE) I heard more from him about fears and lack of self esteem than I...
View Article“The Man in the Mirror”
Years ago my marriage counselor told the ex and me that most often people criticize others for doing the very things they hate about themselves. Looking at my ex I didn’t see that, because he...
View ArticleA Story About My Marriage
It’s been two months since I posted and that is just not going to do if I really want to finally get all these words out of my head and onto paper (or virtual paper). In the interest of trying to just...
View ArticleI wonder about people…
trying to put a book on hold at the library. it asks for my card # and a pin. I do not have a pin. Hmmmmmm….so I try without a pin. Nope, need a pin. I call library. After getting passed around I...
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