The pleasure, pain and growth of human connection.
"You'll always be looking for something better" he said. "What you want is unobtainable" he said. These statements came in a heated moment shortly after I softly let him know I didn't think we were going to work. These words from a man I valued, hurt. They stung because I knew I hurt him. They hit [...]
I dreaded the end of season party for my son's football team. I actually lost sleep over it. Here's why: 1. I didn't know any of the other parents. It was the first middle school team my son had played on and the families came from all different neighborhoods and elementary schools. 2. I was going [...]
You're driving me crazy. When are you coming home? ~ Laid, by James I always loved the above lyric. It tickled me how the singer was so tired of his girlfriend's constant presence but in the end wanted to make sure he'd see her later. Something about that spoke to me. I often find myself needing [...]
At the end of June I wrote, How Does Introversion Affect Your Sexuality? It touched on demi-sexuality, a sexual orientation that requires a deep emotional connection before physical intimacy takes place. Physical attraction and magnetic personality are not enough to draw the demi-sexual. Since introverts are big on meaningful conversation and the sharing of dreamy inner worlds I [...]
We stand in my drop-cloth covered, nothing-in-its-place, kitchen and talk for a good thirty minutes before everyone else arrives. It's early morning and things are still invitingly silent. Phil, the lead painter on my, please let new paint and carpet be all my house needs to sell project, is with me. He shares engaging stories about [...]
“What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space.” ― Italo Calvino It had been a month since we sat legs touching on the couch. It had been a month since I last kissed him at the corners of his [...]
