Do you ever regret getting divorced? Is there any chance you and Jeff will get back together? I’ve recently fielded these questions. I guess people figure I have had enough time on my own to know whether I made a mistake or not. We started the divorce process last October. Jeff moved out in January. The divorce [...]
Baby yellow sunshine warms our backs as blue grass music tickles the airwaves at Minnehaha Park. We move through the festival crowd in dot to dot fashion, culminating at the ice cream counter. You’ve been dreaming of salted carmel ice cream for days so you order right away as I search for something fruitier and brighter. [...]
romantic-cards.blogspot.com As we lay together, our bodies swimming in dopamine and light, he said, Passion’s different, in response to my rundown of future availability. What did he mean? He meant you can’t make passion fit into a schedule or go away. He likened it to a sled ride. You get on and fly down the hill. [...]
One of the gifts of introversion is that we have to be discriminating about our relationships. We know we only have so much energy for reaching out; if we’re going to invest, we want it to be good. ~ Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power Often this gift of discriminating taste feels more like a burden than a [...]
It’s summer and I’m about to hit the wall. My thinking is sludgy and my responses are slow and disconnected. Kids arguing, household disorder and interruptions galore cloud my clarity and fatigue my body. I feel like I’ve eaten a gallon of mashed potatoes and a gravy-injected turkey and washed it down with six or seven [...]
Out of necessity I have trained myself to keep the blues and energy draining feelings in check. I am in no way saying that I do not get the blues or feel down and gloomy occasionally. I’ve experienced debilitating stress and profound sadness but I’ve also worked my way through such funks to see the light [...]
