Relationships take care and effort. They are like a garden. Many different kinds of plants, all needing different watering schedules, feeding schedules, pruning schedules, amounts of sunlight etc etc. Ongoing…
I basically raised myself. And I raised my mother, too. Growing up, I had to make myself small, quiet. She didn't want to be bothered by me unless we were…
I wanted a love that would stand the test of time. We'd grow together, evolve together. I wanted a man to love me for decades. I wanted the inside jokes,…
I was consumed, my energy extracted, my goodness, attention and love was siphoned off like a scary Jim Henson film. I finally see it, and it's beyond disturbing. They get…
I thought I had been depressed for the last year. But I'm finally getting the news that it wasn't depression. It was complex trauma. My ex and I were living…
Like Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack... My ex husband and I were best friends. We had so much fun together. Same sense of humor, great conversations, up until dawn laughing.…
This story is so absurd, I have to share it. I feel compelled to share it. So, my husband and I almost broke up one other time, in 2011. He…
I met Jim on December 27, 1991. It was at a teenager retreat with a religious theme at a very quaint stone church. He was quiet, adorable and smelled amazing.…
When my soon-to-be-ex and I were in the throws of marriage counseling, individual counseling and I was very much having an active awakening, we would watch movies together almost every…
If you've watched The Bridges of Madison County, you either sympathized with Meryl Streep's character or you hated her. You saw how neglected, invisible and shut off she was from…