Tag: Romance
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Long-Distance Relationships, Says the Tarot, and Why That’s Just Fine
A few favorite cards from Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor Grimassi’s The Well-Worn Path deck I have a lot of friends who read Tarot cards–and every last one of them is pretty good at it! Invariably, when we get together, we somehow end up drooling over the beautiful artwork of the newest deck among…
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It’s Valentine’s Day: Do You Know Where Your Sweetheart Is?
Not my feet, but wow, this looks like fun! Photo by elainevdw; creative commons license. For a born romantic, I’ve never really been a fan of Valentine’s Day. Maybe that’s because, to me, the best way to show me affection is throughout the year rather than with a dozen roses on the same day everyone…
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The Numbing Effect
Photo by Meredith Farmer; creative commons license Some people don’t want you to be happy. I could pat you on the back and say something inane like, “Well, honey, those people aren’t really your friends.” But the trouble is, they ARE your friends. Your friends, your family, your coworkers, people you barely know. They tell…
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You Can’t Help Whom You’re Attracted to But…
A lot to be thankful for! At Grayton Beach State Park (Florida) on Thanksgiving Day, 2008. c by Shannon Bailey Funny how things happen. My daughter was supposed to be with her dad on this Friday night but he had a date so that meant either she spent the night at my house or got…
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The Astrology of Meeting "The One"
NOTE TO READERS: This is the original “The Astrology of Meeting the One” article by Lorna Tedder, published in 2008. It has been lifted verbatim and republished without proper credit on various forums, which is a violation of my copyright. I have 3000 articles on this site and I work hard to provide thought-provoking information. …
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Don’t Worry about People from Your Past
Photo credit by Corey Templeton; creative commons license “There comes a time in your life when you realize who will always matter, who does matter, and who never did. So don’t worry about people from your past; there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.” –anonymous When I first read the…
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The Best Reason to be in a Relationship
We are NOT the world’s sexiest couple. At least, not at the moment…though Scorpio normally fulfills his half of the effort and more. Yet this new relationship–and I use that term loosely because of all things it implies that we have not yet defined–leaves me twisted between amazed and shaken at any given moment. …
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Photo by auntikhaki; creative commons license. AND SHE WILL ALWAYS CARRY ON SOMETHING IS LOST BUT SOMETHING IS FOUND THEY WILL KEEP ON SPEAKING HER NAME SOME THINGS CHANGE SOME STAY THE SAME –“Hymn to Her,” The Pretenders If you know me well enough to know what happened with my last relationship and still know…
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Is Everyone 85% Your Perfect Match?
Photo by toastyken; creative commons license. In the almost 4 years I’ve been divorced, I’ve been told repeatedly that I’m too picky. Last month, I was told that in an entirely different way by a Law of Attraction guru. “You’re not finding a romantic partner because you’re focusing on the 15% of differences…
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These Men Are Gifts
Photo by Abhi Ryan; creative commons license. “In your search for love, you’ve helped a lot of people,” my daughter says as we walk along the fields of the farm in Georgia where we’ve evacuated for Hurricane Gustav. She’s been away at college for several weeks, so I fill her in on my suddenly very…