Category: Relationships
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Declaring Amnesty on the Past
The day before Thanksgiving, I’m driving down the road, running errands before my girls get home from college, and an epiphany hits me like a ton of bricks: I cut people I love out of my life not because I’m done with them but because I am terrified of them. This autumn has been the…
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Why I’m Just Sitting Here Annoying You
I’m sitting in my car, at the crosswalk, in the middle of the street at Walmart, and the guy behind me is mad. I can tell by the disgruntled expression on his face, if not by the angry gestures. But I’m not moving. Not yet. I want to get out of my car and tell…
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Lorna’s Top 3 Parenting Tips
My babies are all grown up now, but looking back, there were 3 parenting tips that kept both them–and me–feeling far more secure and safe. 1. Both hands on the car Shannon was almost three when Aislinn was born, and it was tough to take both to the grocery store, daycare, Grandma’s….anywhere. I could have…
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Questions from Readers: Empaths, Dysfunctional Families, and Insomnia
To save time and share information more efficiently, I’ve decided to answer some of the questions I’m asked via email and my Facebook fan page, provided I can answer in a few words to a few sentences. If not, I may devote an entire post to a question. I’m often surprised at what people ask–and…
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Intimate Acts of Writers: Sharing Naked Creativity
The Intimate Acts of Sharing Creativity Over the past month, I have committed intimate acts I had only dreamed possible as a writer. Do you remember sharing your first venture into creativity? What that was like? Who shared it with you? Their response to you? Often the first venture into the intimacy of creativity happens…
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Goodbye to Toxic People from your Past
Say goodbye to toxic people from your past! You’re drained, exhausted and confused. If this is how you feel after spending time with someone, chances are that they are toxic. You know this person is not good for you, but how do you get away? This person might tell you things like if you loved…
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Divorce on Facebook: the Usual Reason Marriages Break Up
I’m glad I didn’t have to go through a divorce on Facebook. I am watching three long-term marriages disintegrate right now, two on Facebook and another soon to be played out in social media as well. It’s as painful to watch these couples break up as it is to watch them try to stay together. …
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Lessons from the Camino de Santiago: You Find What You Focus On…Good or Bad
Why did we get so upset last week? It wasn’t like him at all to behave the way I’d thought, and it wasn’t like me at all to behave the way he’d thought. It was like other people, though, and it was exactly like our worst fears, and that’s what we saw. It doesn’t…