Tag: friendship
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Getting My Wish for More Hours in the Day
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. This birthday has been full of gifts—unexpected and amazing and ruthless and, in the long run, very good for me. But right now, I’m struggling with them all, with all these epiphanies coming faster than I can assimilate them. The man on the…
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The Birthday Witch Makes Her Sacrifices
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. Witch that I am, I’m about to make another sacrifice, several of them, and all of them unexpected. They hurt, all of them. They’re all another level closer to truth and bone, and I thought I was already there. After all, it’s nearly…
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You Can (Not) Depend on Me (For a Change)
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. “Well, will you look at that?” The youth choir director chuckled one Sunday night at six o’clock when he saw me in the doorway of the church music room and then said the same words he said every Sunday night at six o’clock…
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Minding Your Own Business: What I Learned from Hate-Filled Ex-Friends
Minding your own business seems like such a trite expression or even a cringe-worthy reprimand, but thanks to a few ex-friends, I’m in more of a live-and-let-live stance than I’ve ever been in before. More than anything, their gleeful shunning reminded me of how much I’ve changed in how and even whether I judge other…
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Banishing Doubt: Trust, Truth, and Deep Connections
I am still working through the revelations of this Scorpio Moon, especially in regard to Trust and Truth. I am trying to figure out for myself why I have had such difficulty in trusting connections when communications fail (see previous post), trying to take it back to its earliest form to understand how this pattern…
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Graduations of Friendship
In the next few days, I will be graduating from my relationship with Aquarius Girl, but not from the friendship. She’s leaving, and though this is a wonderful career move for her and I’m honestly glad for the prospects it presents her, this is not a graduation that I’m thrilled about. What makes this a…
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Maggie Shayne’s House Fire
Energy, love, and comfort go out to Maggie Shayne, who lost her home and doggies to a fire Thursday night. Maggie has always been a treasure to us, both at Spilled Candy and personally. From the BookshelfUnapologetically Happy — 23 lessons from a life reimagined: what it actually takes to choose joy on your own…
