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As they wheeled my father back into his hospital room I watched the exchange between he and my mom. I sat quietly behind them, wanting to be invisible, not wanting to disrupt them. In a moment, the glances they exchanged told…
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As they wheeled my father back into his hospital room I watched the exchange between he and my mom. I sat quietly behind them, wanting to be invisible, not wanting to disrupt them. In a moment, the glances they exchanged told…
Resilient, enduring & fulfilling friendships do not happen by chance. Although the seed from which they grow may come from a force larger than thus, their enduring quality is the result of nourishment and nurturing. Like a garden- they must…
“I loved him overwhelmingly again, at that moment, for his great goodness. You can take this man anywhere, I thought to myself, and he will always know how to comport himself.” Liz Gilbert, in Committed, about Felipe asking for not…
We have a policy in our family that sais that nobody should spend Christmas alone. As such, we have an open door policy that welcomes, year after year, a variety of people to join us for the holidays. Some years…
There are many reasons why people choose to commit – but there is only one sustainable reason and that reason is love. As you decide to “love” someone for “the rest of your life” make knowing their values a priority…
Before I close the chapter to the book we’ll never write I want to say it’s been said, you don’t fall in love with the person you fall in love with who you are with that person until I stood…
walking home in the cold pondering wasted beauty silk skin raising towards your hands years spent to get here not a sincere soul to deeply soak it in pointless beauty pointless beauty inside, outside thrown away body walks as if…
When I was a little girl my dad would have me step onto his feet so he could dance me. At weddings and parties, I could always count on my dad to thrill me on the dance floor. My parents…
When every cell of my body wants to be done with it I miss you a word, a feeling, that experience and use sparingly but about you, it’s clear A feeling slowly emerges and I soon recognize it Like a…
A facet of unconditional love means loving someone for where they are even when it’s not where you want them to be. When we marry the term love with relationship -this becomes a challenge in the longterm sense. It’s easy…