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The Five Key Ingredients to a Successful Romantic Relationship …
What might they be, I pondered. And more importantly, if you knew what they were and you and your beloved could agree on them, would that give your relationship a higher chance of flourishing? I must admit, I do love … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, compatability, compromise, connection, forgiveness, friendship, heard, honesty, humour, independence, intimacy, love, marriage, middle age, need, needs, relationships, respect, romance, seen, tolerance, transparency
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What Leads a Person to Infidelity?
Sounds like a simple question, right? Maybe they have no morals. Maybe they don’t think they’ll get caught. Maybe they’re bored. Maybe they think they deserve more. Maybe they are weak and easily led to temptation. Maybe they never learned that commandment. … Continue reading
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Tagged cheat, ethics, infidelity, love, marriage, middle age, morals, neglect, reckless, relationships, risk, seen, sex, temptation, truth, vows
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What I Have In Common With Sharon Stone …
March is my birthday month and as such a time for contemplation. Also a time for wine-drinking and merry-making (I am so not one of those people who says “don’t make a fuss … please fuss away!”) and I try … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, attitude, beauty, bikini, birthday, comfort, diet, friends, happy clothes, middle age, movie, rules, Sharon Stone, skin, spanx, weight, wrinkles, youthful
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Yes, I Am Trailer Trash and Here’s Why …
I am a trailer trash gal and proud to admit it. I say this with the utmost affection for trailer-dwellers everywhere because yes, that is who I am. As I type this blog and sip my Pinot Grigio on a … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aging, comfortable in my skin, freedom, happy, honest, makeup, mascara, middle age, natural, real, september, sunshine, Survivor, trailer park, trailer trash, wine
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One Of The Worst Things You Can Say (or Facebook or Tweet or Instagram) In Front Of Your Children.
In the past month I have watched two lovely female friends post photos on social media with their (relatively new) partners. Both of these lovely women referred to their (relatively new) partners as “the love of my life.” Nice, eh? … Continue reading
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Tagged children, children will listen, daughter, divorce, father, love, love of life, middle age, mother, relationships, social media, son, worst thing to say
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Do You Know How Hard It Is To Walk Away From Everything?
I do. And I can tell you with total conviction it is really fucking hard. Damn near impossible. So what do I mean by everything? I once heard a tale about a woman who refused to leave her lousy marriage. … Continue reading
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Tagged desire, divorce, fulfillment, giving up everything, gut, head, heart, honesty, leaving, marriage, middle age, relationships, stuff, walking away
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When You Doubt Your Ability As A Mother …
The absolute God’s honest truth is I never thought I’d make a very good mother. For me, it just didn’t seem to be that “natural” talent that comes to some women, even before they have kids of their own. In … Continue reading
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Tagged babysitting, biological clock, daughter, family, maternity, middle age, mom, mommy, mother, motherhood, music, original song, skills, son, textbook mother, worth
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Are You Taking Care Of Your Single Friends?
When I was in my 20s I was sort of single. What I mean is I was sort of in a relationship but I still sort of acted single. Hey now, don’t judge me. I was in my 20s. In … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, couples, effort, friendship, girlfriends, help, human, inclusion, interaction, love, middle age, pair, pay it forward, relationships, single friends, socializing, unite
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When Friendships Go Awry …
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Well that’s what they say (whoever they is). But now that more of my life is in the rear-view mirror than out the front windshield I am … Continue reading
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Tagged amigo, awry, battle, conceding, connecting, dialogue, ending, energy, forgive and forget, freindships, lifetime, losing, middle age, reason, relationships, salvage, season, wine
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And Furthermore … I Call Bullshit!
In yesterday’s missive I talked about connecting with abandon, my new favourite phrase. But perhaps the one thing that I forgot to mention is that connecting with abandon also involves connecting with honesty. With authenticity. It means doing nothing by … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon, authenticity, bullshit, doing better, generic, honesty, middle age, present, relationships, social media, substance, writing
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