Category: Relationships
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France Can Wait…
My mom comes into town next week. I am thrilled by this, of course. But, like most mothers and daughters, we have a, well, sort of unbalanced relationship. We are best friends with complicated…
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Did You Really Just Say That Outloud?
It’s fair to say that I do my share of sticking my foot in my mouth. But, there are some people on this earth that do it and don’t even realize that they are…
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Making Room
A year or so ago, my husband and I had a long (weeks long) conversation about how to get past being moderately satisfied with your position (in every aspect) to becoming truly satisfied and…
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Love is a Many Freakish Thing
My brother finds himself in love. It’s weird, once you’ve been there yourself, to see someone you know so well sucumb to the utterly miserable beauty that falling in love is. I can remember…
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You Say “Potato”, I Say “Damn It, Stop Being So Difficult”…
There are times in a marriage when you wonder how two people who are usually beaming with love and admiration for one another can be living in the same house with each other. Occasionally it…
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Business is Business
I have learned a hard lesson. I have always wondered why people are hard nosed (and mean) when it comes to business. I never understood why – I always thought “well, geez, lighten up”.…
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Feelings.. Nothing More than Feelings…
People in Nashville don’t know how to drive. Period. When the light turns green, it takes them more than thirty seconds to actually begin to move, and, if you are unlucky enough to be…
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Getting to Know Your New Family
My husband’s parents are here for a three day visit and we are having such a fantastic time. There is ease in our interaction and there is great levity to our conversations. We sincerely…
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Software Fluke Causes Engaged Couple to Break Up After 5 Years of Dating
A woman using the Firefox web browser discovered her fiancé’s secret life by accident. Here’s a detailed account of what happened, and instructions on how to reproduce the “bug.” (from Bugzilla) This privacy flaw…
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Love and Marriage…. it’s not just an old Frank Sinatra song.
So today is mine and John’s anniversary. Two years ago today, we were married in a beautiful church in New Orleans with everyone we love around us. So much has happened since then. We…