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Words of Encouragement and Emotional Support
I was just talking to a friend of mine and she told me a story. When her husband was in hospice, his mother would talk to him on the phone but would never tell him she loved him. In fact, in the 60 years he had been on the planet, she had never told him.…
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My Blog Relationship has Reached the Next Level
I have been writing this blog every day for over a year now, and I find that we are no longer in the honeymoon phase. You know what I’m talking about. That wonderful period when your blog loves all your stories, where it hangs on every word and laughs at all your jokes. “Type me…
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Revenge Porn
My, my, I’ve led a sheltered life. I hadn’t even heard of revenge porn until this month. For the uninitiated, these are websites predominately directed against women. Men who have been jilted can post the compromising photos they took while still in a relationship, and include detailed stories about their exes, possibly true, possibly outlandish,…
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Way too Freakin’ Perfect
I have a friend who seems flawless. First of all, she’s absolutely gorgeous, and it’s the kind of beauty that will still be stunning in old age. She’s extremely intelligent, has a job that she loves that allows her to travel all over the world, owns a cool house, has an amazing family and a…
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The Emotional Space Theory
Yup. Here comes another one of my theories that probably isn’t original with me. We often measure people by how we feel about them. We talk about how much we love this person or dislike that person. My theory is that there’s an entirely separate system of measurement which should be taken just as seriously—that…
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Don’t Panic
Our basic instincts haven’t had a chance to catch up with the modern world. There are many things we are forced to do in our own best interests that go against every fiber of our being, like turning into a skid when driving on a slippery surface. When the flight attendant does the safety speech…