Tag: divorce
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Hartland
It has been years, but feels so close All my kindness Taken for weakness Wrestled from me to preserve you To mold the clay So it would stay Afloat, drifting, Full heart ahead, though missed the boat It was your highway. Your ship. Your steering. Friends and family cheering. No warning. Not a blip. Oh,…
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Today’s Lifestyle Column: Gaslighting by Proxy
Out of the mouths of babes. As our children speak innocently and intelligently about their world, I also hear you, your opinions, your judgements, your disgust in their voices. My responses to them now are what I said to you then. My feelings and interpretation of life’s events matter too. They get that. You said,…
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Dating?
I don’t even like saying that “I dated” someone. Feels so hokey – the whole world of matching up with people. Of searching for that right person. I was not raised on Catholicism or Disney fairytales, yet I feel the societal pressure from movies/how women are portrayed. My parents never told me to wait for…
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That stuff I need to say
It seemed like there was a theme to my blog, right? That’s me wanting to have organization and something to hang together. What I struggle with is there are other things I want to write about, but I am afraid. Afraid of comments, afraid that however I am feeling right now will not be how…
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That moment when. . .
. . .your husband gives you a dish drainer for Christmas. Me: A predictable, immediate obligatory grateful-for-the-gift face, followed by a flash of WTF face, and quickly ending with raised eyebrows and an awkward toothy smile. You: Utter disgust at my reaction. Disgusted that I am not grateful or excited to receive this holiday gift.…
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