Feeling Grief
Grieving is a unique experience. It’s a process that is as individual as the people it affects. Oh yes, there are predictable stages … but the experience of loosing someone dear to you is truly a very personal journey.
Recently I said goodbye to my dear Dad. It’s hard to believe it was only a couple of months ago. I’ve processed... >Read More
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Countering the Drift
Messages in bottles have been the stuff of folklore for centuries. Dying, desperate sailors have hurled them. Curious children have launched them. Nicholas Sparks wrote a novel based on them, but don’t read it—or watch the movie—unless you already have a prescription for antidepressants.
The story I find most interesting about such bottles,...... >Read More
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Is Racism Natural?
There was a video on CNN yesterday that stopped me in my tracks. It wasn’t footage from Thailand, or election coverage. It is a video of a little 5 year old girl sitting in front of an image of 5 cartoon children.
The children are all wearing the same dress and the same expression, only the color of their skin... >Read More
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Hey Mom, Can We Talk?
Growing up my Dad always made a point of telling us that none of us are adopted. When it comes to me and my Mom, he really could have saved his breath. I look just like her. We are very similar in other ways too.
I know that I get my love of words and my passion for word-play from... >Read More
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Dealing with Selfish Family Members at Christmas
Have you ever sat in a group of people and listened to someone describe a family member whose own agenda takes over from the rest of the family? We have family members like that. One family member has driven past our home numerous times a year and stopped in only once in eight years. (We live five minutes from... >Read More
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Understanding Cutting
My daughter cut herself for the first time when she was 12 years old. Today, 11 years later, she is still struggling to overcome this problem. At the time I knew absolutely nothing about "self-harm" and it scared me to death. I was shocked and bewildered that she would do such a thing. It’s important to understand cutting -... >Read More
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A New Family: Learning to Love my In Laws
There is often truth to some to the things we joke about. I have heard lots of jokes about in-laws and how awful they can be, but I never thought I would be the one to experience anything like that!
When I first got married I didn’t know much about my husband’s family. I knew a little, but my concern was... >Read More
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The Fine Art of Deciding Together
Have you ever met a person who refuses to make decisions together?... >more
Psst! We’re Not Mind Readers
We all know that building strong relationships takes ongoing work. We start... >more