Handling the Holidays
How do you feel about the holidays? Are they difficult ones for you as a single? Or do you look forward to them with excited anticipation?
Whichever emotion is attached to the holidays for you, or something on the spectrum in between, I’d like to offer an encouragement to focus on something and someone beyond those feelings.
Jeremiah, one of...... >Read More
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Christmas,
Family,
Fern Horst,
sex and love,
singles,
Women
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Install: LOVE
Customer Service Representative: Can you install LOVE?
Customer: I can do that. I’m not very technical, but I think I am ready to install now. What do I do first?
CS Rep: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma’am?
Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to... >Read More
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relationships,
sex and love,
singles,
women and men
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Be Loved For Who You Really Are
Everybody wants to be loved for who they really are - beneath the masks they wear, the impressions they try to make and the mind games they play. But how do we go about doing that? Two of America’s most respected, pioneering and sought after authorities on relationship dynamics, Jim Sniechowski and Judith Sherven, challenge our understanding...... >Read More
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james sniechowski,
judith sherven,
relationships,
sex and love,
singles,
stefanie coutinho,
women and men
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December Tears
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug.
For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry.
Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal failures,...... >Read More
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Christie Hoos,
Christmas,
Family,
Glen Hoos,
loss,
Men,
singles,
Women
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Unwrapping His Gift
“Mom … please tell me what you bought me for my birthday. Please …!” My daughter pleaded while giving me the saddest puppy-dog-eyes I’d ever seen.
I had a choice. I could allow her to unwrap the gift early, spoiling the joy and excitement of waiting for her actual birthday, or, I could help her understand the value of patience,... >Read More
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carol van atta,
marriage,
Men,
relationships,
sex and love,
singles,
Women,
women and men
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31 Flavors of Character
As reality TV shows cram the airwaves, one can’t help but notice the superficiality of our American dating process. For example, Evan, the fake millionaire, must choose a mate from a lineup of 25 beautiful women. Or, Trista, the gorgeous blonde, tries to find a husband by sharing a hottub with a string of cute hunks. Notice how your... >Read More
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communication,
relationships,
Rob Eagar,
sex and love,
singles,
women and men
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Singleness
Believe me, I know about being single. At first, my friends and I would moan the dilemmas of being single, all the while thinking that it would only be for a while. Then as I’ve gotten older, single women have approached me and asked in disbelief, “How could you have survived being single all these years?”
It’s hard to tell...... >Read More
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friendship,
ruthann raycroft,
sex and love,
Shirley Loewen,
singles,
women and men
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