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October 8, 2009
- I learned a lot while I was in five years of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. I learned I didn't have to answer anyone's questions or that I could respond with one of my own, like, "Why do you ask". It took awhile. I had to wear a sweatshirt that said, "What part of no don't you understand?" It took several weeks for me to wear it around the abuser I was currently ...
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April 10, 2009
- In 1921, a tomb honoring the unknown dead of the First World War, was created in Paris beneath the Arch of Triumph. To remember the dark days of the war, an eternal flame burns. Living in a ski town, years are marked by twos – to track the ski seasons. This year, in 08-09, each time my “husband” visited he commented on my gas fireplace. “We need to restack those logs and get ...
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February 8, 2009
- “Alone, quite alone, you need not fear that,” wrote Albert Camus in The Plague. He defined “alone” as “having not one true friend.” I read The Plague in Mrs. Jacobsen’s Honors English class. Over twenty years later, I still remember Camus and how to spell separate. Se-par-ate. Se-par (like in golf) and ate. Funny that I remember Camus defining “alone” and the word ...
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January 4, 2009
- Soul Mate? Twin? Or, even better, my friend? Aristophanes suggested that humans were created with four arms, four legs, and a single head with two faces. Then, the God, Zeus, afraid of their power, split them in half. Now, we walk the world looking for our “twin soul.” Some believe this “twin” is meant to play an essential role in our lives. If I’m looking for a “twin,” a ...
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November 20, 2008
- Recently I watched what seemed like an alpha-contest between two or three women in one of the institutions I volunteer with. As a voting member on the team I involved in decisions, meetings, and lengthy discussions around courses of action: calls for policy decisions that seemed necessary to several. I tried my best to be fair and to not allow the strong opinions those involved - some I was close ...
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June 19, 2008
- Okay, lovers. Here are a few more questions from What I Love About You, a guided journal that helps you spell out what exactly you love about your special person -I get a kick out of watching you:I respect how you overcame:I was proud to know you when:(from What I Love About You, Kate Marshall and David Marshall, Broadway Books, copyright 2007)
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June 11, 2008
- We can do better than "I love you." We can make them believe it. What exactly do we love about our sweethearts?This is one of many questions from What I Love About You, a guided journal that helps you spell it out -If you were a landscape painting, you'd be:__ Mountains (powerful and steadfast)__ Grasslands (easy, rolling fields with honest, wide-open skies)__ Ocean (sparkling on the ...
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January 31, 2008
- Spreading the Loveby Kate--I frequently feel gratitude, but don’t express it often or fully enough. Surely my husband David already knows I love him, right? Complaining is easy and sometimes feels more urgent, but ultimately there is nothing more important than saying "I love you," and nothing more rewarding. I'm determined to do a better job of giving David heartfelt affirmations ...
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