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“Come on people now, smile on your brother; everybody get together and try to love one another right now. . . ” Those were the words of the old 60s song “Get Together,” and what better advice can we have for the times we live within? If you look at our country right now, it …
How to Tell the Difference Between Settling and Being Comfortable and Being with a Narcissist who Looks for your Comfort to Make you Settle Every relationship starts with happiness and butterflies. Eventually, those butterflies start to fade. Often, when this happens, couples break up or contemplate breaking up because they mistake the comfort they …
Recently a friend said to me, “I finally figured out whenever I complained about someone else not giving me what I need. First, I have to look and see if I am giving it to myself.” Listening to my friend sharing how overwhelmed she was feeling and how she repeatedly kept getting frustrated at her …
When my eldest son turned 6, his godmother gave him a fancy goldfish. He was so excited and quickly named him “Frankie”. He sat for hours every day trying to teach his new fish to sit, rollover, and raise his “paw” and give a high five. Mostly because he thought all animals if they were …
Pretend I don’t live in it . . . la la la – one of my favorite songs by the “Zac Brown Band”, and it couldn’t be more true for what I am about to write. Have you ever felt too connected to everyone and everything around you? We have Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, email, work, family, and all of …
Lately, many of us have been watching what is happening across the United States of America. While reading this article, “The Books We Read to Help Us Understand Racism”, I am reminded of a “Social Issues” class I had while in college, which is where I learned a lot about “white privilege”.I remember sitting in …
For years my mom would say to me, “I didn’t raise you to be a doormat”. While hearing this made sense to me in the context of the discussion, it did not resonate with me. I would have an argument with my husband and at some point, I would explain something to my mom about …
My son is definitely a puzzle. I love him to “pieces” he drives me crazy at times, yet makes me laugh nearly every day. The symbol for autism is the puzzle piece. Yet, even in the scheme of things as far as autism is concerned his puzzle piece does not fit into the spectrum, in …
Who knew when we celebrated the New Year on December 31, 2019, we would be entering the new year of 2020, and at the same time, it would send us back in time? January 1, 2020, seemed like any other new year day. Nothing here in America appeared to be different. Families were home celebrating …
I am a “what if” person… and drive my kids and myself nuts… my mind is stuck in the caveman days when we were constantly on alert for dinosaurs and sabretooth tigers or else, we could be attacked. Anxiety comes from a made-up future, not facts. If we had facts, we wouldn’t be worried about …