Category: Relationships
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That Bullshit about Forgiveness
You’ve heard that bullshit about forgiveness, haven’t you? If you’ve ever been hurt or angry or hurt and angry or brought to your knees, then someone somewhere has certainly lectured you on forgiveness…and how light and happy you’ll feel when you forgive…and how not forgiving is like carrying acid inside you that eats away at…
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It’s a God Thing…and I’m a Turtle
The sun wasn’t even up yet—though the deepening pink on the tall white clouds announced its arrival—and my Fitbit had just buzzed my 10,000thstep. I’d already said “Good Morning” to the usual dozen or so joggers and runners I see on my morning miles when I stopped at a little bridge to take in the…
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Dating the Mentally Ill
Mama always told me, when I was a teenager, “They’re best to you while they’re courting you.” It was a warning against all men, but she didn’t mean it as a misandrist attack. She’d had experience with really only one man, and he was the basis for her conclusions. She married a young man who…
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3 Spiritual Reasons I Finally Quit Online Dating
This week, my online dating site subscription runs out. I’m not renewing. I decided that about four months ago when I put my profile on private and began the wait to make sure they don’t auto-renew me again in spite of my directions otherwise. So I’m leaving behind online dating, I think, for good. …
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What Is Epic Love…and Why It Eludes Me
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about…epic love. Or true love. Probably because two friends of mine seem to talk about it quite a lot: one, who lost his epic love years ago, and the other who just married hers, a man twenty years her junior who’s been her partner for nearly a decade.…