Tag: dating
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Is Everyone 85% Your Perfect Match?
Photo by toastyken; creative commons license. In the almost 4 years I’ve been divorced, I’ve been told repeatedly that I’m too picky. Last month, I was told that in an entirely different way by a Law of Attraction guru. “You’re not finding a romantic partner because you’re focusing on the 15% of differences…
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These Men Are Gifts
Photo by Abhi Ryan; creative commons license. “In your search for love, you’ve helped a lot of people,” my daughter says as we walk along the fields of the farm in Georgia where we’ve evacuated for Hurricane Gustav. She’s been away at college for several weeks, so I fill her in on my suddenly very…
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My Generation Is from Another Country
“So,” he whispers over the phone in a voice like melted chocolate, “how long have you lived here?” I can imagine his eyes glinting in the starlight, darker than sin and even fuller, and…he has no idea that I used to write romance novels. He’s the epitome of the heroes I used to write about,…
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3 Nuggets of Truth: Secrets, Facades, and Doubt
Photo by sylvar; creative commons license. “Just watch what happens next,” my angels and spirit guides tell me. “Just watch how this all unfolds.” That whisper of intuition in my ear in the middle of the night is probably the only thing that keeps me from running away, screaming, from the situation I’ve been observing…
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Putting the Happily in Ever After
Photo by Euromagic; creative commons license I’ve really been paying attention to how most people tend to expect the worst and how some of the more positive and happy people I know either 1. Actively look for the best or 2. Just stay “open” and see what happens. The polarity has been striking recently,…