What is it about summer? The heat? The freedom? The long days? I'm not sure but it always screams romance. Think of the movies that are all based around the summer loves.... Summer of '42 Summer Lovers Grease The Notebook Dirty Dancing A Walk to Remember (soooob) 500 Days of … [Read more...]
Same old, same old – thoughts on long marriages
I heard a woman say the most amazing thing about the key to a long marriage the other day. "If I spent the rest of my life backpacking through Africa, I would still have so much to discover" Joy Williams This from a new song she recorded called Same Old Same Old~ ‘Same Old Same Old,’ to me, … [Read more...]
Thinking About The White Masai
When I was away on vacation, one of the decadent aspects was reading three books in five days. I used to read all the time but now I find it easier to numb my brain with bad TV for an hour or two after Will crashes instead of picking up a book. Very bad habit. I enjoyed the books far more than I … [Read more...]
first rule about marriage- don’t talk about marriage
There is an interesting phenomena when you are married - you don't talk about it to others. If you drink too much and say we never have sex or he sleeps in the basement or we never have any fun or he is lazy or my family hates her or she slept with my best friend or simply we are struggling- it … [Read more...]
backfilling your life
I have written about, thought about and worked on backfilling my life quite a bit over the last year. As one area of your life is shrinking, you must swell a new area. Something is running out the front door, new things have to come in the back door. My children are slowly leaving home and … [Read more...]
App of the Week: 2life for twosomes
Designed for two people, 2life is new app that just launched. Why you should get it? It's a private and secured network that lets you chat, share, collaborate and coordinate with your partner all in one place. "Once you create a free 2life joint account with your partner, you can easily stay … [Read more...]
Love You Forever However We Can
I originally posted this during my mom's battle with cancer 4 years ago but I was taken back to this place watching my sister-in-law care for her mother, my mother-in-law. We lost her this past Sunday. This post is to all of the daughters and sons who become caregivers for their parents. I used to … [Read more...]
The Gift of Life
One week ago today my husband traveled down the long stretch of 401 making his way to London. He was on his way to Victoria Hospital to see his cousin, Kevin who had been in a serious single vehicle collision the Friday night previous and was on life support. Sean hedged several times on going … [Read more...]
I don’t remember you like this
Someone I met briefly several years ago- showed up out of nowhere, just last week, in my online 'dating' inbox as a 'perfect' match. Please remember perfect match may mean any of the following- you both don't like snakes you both have all your teeth you both have no criminal … [Read more...]
Date night: Eat all the things
Last night we had planned to go to a movie; by planned, of course, I mean we reserved the date and asked my parents to babysit, thinking we'd go to a movie close to where they live and then pick the toddler up on the way home. Of course, it could not be that simple - no (good) movies were showing … [Read more...]
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