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When I was young and dreaming about the day I would get married, I never thought that it would be something that took place halfway around the world. I never knew that I would meet and fall in love with the most amazing British man that I have ever met and I did not know […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who suffers from “senior moments.” It’s not that I wish them on anyone else. I’m just happy I’m not alone.
The other day I was having a conversation in the teacher’s lounge with another substitute teacher who had just moved to this area. Our conversation was all over […]
May 24th, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
My husband, a commodities broker, recently decided that he wanted to do something else with his life. He said that, though he did not hate his job, he wanted to do something that made him feel more fulfilled and he wanted something that would let him spend more time with his kids, whom he said […]
May 19th, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
For one of my psychology classes when I was going to college I was writing an essay on keys to a happy relationship. It was one of the more difficult essays that I’ve ever written but it was also one of the more fulfilling ones as I learned a lot about the relationships I had […]
May 19th, 2008 | Posted in Life, Thoughts | No Comments
Men, beware what you view online! This conversation could have been yours. “Hey, Honey?” she calls, “I just found something in our cache.”
He looks amused. “Why? Isn’t that a little dull?”
“I’m looking for a graphic I saw the other day. But I’d say, this qualifies as interesting.”
She turns the monitor around. It’s […]
May 14th, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
I have been leading a class on better marriages. Sure, I might be young, but I have both the experience and training to be qualified to teach this sort of class. I do it because I love to help other couples to have a great marriage like I do.
Sure, our marriage is not perfect, but […]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
Now, I pride myself on the fact that I do everything on time and never at the last minute. In fact, most people think that I plan too much and live too little. While that might be, I rarely have any mishaps with anything that I do.
But today, I did something out of my comfort […]
May 9th, 2008 | Posted in Life, Travel | No Comments
Riding on public transportation can be an education all its own, especially when people talk so freely and loudly on their cell phones. Probably the most entertaining conversation I ever overheard on a Metro train was when I still lived in the Washington, DC-area. The one-sided "dialogue" went something like this:
"Well I said to […]
May 5th, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
I have to tell you about my friend Sophie. She is the most amazing and courageous person that I have ever met. She has overcome so much in her short lifetime and is one of the smartest and most beautiful people that I have ever met. I met her when I went to visit my […]
May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments
I have a great friend that has decided to leave her husband because he abuses her. Even though I have encouraged her to charge him with assault, she would rather make sure that her divorce goes through quickly and that she has sole custody of her children. She lives in Memphis, and I have decided […]
May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Life | No Comments