relationships

  • Peace In the Present Moment

    A book by Byron Katie and Eckhart Tolle “The most important, the primordial relationship in your life is your relationship with the Now, or rather with whatever form the Now takes, that is to say what is or what happens.… Continue reading

  • I Didn’t Forgive Her

    When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers – and men, their fathers – all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior. ~Mignon McLaughlin   The above quote caught my… Continue reading

  • Family is Relating.

    In the past weeks I have had sister relationships with ladies not related to me, yet we related.    And when I tried to relate to those related to me, we failed.   What I failed to focus on were… Continue reading

  • Bubble Of Pretend

    I was told yesterday that hypochondria was a disease, that somebody with an imaginary illness, is ill.   I had never considered that just believing in something nonexistent made you sick.   It is a belief in something that isn’t… Continue reading

  • The Cost of my Peace!

    I finally figured out what I can’t accept in having to accept.   I can’t accept that someone can’t change.   And I guess that is not the meaning of acceptance.  I want acceptance with a clause.   I want… Continue reading

  • The Way You Move!

    “A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.”   ~Anne Taylor Fleming   My solo dance has changed and it has affected our duet, for I am a new dancing… Continue reading

  • Real Me.

    “Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication.  They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others.  Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships.”  ~Author Unknown   When… Continue reading

  • Our time together

    Twenty-seven years ago today, my husband and I began dating.  We had talked to each other almost daily on the phone for 6 months, before we went on a date.   We began talking, sharing and enjoying each other’s differences.… Continue reading

  • Willing to try.

    We agree to disagree.  What does that mean?  And can you use that same phrase or sentiment when talking about huge issues?   My sister eloquently wrote about the time that she “flipped my switch to OFF”   Yet they… Continue reading