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Young Love: My Daughter and Her Boyfriend

Ginny PolemanOctober 19, 2020

I tried to keep my eyes on the puzzle but I couldn’t help observing my daughter—now a young woman—gaze at her lover. People say she looks like me with her turned up nose and heart-shaped face, but her coloring is all her dad’s side of the family: deep, deep auburn hair; creamy porcelain skin with a smattering of peachy freckles; and light colored eyes—one blue, one light brown. The soft light of the fire danced across her face, illuminating her happiness....

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What Happened To Mom That Family Christmas

Linda VinopalOctober 19, 2020

As the afternoon progressed, I noticed that Mom had availed herself heavily at the bar. While this behavior from Mom happened, it rarely started during daylight hours and was usually in good cheer. Whomever was in from snow play was regaled by Mom with stories of woe......

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Best Friends No More

Ellen LevensonOctober 12, 2020

We moved to London for two years and Rachel and I still spoke on the phone, for at least an hour, every day. We moved back and despite the kids being at different schools we remained best friends. Then we weren’t....

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Losing Your Best Friend When He Becomes Your ex-Husband

Ginny PolemanOctober 12, 2020

It was one of the saddest days of my life and I needed the kind of comfort that came from my go-to person for the past thirty-plus years. I wanted to climb into...

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Who Needs Therapy When You Have the Pink Ladies?

Karen PhilipOctober 12, 2020

You could hear us coming long before you saw us. My kids were in elementary school when I found a friend to run with. As I sat on the edge of a pool at a birthd...

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Goodbye First Big Love

Linda VinopalOctober 12, 2020

Months after my Marriage, my First Big Love (FBL) and I met up at a wedding of friends from our weekend and house party days. I was surprisingly nervous, sweating in a snug sweater dress....

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9 Friend Visit Ideas For This Covid Winter Season

feliceOctober 12, 2020

So, as we move into the cool weather months, for many of us that means like bears, we are moving into a form of quiet and isolation and the question is, what is the best way to stay connected to our friends. Here are a few ideas that could make winter time a little more upbeat during this Pandemic. ...

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A Marital Journey to Unconditional Love, His Story through my Lens

Joan FoleyOctober 12, 2020

The signs of anxiety didn’t appear all at once. At first, we stopped going to restaurants on Saturday night with white tablecloths. That was a trigger. Alway...

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Decluttering The Mind: Life Transition Strategies

Delia LloydOctober 5, 2020

The Artist's Way inspired me. I started to create and image file. I feel that in the three years since I made it, I've moved forward on all five of the dreams captured in those images. It's still a work in progress, but.......

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At The End Of The Date, When The Clothes Come Off

Ginny PolemanAugust 24, 2020

Just like exercising with my personal trainer, sometimes my favorite part of a date is when it’s over. It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the man. The date could have been wonderful, stimulating, sexy. But once he’s left me......

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Covid Has Digitally Altered Me

feliceAugust 24, 2020

I never thought I would be satisfied with FaceTime as a completely connected visit…but now I am. It wasn’t like that back in March. Every time I would ...

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Dementia: Writing the Story Now You May Never Hear

Robin StoreyAugust 10, 2020

I’ll never forget the moment I found out my mother’s diagnosis. ‘Your mother has the classic symptoms of Alzheimer’s,’ the geriatric psychiatrist said. I wish I had encouraged Mum to tell me more about her life and recorded her stories. Robin Storey is a ghostwriter specializing in life stories and memoirs....

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BA50 She Did It Single at 60 Proved It Was Just A Number

Nancy PickardAugust 10, 2020

Life is meant to be played all out. We are put on this earth to be all we can be. No matter what our age, life is short and not to be wasted by fighting for our limitations. What is your Kilimanjaro? What does your soul cry out for you to do?...

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Acts Of Kindness: Sometimes You Just Need to Lie

Karen Fatica GeigerJuly 27, 2020

"Everything is fine Gram, just wanted to come and see you." I smiled too wide. I could feel the eleven wrinkles between my brows furrow deeper. I was not a good liar....

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ZOOMING TO THE ALTAR

Karen PhilipJune 15, 2020

Brides and Mothers of Brides – do not despair! It may feel like another loss during the time of the Pandemic. Something else you are giving up. First, someone raises the issue of postponing the wedding. Next, the tears, the hand wringing, the bifurcated wedding (ceremony now, party later). ...

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Top 10 Reasons Why Men Suddenly Vanish

Sandy WeinerMay 18, 2020

Is it me? Did I say or do something to turn him off? Was I a bad kisser?...

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The Almost Great First Third Date

Ginny PolemanMay 18, 2020

It was the first Third Date I had been on since my separation. He was cute, younger, and funny. But I knew with the third date, there were expectations, especially after that Uber ride with him at the end of our last date—hands groping, tongues entwining....

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Dear Kids: It’s Your Turn To Pivot

feliceMay 10, 2020

Reflections in the time of Covid for our children, single, newly married, and those becoming new parents. Your life can change in an instant. Did you know that? If you didn't now you do? ...

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My Marriage- B.C. and A.C. (Before Covid-19 and After Covid-19)

Andrea KramerMay 4, 2020

The most oddly satisfying, and truly weird part of our isolation together is that we are doing each other’s hair. (No braiding involved.) My husband very kindly and ably assisted in my overwhelmingly messy, awkward first attempt at dying my hair. Nowhere in our marriage vows had the strangeness of my husband acting as hairdresser been even vaguely anticipated....

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I’m Terrified for My Kids

Lisa FosterApril 6, 2020

I need to stop giving into my fears and start being a good mom again. My adult children don’t need me to tell them to come home. They need me to be confident in them so they can be confident in themselves. Their resilience comes in part from knowing that I believe in them ...

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