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People often remark to me that I have an exciting life. While I don’t have a lot of mystery or intrigue in my life (and for that I am thankful), I do…
Read MorePeople often remark to me that I have an exciting life. While I don’t have a lot of mystery or intrigue in my life (and for that I am thankful), I do…
Read MoreI have been thinking about how couples argue and fight over the last few weeks. I have been in a few long-term relationships – in some fights were handled well and in…
Read MoreI have spent my whole life feeling like the ugly fat girl. I was raised in a family and social culture where beauty=thin and fat=ugly. So basically, I was raised in America…
Read MoreOk, before I get too far into this, I realize that the title may be misleading. The simple act of sleeping naked is truly not complicated: remove clothes, get into bed, go…
Read More“A man and a woman hug in a special way and nine months later a baby comes.” And thus began my sex education. I was three when I asked my mom where…
Read MoreI believe that conventional wisdom says that you cannot or at a minimum should not start a new relationship when you are still mourning an old relationship. In the abstract, one can…
Read More9:05 pm. That is the time last Wednesday night when a racist decided to open fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church killing 9 people and shattering a community and a…
Read MoreAs I have written before, I spent almost 5 years in a nearly affectionless relationship. It wasn’t a complete drought. He would hug me when I forced it on him. Occasionally we…
Read MoreI have to admit, I’ve never been a big follower of Sheryl Sandberg. I knew she was the COO of Facebook and she wrote the book “Lean In” but honestly, I hadn’t…
Read MoreThe moment I knew I’d never be someone’s biological mother was when I laid on the table of my gynecologist. I had taken a mess of drugs that were prescribed to prepare…
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