Brutally Honest

Honesty is the best policy. Really. It sets people free. When you’re honest, no matter how brutally so, there is no need to be tiptoeing around so many things. When you stop being true, you start weaving lies. It starts out with a white lie. And then another one to cover it up. Until all [...]

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Crazy Love

I spent the afternoon with a friend. We took a mochi trip. (meaning, we went to get the dark chocolate stuffed mochi balls) And then we talked about all things related to love. No, love was not the subject. We mostly talked about the men in our lives, and all the crazy that comes with [...]

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Praise and blame are all the same.

But what is it about praise that makes you feel good inside? What does it mean when you can’t help but feel good when people tell you how good you are at something? But what is it about blame that keeps you from feeling good? What does it mean when you can’t help but feel [...]

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Magic

Last night my shoulders were stiff and aching went we went to bed. But thinking about Thank You posted on our bedroom wall and soothing words from the Mister set them straight. I actually spent a good several minutes crying over being referred to as not even a mother. And the Mister was rather upset [...]

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the great divide

No, this is not about my mother. It’s about my husband’s family. I love them all to bits but at the moment there are all sorts of wrong going on. There is a boy who makes everyone’s heart melt just so. He has helped me cope with my loss when he was but a tiny [...]

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