I can often find it difficult to “let go”. Well, in some circumstances, so let me clarify. Two of the closest men in my life over the last 12 years have passed, my dad and one of my brothers. Surprisingly, those were not the hardest things to deal with. I think because I have an […]
This morning I woke to a post that my big brother from another mother put on Facebook that intrigued me. My reaction to the picture below was immediate, but to also see the reaction of others even more perplexed me. Now maybe I’m naive seeing as I’ve never been married, but the idea of 1) […]
A couple of things prompted me to write this post, but I have to thank a friend for sharing with me a FB post about a card game “Mentally Stimulate Me” that spurred me to put these words to pen…or shall I say cyberspace. We had a brief conversation about dating, relationships, and today’s society, […]
Many people reading the title of this post may assume that this would be about open relationships, casual dating, friends with benefits, or something along that line. I mean when someone says ‘no strings attached’, we tend to think of people wanting to have the freedom to do whatever they want with no commitment, however, […]
Sometimes a man (or in a guy’s case, a woman) you might never expect, can turn out to be the love of your life. But how would you know? No, it is not his bank account, how often he takes you out, the kind of job or career he has, if you both ‘clique’, or […]
So, lately I’ve been in, heard and observed a few discussions and comments with women and men on their perceptions of the opposite sex, relationships, statuses and the like, which prompted me to write this post. I’m well aware of how others’ attitudes, opinions, and/or actions, in many cases can be belittling, offensive, or make […]
This past week I participated in a conversation on “Setting Boundaries: How Far is Too Far? In Love, Sex & Relationships”. A few of the things we discussed included types of boundaries: physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and sexual. We talked about why it’s important to set boundaries, specifically in dating or the development of a […]
I often sit down, reflect, pray and ask myself and God some hard questions about where I am in life, how I feel and confront areas that I like to call “blindspots”. What I mean by that term is that we often have areas of our life we don’t really see or understand because they […]
