Last month, BullyGirl and I took a vacation to Cape Cod, my favorite place on Earth. I’ve been taking guests there since the late ’80s, but it wasn’t until Ex-BF accompanied me that someone else loved the place almost as much as I do. It was with him that I made the best memories and felt the most at peace.
One of my intentions for the October voyage was to re-tread all of “our” places with my solo sneakers. Like my home, I had to make The Cape mine once again.
Continue readingHurricane Sandy passed through my area yesterday and last night. As individuals and businesses made preparations, I found the following snippet in my Facebook News Feed:
“Let the power of the winds carry away all that is no longer serving you.”
What a beautiful perspective! While we were all rushing to stockpile water and take cover, Mother Nature was reminding us to focus on what’s important and prepare to let go of what isn’t.
Yesterday I received a message from a reader, thanking me for the post I published on Thursday. She recently embarked on her own marital separation and, in her reflection, she found many of the same things to be true for herself. She also mentioned that Reba McEntire’s song Is There Life Out There really speaks to her these days. I replied and said that I could fill a Divorce Mixed Tape (showing my age?) with Reba Songs.
Continue readingThis week’s song came to me on Friday afternoon while I was composing a rather difficult letter. The lyrics crept into my head in such miniscule fragments that I didn’t even recognize it at first. I had to google it.
Continue readingMy apologies to those of you with butterfly tattoos…
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly”
This is a wonderfully inspiring conglomeration of words- especially for someone going through a separation or divorce. People in the throes of such a transition need to be reminded that change is good. But why is it that the butterfly is our go-to “transformational” creature? Why not the frog?
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