The Archives
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book review, divorce
Because I don’t think you understand (and I know I don’t) *Updated*
08.01.08 | Permalink | 19 CommentsI got in trouble yesterday for a comment I left on my sister’s blog about her soon-to-be ex-husband. My sister is extremely circumspect, and, while she is open with our family and her friends, she isn’t one to badmouth or vilify or be vindictive. In other words, she acts in a saint-like manner where I [...]
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marriage
I don’t know how that feels
06.29.08 | Permalink | 12 CommentsI’ve been telling my sister to get over the Prince of Darkness (PoD) since March. Except for the days when I agreed with her that “Sure, he might get an accidental lobotomy and a heart, and everything will be fine.” Then last week he threatened to sue for custody of the kids if she asks [...]
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health, recipes
A Day Without French Fries
06.12.08 | Permalink | 12 CommentsMy lovely sister, who is going through a divorce, is down to 107 pounds. That’s high school weight, or maybe junior high. While she wouldn’t recommend the Pull Out Your Still-Beating Heart And Allow Your Spouse Of Seven Years To Stomp On It diet, she is looking good. I think she’s too skinny now but [...]
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marriage
I’d rather go barefoot
05.18.08 | Permalink | 7 CommentsMy wedding shoes made my feet bleed. Not that they were stilettos, or narrow, or flashy. They were solid white dress-up shoes (not pumps, never pumps). My mother sewed a lovely, simple dress, and I didn’t wear a bra. If I’d known how my breasts would sag after three children, I’d have worn a bra at twenty-one. I did think marriage [...]
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Dick, Makes-Me-Smile Monday, marriage
Makes-Me-Smile Monday: To love or not to love
I know almost to the minute when the word divorce stopped being a concept and became a possibility, a reality, a real thing in real life that could be devastating. Oh, not for me. Dick and I fought like pole cats the first couple months of our marriage, ten years ago. We fought about the [...]
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