how i loved you no one understood the torture– the sweet musk of ache in my heart no one knew you utterly macerated my sweet butterfly in your gaping mouth but I knew (and I let you) (and I let you) a thousand flutters of longing–thrusting in a moonlit garden of jasmine while, for ten…
Well, kids, I’m 44 and I’ve finally faced the truth that my luscious body is changing a bit. My eyes need some help so I got a pair of reading glasses. I have been avoiding reading books because my eyes get so tired and I LOVE reading so I sucked it up. So why the…
I intend to create a new life. KdL 10.0 I intend to stop crying and start loving again. It can be painfully difficult to hold on to what was good when your heart feels shattered. I pray today to let the happy memories surface and let the pain and the bitterness fade away. I pray…
The girls and I were hanging out at the Seattle Center yesterday after school. It was a cold, autumn day and enormous gusts of wind had been blowing maple, birch and oak leaves all over the ground. The entire day seemed infused with a kind of magic that seemed carried on the wind. As Gigi…
“An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences or sacrifices or betrays the self. Each party expresses strengths or vulnerabilities, weaknesses and competence in a balanced way and staying emotionally connected to another person who thinks, feels and believes differently to us, without feeling a need to change, convince or fix the other…
“Mom, why don’t you talk to John anymore? “Because he’s not my friend, Gigi. He lied to me about something really important. He’s not in my life.” “Well, I want him in my life. I’m gonna call him when I get my own phone. Please tell me you didn’t delete his number.” “Okay, I won’t…