Tag: relationships
group name: cr8nonfiction
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October 14, 2006 11:18 PM EDT --
I recognized her the moment I looked at her, though I had never seen her before. She emerged from her car in a teasing rhythm of disparate pieces: first . . . more
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October 19, 2006 12:38 PM EDT --
The Deterioration, Summarized in Three Conversations
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"I think you should start going to Al-Anon," she said to me one day. . . . more
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October 13, 2006 10:42 PM EDT --
She caught the misguided traitor--once known as her left hand--in time to save face, but too late to protect her emotions. Two decades of near-perfect denial washed away, dropping her in a life-changing . . . more
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September 27, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
"Come on. He deserves better."
"Don't you think I know that?"
"If you know it, why don't you let him go?"
She releases her hair, lets it fall over her face, stalls, . . . more
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January 06, 2008 10:42 PM EST --
Recently, I read a humorous article written by fellow Gatherite, John Philipp . His article, posted on Gather.com December 31st, is entitled Waiting in Line...a new approach . . . more
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November 28, 2006 04:14 PM EST --
I suspended my loathing of ruffles and frills long enough to let Mom explain the saccharine blouses.
"We were Christmas shopping." She spread the hideous garments on the bed, forcing me to look . . . more
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August 18, 2006 08:19 AM EDT --
It's only been a few hours since some fast acting doctors saved my life. Robin, Bill, RG and his new friend hung around my bedside for awhile. It's now evening. Visiting hours are over. Everyone . . . more
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August 31, 2006 08:02 AM EDT --
Not only is this possible, if you could read people's minds, I'd bet you would find this is the norm rather than the exception to the rule. Wouldn't you really rather have all the people that . . . more
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September 04, 2006 03:57 PM EDT --
When my husband, Pete was the track coach and sports information director at MIT (this was in the 1970's), his boss, the head of the Athletic Department, led two lives. We were the only couple on his . . . more
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December 02, 2005 06:22 PM EST --
I have suffered from mental illness all my life. I have what I have chosen to accept as a medically diagnosed illness called Bi-polar II. I can go for months or even years with no or . . . more
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February 07, 2008 12:58 PM EST --
Use Your Disillusion
Emily talks about how I plainly saw this all coming. It is more than possible that I did not let myself see the truth, though she did not help. A potent warning . . . more
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August 23, 2006 08:07 AM EDT --
How many of you have been the object of a stalker's attention in real life?
I met Billy S. at a party I was attending with RG and some of our mutual friends. When RG and I go out we do not stick . . . more
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February 14, 2007 12:00 PM EST --
"HAPPY BIG 7 ZERO DAD"
You have to appreciate the context to understand . . . more
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October 12, 2006 01:53 AM EDT --
Tim Gunn makes his seasonal visits to the homes of the finalists a month into the two months they have to complete their collections. There is no doubt, these designers have to hit the ground running. . . . more
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August 12, 2006 10:08 AM EDT --
At 14 Erika was a stunner. She was my daughter, and I didn't see it coming. I figured it out when we would walk down the street together and I saw guys swivel their heads so far around I thought they'd . . . more
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August 29, 2006 12:34 PM EDT --
Years ago, someone read my palm and told me that while I would love deeply, I would have many relationships and never find "the one" for me. I don't usually put too much stock in things . . . more
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October 07, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
This poem came from the depths of my being after I said goodbye to someone I loved and knew I'd never see again.
Implosion
Chest heavy, full, tight....
A lump settled into my throat . . . more
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November 21, 2007 12:25 AM EST --
Black Wings and Sylvia Plath
Emily had not been up for Samhain, the Pagan holiday honoring the dead, so we opted to have Halloween instead. She waited until the last moment . . . more
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February 10, 2008 12:36 AM EST --
Burning Bright
( Melanie has insisted that I be utterly honest in what I thought and felt on this date, so I will abide that rule as best I can. It is not my fashion to be as frank . . . more
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June 19, 2006 12:27 AM EDT --
The Fire-Eater's Wife
My heart is a djembe
Drum carved in Guinea
by my ex-husband
Years before we met,
Guided by moon rays
Half a world away. Guided by
Spirits enthralled by heartbeats . . . more
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