How do you know when a guy really loves you? An old song asked that question and suggested that it was “in his kiss.” But these days, kisses are doled out so freely that they’ve depreciated, so what’s the answer to that age-old query now? Is it in the romantic gifts of flowers, candy, or jewellery [...]
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HOW DO YOU KNOW HE LOVES YOU?
Posted in LAUGHTER, MARRIAGE ADVICE, tagged fear of violence, parental paranoia, protecting a loved one, suburban violence, youth gangs on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SURVIVING RENOVATIONS
Posted in LAUGHTER, MARRIAGE ADVICE, tagged ADD and renovating, men and housework, surviving renovations in a marriage, working as a team in a marriage on March 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It’s occurred to me that one of the greatest tests of a marriage is that dreaded of times, the renovation period. If your home is over twenty years ago, it can seem a neverending cycle, and if either one of you is even borderline attention-deficit, that’s the time it will show up in spades.
Such is the case in [...]
VALENTINE’S DAY: FANTASY VS. REALITY
Posted in LAUGHTER, MARRIAGE ADVICE, RELATIONSHIPS, tagged Home Depot date, men & romance, romance in middle-age, the difference betwewen men & woman and theire views sof romance, Valentine's day, Valentine's Day disappointments, Valentine's Day for older couples on February 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Valentine’s Day is the yearly event that causes more headaches and heartaches than any other. Some may disagree, saying that Christmas is more stressful, but I’d bet my best red lipstick that more psyches suffer on February 14th. than on any other day of the year.
Think of it. The idea alone is masochistic. It’s the [...]
WITH MY DAD, IT’S ONE STORY AFTER ANOTHER
Posted in LAUGHTER, tagged a senior's zest for life, active seniors, living in the moment on December 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I visit this space two or three times a day, drawn by an overwhelming urge to write. With one arm in a cast, it’s just not going to be that easy. Five minutes of trying and my one good hand is stiff and sore and wanting to slap me. While I “not-so-patiently” wait to heal, I [...]
OUT FOR REPAIR
Posted in DEAR READERS, LAUGHTER, tagged Add new tag on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have loads to say about my father’s leg amputation last week. My emotions have been all over the place and hours in hospital waiting rooms inspire all sorts of writing ideas. Unfortunately, some of it will have to wait for a bit while I nurse a broken left wrist. Alas, I am but a cliche. [...]
IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
Posted in LAUGHTER, tagged living with a do-it-yourselfer, the challenges of country living on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another oldie for a busy day. It was written five years ago but the truth still applies.
Roseanne Roseannadanna got a bum rap. People laughed when the late Gilda Radner’s alter ego said, “It’s always something.” But she was right, and if harried country dwellers weren’t so busy, they’d surely get together and elect the [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY BROTHER!
Posted in LAUGHTER, REFLECTIONS, tagged big Catholic families, getting old, late pregnancies on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was my youngest brother’s birthday. He turned forty-one.
I was sixteen, the eldest of five girls and one boy, when my mother announced she was pregnant again. I was mortified. Sure, we were Catholic, and I knew that made artificial methods of birth control taboo, but really, another child at her age? She was thirty-six years old! [...]
