“The world as we once knew it is over!” I was astounded when I heard a news commentator make that statement. Yes, this is a challenging time. But we are resilient people! At least in my little part of the world, the sun rose this morning, and it is slipping down into the horizon right…
“Just don’t touch me when we’re sleeping!” were the words I could not believe I heard as a newlywed. I couldn’t believe my ears! It was one of the things I was most looking forward to in marriage. When I spent summers with my Mamaw as a little girl, she would cuddle me all night…
“Dr. Neecie, how do I know if I am being successful in my marriage?“ What a beautiful question a client asked me recently. He’s in his mid to late 60s, and has been married previously. When he remarried, he vowed to himself, and his new wife, that he would “get it right” this time. What…
My heart fell flat when I realized I had missed out on the greatest opportunity of my life (at that point in my life). I had been given the opportunity to attend a training at the home of Tony Robbins and his wife in the Castle overlooking the ocean in Del Mar. I knew it…
I was seven years old when I saw the murder. No it wasn’t on TV. My family had been on the West end of Galveston for the day, hunting for seashells and surfing the waves. We were driving back to the other side of the bay as the sun was going down, when we passed…
Nose up! I was trembling so ferociously that I could hardly hold my trumpet to my lips. My band director had introduced me as the “star of the band” as I walked up to perform my solo, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Somehow I made it through the 2 minutes and 24 second…
My heart sank when I heard the words, “I’m putting a stop to this relationship and should have done it a long time ago. Women who want love only get worse as relationships move forward, and I don’t have any need for love, or to see you get worse. I know you think you are…
I jerked my head up because it sounded like an explosion in the car beside us. It happened so fast. The glass was shattered, metal from my passenger door was shattered, blood was pouring out of my leg. Then … “Oh my God! I’ve been shot!“ poured out of me before I could even assimilate…
“I want to be the best mommy in the world, and have a husband that loves me with all of his heart!“ It was my response on the first day of school when my teacher required that we stand up and tell everyone what we wanted to be when we grew up. Why would a…
I sobbed as a six-year-old when I dropped one of my mothers collector dolls, and the porcelain face of the doll was broken. My heart was truly broken. How could I tell my mother, who allowed me to play with her little treasures, that I had broken one of them? I remember thinking that I…