“Chances are he will be unfaithful, and treat you poorly.“ I could not believe those were the words I heard from a friend who is a therapist. I was having lunch with two therapist friends, and one was sharing about her “new love“ with the other two of us. The first therapist’s statement was a…
I wanted to tell her she was just a “new kid on the block” and she didn’t have a clue what she was talking about. I had proposed, completed impeccable research and written a dynamite dissertation. My beloved major advisor, my great mentor, and my superhero, Dr. Pat Love, had left the University. Someone new…
I was lying flat on my back. The rug had been jerked out from under my entire life. Not only was the wind blown out of my sails figuratively, but literally it was crushed out of my chest. I had given up my practice at his request, my parents were with us at his invitation…
“She was more than my wife and my best friend, she was my Healing Partner.“ He had buried his wife a few months earlier, and we were speaking of what made a 50+ year marriage so successful. The words “Healing Partner“ resonated deep within me. Later in the conversation I asked him, “Can you tell…
“I didn’t see that coming, and now my life is forever changed!” Those were the words I wrote in my journal sitting on a plane and reflecting over the weekend I had just experienced. An old song by Haddaway came to my mind, so I put my headphones on and begin listening to the lyrics:…
I had such huge crocodile tears popping out of my eyes and landing on the polished concrete floor … There was simply no way to hide them. Especially when there was a little puddle forming. I was sitting in the middle of a Prisoner’s Wives Club meeting and I was supposed to be the lead…
The music started, and immediately and our moves began! Our left foot stomped as our left hand shot across our body with a determined stop sign, as we looked back over our shoulder and shouted “STOP!“ Just before we sang our first line, “In the name of love before you break my heart!” My sister…
Suddenly the stacked plastic chair mats I was sailing across the polished concrete floor on in the dark … hit the wall. Which hurled me up into the air. Suddenly I flipped in the air and landed on my right side. Crushing the upper right side of my body. What does suddenly mean? “An abrupt…
“What a horrible Christmas morning …” were the words I heard on the radio. The cohost, agreed with, “Our Christmas plans are ruined by the wind and the sleet!“ I was driving south to serve Christmas lunch at a homeless shelter indoors, but also outdoors for those who were not able to get into the…
My baton came down crashing into my teeth, but I knew I had to pick it up and keep smiling. I was in the first grade, and my twirling team was doing our first little performance in the high school stadium. I was terrified of being in front of people. But I remembered thinking that…