Life From My Perspective.
Over Thirty Years Later, the Truth Gets Its Own Page For most of my life, I carried my sibling’s ugliness in silence. I told myself it was to keep the peace, to be the “bigger person,” to avoid making things worse. The truth is, it kept me small. It kept me quiet. It kept me […]
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You Can’t Outperform Other People’s Attitudes Some minds are already made up- and that’s not your burden to carry. In business, relationships, and life in general, it’s tempting to believe that if you just work hard enough, explain things clearly enough, or shine brightly enough, you can win anyone over. But one of the toughest
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Boundaries Aren’t Mean; They’re Clarity in a World of Smoke and Mirrors Let’s clear something up: Saying no, calling out mistreatment, or walking away from dysfunction does not make you mean. It makes you clear. It makes you self-aware. It makes you strong. But to someone who’s used to controlling the narrative, that strength can
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Constantly being the one who absorbs mistreatment, stays quiet, or smooths things over for the sake of peace can be exhausting- and eventually, it builds up until you just can’t take it anymore. Being the “bigger person” doesn’t mean you should be a doormat or let others treat you like your feelings don’t matter. You
I read an article recently, featured on Google News, about Gen Z and relationships. Included in the article was info on a 2023 poll from the Survey Center on American Life indicating that that 56 percent of Gen Z adults said they’d been in a romantic relationship at any point in their teen years, compared
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There is a kind of love that doesn’t rush in at the first bloom of youth, but instead arrives when the soul is seasoned- worn but wise, tender yet unbreakable. This is the love that finds you in the middle of your story, not at the beginning when the pages are crisp and unmarked, but
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The Two Faces of a Narcissist: The Abuser Behind Closed Doors One of the most bewildering and painful realities of emotional abuse is the dual personality of the abuser. To the outside world, they often appear charming and warm. They may be person who seems endlessly generous and caring. But behind closed doors, the story
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Where Would We Be Without Our Memories? Memory is the thread that stitches together the fabric of our identity. It shapes our experiences, fuels our emotions, and guides our decisions. Without it, who would we be? Where would we be? The past may be behind us, but it remains a foundation upon which we build
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Sitting across the table from you- a favorite place to be. From late night trips to Friendly’s Restaurant when I was a young teenager, to sitting at my dining room table as an adult, and sitting at a diner table here lately. The days and decades though they’ve passed, as we sit and talk and
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Open Letter to My Mom 10 years ago I did what I did every Mother’s Day – I drove to your house SOOOO excited to give you your Mother’s Day gifts. I had no idea it would be the last Mother’s Day that I could ever do that. Ten years. Johnna gave me beautiful flowers
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Four years ago today I brought Johnna to the farm to pick out a puppy from the litter. There were maybe 8 or 10 of you. You ran around like a playful and crazy little fella. But every single time she picked you up, it’s like a switch was flipped and you immediately turned into
“You I don’t worry about. You’re strong, you can do anything. When you set your mind to something, you make it happen. Always.” ~my Dad, over lunch two days ago. The serendipitous timing of these kind and empowering words that my dad spoke to me will not soon be forgotten. Listening to Song for Dad