Tag: love
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Filling A Physical Void With An Inevitable Goodbye
Have you ever played a losing game? A game you knew you’d never win? You play, putting everything on the line, because you know you’ll lose anyway. So, why hold back? In some ways, playing makes the pain easier to manage, but it doesn’t hurt any less. I played a losing game recently. I knew the… Read more
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When the Heart Hesitates
The door is unlocked, and you let yourself in. You have the fish in hand and sit across from me at the dining table. We take a moment and our eyes meet. There was something in the air last night, wasn’t there? I laugh it off and pretend as though I didn’t ask you to stay in… Read more
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A Love Affair With Light
Did you know I have a tattoo of the sun behind my left ear? I got the tattoo when I was eighteen and madly in love with the sun. I remember that my obsession with the sun started when I was young. I even remember going on and on about it to my friend in… Read more
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Sips & Slips: The Urge To Ruin It All
6/22/2024: Okay, ladies, let’s have a conversation. Why is it that when things are going so well, I want to call my ex? I mean, seriously, it’s like when everything is going so smoothly, I need to be torn down by a man…a very insignificant man. Maybe I’ll call it self-sabotage, but why can’t I… Read more
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A Table for One & A Wish for Two
I took myself to Maggiano’s Little Italy on my solo birthday trip in Boston. It was my dinner on the last day. I walked in and asked for a table for one. The hostess sat me at a large red booth all to myself. I did a little boot scoot and boogie to sit in… Read more
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From Dry January to Birthday Toasts: A Year of Mindful Moments
EEEEKKKK! TODAY IS MY 25TH BIRTHDAY!! HAPPY QUARTER-CENTURY TO ME! What a wonderful day this is going to be… I’m actually writing this the night before, because I have such a busy day planned for myself. My day will start bright and early at 4 a.m. (Yes, that may seem a little extreme on my birthday,… Read more