Category Archives: 1 Year

The Purpose of Fear

April 14th, 2010 | Posted in 1 Year, Stuff

I was talking to a good friend of mine today. She was laughing about relationships and said that in her view, men get fearful when things are going a little wrong while women get fearful when they are going good. I don’t know if this is a universal truth or just the truth in her [...]

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Updated List

March 19th, 2010 | Posted in 1 Year, Stuff

A year isn’t quite up yet. But, I’m doing a more than mid way point check. I wrote a list about the qualities I’d like some day in a man. I’m not ready for the man yet, but I’m going over my list to see how it’s changed. So, I’m going to put up the [...]

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Benefits of Pain

March 17th, 2010 | Posted in 1 Year, Stuff

I hate pain. Hell, not many people do. I mean, I have a few friends who like to feel pain but we won’t go there. Not this post.
So – back to the point. Most people avoid pain. If you burn your hand on the stove, it hurts like hell. The benefit? You learn to be [...]

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Re-assessing

March 17th, 2010 | Posted in 1 Year

It’s been nearly a year since I separated and started going through the process of divorce and 8 months since I wrote my list (which I realized after the fact was a description of me – a big hint that at the time, I didn’t need anyone but me) and decided to plant a rose [...]

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Biggest Lesson

March 1st, 2010 | Posted in 1 Year

So, I’m looking back over the last year, thinking about the biggest lessons I’ve learned so far. Here are my top three:

I’m the only one that can make me happy. I’m responsible for my own happiness. Not some man, not my children, not my friends or family. They can contribute, enrich my life, but they [...]

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Still Going

September 8th, 2009 | Posted in 1 Year, Stuff

It’s been awhile since I posted. I’m keeping my head down, searching high and low for a job and basically focusing on what needs to happen for my children and me. I miss blogging, but some thoughts are too private to post during a job search. I never know what could be taken the wrong [...]

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