Category: Reflections

My husband and I were lying in bed the other night watching TV and talking about men and women and relationships. At one point, when he was talking, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for the great love we share, for the great marriage we have. I don’t use that word lightly. I have had good…

I’m a little later than usual in reflecting on the past year. I usually reflect on the previous year in the days around my birthday. It’s something about ending a year of life and celebrating the First Sunday of Advent, the liturgical new year for The Episcopal Church. Last year–and the last two months in…

My husband and I have been watching some of our favorite movies from the 80s and 90s with my stepdaughter on the weeks that she’s with us this summer. A few weeks ago, we watched City Slickers. The scene where Jack Palance’s character Curly explains to Billy Crystal’s character Mitch what the meaning of life…

I mentioned in my last post that I’ve been thinking a lot about the lies we tell ourselves to make bad situations tolerable. One of those lies is that love is hard. It isn’t. Love is only hard when you’re trying to force it in toxic relationships. Love is as easy as breathing when you’re…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the lies women tell themselves. We’re really good at pretending we’re happy when we’re not, at pretending we’re ok when we’re not. I’ve been unlearning how to do that. One of the biggest lies I told myself? I was happy being fat, because it was normal to gain…