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I’m pretty sure the video below is the most disgraceful speech I’ve ever heard. Or it would be, if it were acceptable for me to experience emotions or exercise free ...

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Alasha, I’m worried about my youngest brother; he is marrying the wrong girl! He is so blinded by love he can’t see what the rest of us siblings see. He ...

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I may have hinted that I’m now working on getting a project picked up. The idea seemed to come to me – as all the ideas that really “get my ...

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Pride has both positive and negative connotations.  Imagine a line, on the left the positive, and on the right end is negative, with the middle the balance.  But sometimes, the ...

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Alasha, I’ve been in a relationship for two years with a married man I met at my office. After separating from his wife we began a relationship and he moved ...

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I know we hear about this subject time and time again. We hear about the grown up who is terrified to go to a podium to speak to his/her peers ...

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Janerella…04/29/12

 

Once upon a time…in the faraway land of 1989…I owned a green silk dress…now…it wasn’t just any green silk dress…it was a magic green silk dress…the one that fit like ...

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The Gift of Time04/28/12

 

It’s said that we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone… that we have a tendency to take for granted that which is valuable in our lives and then, ...

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I remember standing in my kitchen, some 15 yrs ago, staring out the window and saying out loud to no one in particular, “ there’s got to be a better ...

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In John Irving’s masterpiece “The World According to Garp,” Garp’s youngest child Walt misunderstands when his father warns him to “look out for the undertow,” hearing his words as “look ...

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