Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

When my youngest was little, I used to tell him a story. It went something like this… “I loved being a mommy so very much that after your brothers were born I knew I wanted more babies. I prayed and I prayed only it didn’t look like it would happen. So I said a special…

I shift through hangers in my closet. I used to have one size clothing. My weight did not fluctuate. Honestly, neither did my mood. I started gaining weight when I began losing myself. Now that’s a powerful sentence. Let me add to that. I didn’t initially gain the pounds. The first five years of marital…

I am passionate about divorce. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? An oxymoron of a sentence…so to speak I am passionate about divorce because I failed so miserably in my attempts to save my marriage. As a problem solver and a fixer, I thought I could do anything. I would make my marriage better. I would find…

I sit in my marriage counselor’s office. I tell him a woman I know once told me that she buried one husband and divorced another and divorce is worst. She had lost her first husband to cancer at a young age. She remarried and is still many years later in the middle of a contiguous…

It is difficult to identify a narcissist in the beginning of stages of attraction. Why? Because many of their narcissistic qualities can be misinterpreted. In fact, their narcissistic tendencies may initially present as positive qualities. Thus, further complicating the entire narcissistic riddle. For instance… 1. They appear to not sweat the big AND small stuff:…

I sit in a cafe in Manhattan. The day is gorgeous. I glance with envy upon those who have landed the open air tables on the sidewalk. I take in two young girls who sit oblivious to one another. They text incessantly never raising their heads. These are the relationships of today. Two young friends…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners