As Cheyenne has gotten older my role in her life has changed. At the age of 12 my role seems to be to serve as a never-ending embarrassment to my child. I accomplish this role quite easily - often all it necessitates is being within her general vicinity in public when her friends or other non-related [...]
Tag: relationships
Who knew handy could be so sexy?
Mike (a.k.a. Jersey boy) is at my house today and is busy assessing all the handyman projects he can help me with. Goodness gracious, who knew handy could be so sexy? It is amazing the things that change as you age. In the beginning (not of mankind - in the beginning of my recognition that [...]
I don’t want to grow up…
I have concluded that I have now reverted to being a 12 year old school girl with a big crush - if it wasn't so blissfully consuming I would have to note that it is just plain ol' pitiful. I am, after all, a grown woman...a seasoned woman...a worldly woman...or I was. Now I am just a [...]
A note to Jersey boy’s mom…
A natural part of getting involved with someone is that eventually your extended lives begin to intermingle. Family and friends start to give the new person in your life the once-over, assessments are made and hopefully, stamps of approval are given by those that matter in your life. The process of introducing a new person [...]
Marriage advice…
Those who know about my bucket list wish of having a long-lasting marriage before I leave this earth often offer tidbits of advice on how to get there. Sometimes the advice is more basic, such as marry your best friend or have similar interests, values and beliefs. Other times it is more complex such as [...]
A dog can be a companion…
I cannot begin to imagine the things that hair stylists hear from their clients. I can say to a moral certainty though that hair stylists must be in possession of enough interesting information to quit doing hair and create a blackmail empire. Which leads me to wonder - is there a stylist/client privilege? Perhaps there [...]
Flirting is an art…
I believe that flirting done well is an art. The trick is to find the balance between tantalizing and non-threatening, playful and serious, and subtlety and directness. Yet the true art is not in understanding the parameters, it is in being able to assess the balance required for each situation and each individual. Flirting, when [...]
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