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Death In The Family

8 July 2013 / / One comment

Divorce changes the legal and official ties between families bound together when two people exchange vows. Does that mean it’s time to eliminate from your lives those you love and who love you?

I loved my former brother-in-law Tom. He was my ex-husband Steve’s brother.

He was dry, observant, down to earth, funny, and curmudgeonly in an awesome and refreshing way. He was gruff and sweet. Because of the age gap between my ex and I and the fact that Steve was the surprise third child in his family, Tom was about the same age as my parents.

He also battled a multitude of health problems. Steve used to worry Tom would pass away before their mother Lee. She would have been devastated to lose a child.

Tom lived eight years past Lee.
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Pa Ingalls Had No Fear Of Intimacy

8 April 2013 / / 3 comments

How many times have you said “I have intimacy issues,” heard someone say he or she has a fear of intimacy or that they know a person who’s afraid of getting too close?

I know of one person who never said that: Pa Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie.

Behold the clipped-on ribbon trim in my hair. It’s my Laura Ingalls braids.

I was a big fan of the TV show. I used to pretend I was Laura Ingalls and clipped brown ribbon onto my short hair except during the season when eldest daughter Mary went blind. Then I pretended I was her so I could act out the dramatic scene when she actually loses her sight.

The show centered around the Ingalls family living in rural Minnesota during the 1870s. I loved how emotional and close the family members were. Pa was always laughing or crying. And despite Mary yelling at Ma once and essentially calling her a whore, they always talked it out, embraced, and life went on. Nobody was paranoid about appearing vulnerable and Laura didn’t talk trash to one sister about another sister.
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Taking A Holiday From Relationships: It’s A Zoo

15 November 2012 / / One comment

By: Wild One

Let me start by saying I’m not good at relationships. Not one bit. That’s because I don’t want to change for someone. And I guess I can find the drama someplace else. Like when I take my family to the zoo.

I decided to take my nephews to the zoo for a Halloween event.

What I didn’t realize was everyone else in town decided to do the same thing.

First, there is no arrow on the traffic light to get into the parking lot which is on a major busy street. While sitting in the turn lane for the fifth straight red light, my brother-in-law called to tell me to not even try to park at the zoo. “Go towards the baseball field and try there.”

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