My Grandmother found a lump in one of her breasts circa 1930. Her options were limited; her breasts or her life. She opted to have…
No one knows a couple like the couple knows the couple. It just isn’t possible for anyone on the outside to fully understand the nuances…
One evening, circa 1975, my boyfriend was driving me home. We were having an enormous fight; I had talked to another man at the bar….
A justification is a convenient cognitive process we use to excuse bad behaviour. People everywhere justify their actions all the time. Take for example the…
Families are like a mobile — the kind that are hung from the ceiling with matching parts delicately balanced, moving together on whatever on air…
Anyone who’s been married for a few years understands that sometimes you have to pick your battles. I recently heard tell of a friend who…
In online dating profiles, I can’t help noticing how many men boast about their ability to be sarcastic, as in, “I speak fluent sarcasm.” Or,…
Ahhh, Mother’s Day. The one day of the year intended to make us turn the tables on our Mothers and do for them what they…
A significant challenge of aging well and living long means having to say goodbye to those long term friends who go before you. I’m watching…
What is the first song you can remember hearing? What were the circumstances? Was someone singing to you, or was it a recording? What song…