Sail Away

July 21, 2008

Fear is a loud-mouthed, assertive emotion. It crowds in, pushing everything else out, sucking up all your attention and energy like a vacuum.

For a long time I have been involved in a committed relationship with fear. And as needy as fear was, it really didn’t allow me time for much else. I recognized the problem some time ago, but old habits are difficult to break. Fear had held my reins for so long that I wasn’t sure how to take them back…or if I would even know how to drive this train if I DID take them back.

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Do you care to share?

July 18, 2008

Welcome to our very first edition of she said, she said. It’s a catfight, but with civil words and no clawing out of eyeballs. Sorry to disappoint.

Todays topic: Could you commit to a serious relationship with an escort?

dating an escort

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Geographically (un)Desirable

July 8, 2008

In our current state of high-tech devices and be anywhere - anytime modern conveniences, dating pools are no longer confined to our neighbors and strangers at the grocery store. Rather now we have the options to explore uncharted dating territories as far and vast as our hearts desire.

message in a bottle

Being geographically challenged is just that, a challenge; it doesn’t have to be a non-negotiable. Granted, long-distance relationships aren’t for everyone and conversely there are those of us who embrace them. As with any everyday run of the mill commitment, challenges arise. But GUD doesn’t have to be…undesirable that is. Instead it can provide both parties with the freedom and independence to grow individually while maintaining the comfort and stability of a partner. How can anyone negate those pros?

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Is the grass really greener?

February 21, 2008

In our world of instant gratification and the perpetual need to obtain the unobtainable, at what point in our lives do we resolve ourselves to finally being satisfied? Not only satisfied with who we are as individuals but with the one we’ve chosen to share our time with. Is it just a process of evolution that allows us to get to a place where we no longer feel the need to look for something seemingly superior? As human beings we have fundamental desires that can’t be ignored, but can they be controlled?

desire

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Losing My Fear of the Storm

January 28, 2008

Fear is a slinking cat I find beneath the lilacs of my mind. ~Sophie Tunnell

For a very long time I thought that love meant surrender. It was the same scenario time and time again. I would be living my happy, single existence. Content with myself, pleased with the direction I was headed.

Come hither

Enter stage left; “him.”

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