Confessions of a Recovering People Pleaser
I am a recovering people pleaser, and I'm learning to be more selfish. I feel the strong need to make…
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I am a recovering people pleaser, and I'm learning to be more selfish. I feel the strong need to make…
Continue ReadingMichelle jogs back early through the classroom door, winning the ACT scavenger hunt competition for seventh hour. I hand her…
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Continue ReadingI was never one of those women with a throng of long-standing girlfriends. You know the ones I mean. The…
Continue ReadingIt’s so weird how someone can be in your life, every single day, and then one day not be there…
Continue Reading“What’s missing?” the speech therapist looked at my son, T, expectantly. She had placed a few household items in front…
Continue ReadingI recently ended a friendship. That might make it sound like it was my choice, but we were both equally…
Continue ReadingWe met online in October of 2005, by way of a spam email ad I was THIS CLOSE to marking…
Continue ReadingFriendships in adulthood can be complicated and challenging to navigate. I’m not sure why this has come as a surprise…
Continue ReadingNote: This post discusses domestic violence For years if you stood on my perfectly manicured front lawn, you’d have seen…
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