My Valentine,  When I wasn’t looking for you, you found me. When I hid my heart from you, you managed to find it and captivate it without me knowing. There’s so much about you that... Read more >>

Yesterday I found a list that one of my girlfriends made in college of everything she was looking for in a guy. She had it taped to the back of her dorm room door. I stole her list and adapted it to... Read more >>

It doesn’t rain very often in San Diego. Winter is also not quite what I grew up with in the Midwest. That’s what makes rainy morning snuggling so exquisite. Now I know that the special... Read more >>

For a month straight, she pumped herself with pills, alcohol and any other kind of medicine to numb the pain of her breaking heart. As she laid in the darkness of their room staring at the... Read more >>

Dear Sergeant Husband, I need to get this out, and I couldn’t in good conscience write you this letter and put it in your bag before you left. I feel a little whiny and self serving, and... Read more >>

For ten years, I’ve been waiting To hear these words which are exciting Having doubt on your feeling If you really true and sincere. You never said I love you But I know you do Your... Read more >>

We all know the stories, a beautiful young woman meeting her Prince Charming, falling in love and living happily ever after. What these storytellers fail to mention is that you may have to kiss a lot... Read more >>

There comes a time in every relationship where couples butt heads (no, not the cute how we met story of giving each other goose eggs reaching for the same book in the library). We’re talking... Read more >>

How does one recover a marriage gone south? How do you forgive someone who is so far removed from where you are and what you want that you feel as if you are speaking French and and he is speaking... Read more >>

In an instant the front tire of my husband’s mountain bike—going at a decent clip—comes upon an ordinary (not formidable) rock at just the angle to violently twist its wheel. The... Read more >>