What if you didn’t get your happily ever after? When I was younger, I always imagined how my wedding would be or how I would meet my Prince Charming. At one point in my adult life though,... Read more >>

I’ve been writing a lot lately about fairy-tale myths and other lies that lead people to have unrealistic expectations in their relationships. The last lie I want to address is the myth that a... Read more >>

When we were young, the stories read to us, or the Disney movies we watched in excited anticipation, almost always ended with the phrase, “and they lived happily ever after,” usually after... Read more >>

Recently, a dear friend—and extreme romantic—called me all excited by a new woman in his life; my ears immediately begin to perk. This is only one in a series of calls that follow... Read more >>

The Monday after I graduated from college, I began a career as a flight attendant—traveling the world and having a wonderful time. My college friends began to marry off and I made new friends... Read more >>

Life rarely turns out the way that it should is an illusion, yet, a familiar attitude that we are conditioned to accept (while at the same time, we resist). Life doesn’t turn out the way that it... Read more >>

“If I knew you weren’t drinking, I wouldn’t have chosen to meet at a bar,” he commented. “No problem,” I replied. And there you had it, two strangers sitting across... Read more >>

“You’ve come a long way, baby!” was a cigarette ad that peppered magazines some time ago. Born in 1965, I witnessed some awesome, dumfounding, and necessary social changes that... Read more >>

Why can’t it be the guy to make you happy and not the relationship which is secondary to the guy? Make sense?  If I scream I want to be married, it isn’t the whole glamour of a... Read more >>

We all know her story. A girl who, once upon a time, found herself mistreated by her stepmom and ugly stepsisters whose fairy godmother transformed her so she could attend a ball at the palace where... Read more >>