Month: December 2012

How I Almost Missed Christmas Dinner

My almost little misadventure started out innocently enough after I had just finished putting the final touches on my last post.  The sun was setting and felt I better get my walk in now, knowing the park closes at 5:45pm in the winter due to the early darkness. I got there at just before 5:30, …

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Wishing You a Merrier Christmas, From a Grateful Heart

Most Christmases are what we make them, but  for myself and others I am sure, there is a cloud of sadness behind the tree and all the trimmings this year.  In light of the very recent slaughter of 20 children, it is hard to get pass this and be so very merry. Perhaps it ripped …

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Weeping and Praying is Not Enough

It is always the same following a mass killing.  We weep and pray for the victims, but no action is ever done towards prevention.    I am personally sickened by this cultural lassitude in our country that continues to deplore these heinous acts of violence, yet does absolutely nothing to change laws that would at …

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Suicide Following Public Humiliation, The Last Straw

I read with much sadness about the suicide of the nurse who helped care for the Duchess of Cambridge.  She hung herself after being fooled into thinking she was talking to a member of the royal family and passed the call through to one of her colleagues.    There is a lot we do not …

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Internet Romance Scams, Beware!

I had read about romance scams and the stories of those exploited,  but until recently had never talked directly  to a victim.    Apparently the scams have become more sophisticated and prolific in targeting victims.  The amount of money lost is staggering and the emotional damage is vast and scaring. Traditional  internet meeting sites can …

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Can Men Ever Be Faithful?

I have wanted to write about this for a longtime, but the nagging obstacle has always been number one: I am a women and number two, I would be seen as having prejudicial views against men. What is a therapist, who is also a woman to do? Hold back the truth as she sees it …

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Christmas Markets are Open!

Tis the season of Christmas lights and markets that have burst upon the city.  Paris is not called the city of lights for nothing, but at Christmas time, the lights turn more even more abundant and colorful throughout the city, making it all a whirl of eye candy. Christmas markets are a European tradition dating …

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