Today is our 6 year wedding anniversary. Today is a sad day for me. In 4 days our divorce will be final. That will be a sad day for me as well.
Four months ago I was a very angry woman. I felt powerless, walked upon, unappreciated and worthless. The manner in which we interacted with one another made me feel like that. I longed for a little bit of kindness, honesty, nurturing and love from you. I received neglect, dishonesty and apathy.
Today I am much happier. Today I love and nurture myself. I don’t wait to receive it from you.
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Today I’m trying very hard to remember to conduct myself with grace and dignity. Anytime I get overwhelmed with my emotions, I practice my deep breathing and pray to God for Grace and Dignity. I do this because I know that I have the black beast lurking right there on my shoulder, ready to take me down that ugly emotional highway. You know the one…you say things you don’t mean, you get all worked up and suddently you have become this raving lunatic that doesn’t remotely resemble anyone that you would recongnize?
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Here’s what is important about October. And you won’t find this on the cover either so it’s a good thing you stopped to read. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you want to read the magazine for anything at all, read it for this. I’m sure it’s buried deep within the bowels of the magazine.
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When Whitney said, “Because I wasn’t going to be in an unholy matrimony. I wasn’t going to be living with a man who decided that he didn’t want to live the same way I did or thought about marriage or me the same way,” I wondered how she knew exactly how I was feeling at that point in my marriage.
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She said something that I thought was so telling during the study group taping with Oprah. She said (I’m paraphrasing) that Paradise only exists because others are excluded. Paradise is not open to all of us. In other words, if everyone could get in, Paradise wouldn’t be held in the same esteem.
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Summer dazzles all the senses – whether it is good or bad. She beckons you like Cleopatra beckoned Antony. She promises goodness and bounty. She promises vacations filled with memories. She makes you want to spend the day at the lake, picnicking with family or friends.
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I’m guessing Oprah has lots of secrets – even though she shares what seems to be most every detail of her life with all of America… she still looks like she knows something you don’t.
I’ve got to wonder what that is.
Maybe it’s the real story behind her success, maybe it’s the secret of great sex; how to make a relationship work, or maybe it’s how to be a strong woman. Whatever it is, I want to know.
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