Once upon a time … In practically a previous lifetime I spent 17 Christmas Eves at the home of my ex-husband’s parents. From 1966 to 1983. At the last one I already knew I wanted to end my marriage but thought it was too cruel to say so in December of the year. Since then…
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Results of search on Technorati for keywords Christmas and estranged …
Here are the results of this Technorati search today. I did a search using the keywords Christmas and estranged. After I selected ten, Technorati pooped out on me so couldn’t look at more right now. But this is sufficient. The results relate to all kinds of estrangements: with parents, husbands, sisters, friends and some are…
A discussion group on PAS (Parental Alienation Syndrome)
Discussion of Parental Alienation Syndrome If you are a parent who is estranged from your child, whether or not you are divorced from their other parent, many of the stories described in this discussion group will sound familiar. Years ago when I first read about PAS, I sent a copy of a book on PAS…
“The End of Strife” … What happened to this blogger?
What happened to the author of The End of Strife? I’ve had an active imagination for most of my life. My favorite author when I was a kid was Edgar Allen Poe. I often imagine terrible things have happened that haven’t happened. I am often wrong. So I am hopeful that my concern about this…
The wisdom of Heather B. Armstrong …
If he ever loses us he can just follow the screaming like a trail of breadcrumbs, title of post in which Heather B. Armstrong of dooce.com said: "Someone once warned me that girls come out of the womb suffering PMS, and I feel a duty to pass along that gem of wisdom."
Merry Christmas, a Good Bah Humbug or a Get Well Card?
I wrote the following last year in a longer post on(Christmas Day 2004) . About Christmas …. it seems almost inappropriate to wish those who come here looking for answers a Merry Christmas. If you have come here to find a way to resolve an estrangement and you're miserable over being estranged, then the last…
A year later there is progress even as things stay the same …
Some things don’t change. A year ago what I wrote is as true today as it was in December of 2004. Wednesday, December 8, 2004 The Busyness Cure I’ve thrown myself this last week into doing a redesign of the website for the nonprofit that I’m involved with. While I can’t control much in this…
Solid citizen, father, engineer, and crack smoking bank robber!
63-year-old bank robber raised his sons right. So they turned him in. By Ted Gregory, Tribune staff reporter. Published November 18, 2005 One more of those stories that fascinate me. The kind where the downright upright solid citizen has a secret side that almost no one knows about and one day his sons wake up…
In Memoriam
Tonight, Nov. 30, on Larry King Live, Jerry Lewis …
At 9 PM Eastern Time, Larry King will interview Jerry Lewis. From the page on CNN: "Jerry Lewis shares memories about his friendship with Dean Martin. The real story about their triumphs and tragedies." Some visitors here may be too young to remember much if anything about Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Results of Google…