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Q.: What helps? A.: Saying the Serenity Prayer
Dear God,Grant me the serenity to accept what can’t be changed, the courage to change what I can change, and the wisdom to know the difference.Amen. Regardless of someone’s personal religious beliefs, learning the wisdom in this prayer can help when life isn’t going the way that you had hoped. I say the Serenity Prayer…
June 15, 2006: Mentions of fathers & estrangements in blogs
In honor of the upcoming Father’s Day and in keeping with the theme of this blog and the estrangements.com website, here are links to recent mentions of fathers and estrangements in blogs: Father’s Day Irony Three Poems For My Father 00053 ARRRRGH I HATE FATHERS!!! Gay son’s betrayal tale Looking for a father’s love I…
The Dialectizer & Harry Browne “Gift for My Daughter”
For a change of mood go here: Dialectizer’s Redneck version of the online article, Gift for my Daughter by Harry Browne, and press the Dialectize button. Try the Cockney version and the Jive version and the Elmer Fudd version …. And then whatever other url or text you’d like to try the Dialectizer on. Link…
The Bottom Line – Part 4 of 4
Part 4 of 4: The Bottom Line: The bottom line is I loved my daughter. I have done many things to prove my love, all of which have been discounted by her and counted for nothing. This fourth part of this history is about that estrangement from my ex and then the estrangement from my…
The End of the Line – 1984. Part 3 of 4
Part 3 of 4: The End of the Line for the Marriage: 1984 In January of 1984 I realized that I HAD to leave him. I didn’t want to hurt him any more. He begged me to stay. I knew that I had to get on with my life. I didn’t leave him for anyone…
Difficult Choices – Part 2 of 4
Part 2 of 4: On marriage and trying to make it work. An aspect of the marriage that I loved was that of being her mother. I enjoyed knowing her, seeing her grow, just knowing her. She thinks now that i wanted her to be like me. Not true. If she was like me, that…
Going back to 1965, a history: Part 1 of 4
Part 1 of 4: The good bad old days … Generally I stay away from discussing the estrangements between former lovers in my blog. People break up all the time and the breakups often result in estrangement. We are not surprised when the ties between people not related by blood break. Often the formerly passionate…
Change in approach to writing posts
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ve noticed that since February I have changed the way that I’ve been posting. I am not writing posts that are as personal as I posted previously. I can’t be specific about why I changed the way that I write posts. I will say that I…
Postsecret’s Mothers’ Day/Week Secrets
If you’ve never visited Postsecret, it is a blog which posts the secrets sent in on homemade postcards online every Sunday. There is also a book of Postsecrets and there have been a few art exhibits of some of the cards. This week’s offering of cards on Postsecrets is on the theme of motherhood. Some…