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After
It was Thursday. A workday. And somehow, that felt important. The world hadn’t stopped because mine…
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A Moment Suspended in Time
I remember that day like it was yesterday. The dental office I was temping in. The…
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Before
By the time 2017 rolled around, we’d been home for about a year. The novelty of…
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The Intimacy We Lost Before We Lost Each Other
For a long time, I assumed the problem was that something inside me had changed. That…
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We Moved Forward, But We Didn’t Move Through It
After the affair, there was really only one thing left to do. Look. Really look. Therapy…
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Sarcasm as a Weapon: A Love Story I Didn’t Mean to Write
I didn’t set out to write about sarcasm. It started, as most of these reflections seem…
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The Dance I Didn’t Know I Was Doing: Stonewalling & Pursuing
Every couple has a conflict style. Some people talk things out. Some take space. Some scream…
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The Family We Are Born Into
I think I first started questioning my ideas about marriage long before I was married. Which…
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On Relationships
I sometimes wonder if people reading my blog think, “Does she have anything else to write…
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On Marriage
My internal conflict was never primarily about morals. It was existential. I can vividly recall a…