The Weight of the World

Yesterday, I went out shopping with my mother for some essentials necessary to get the midget ready for her Ballet I class that starts this Wednesday and then off to the pet store for supplies and this is before we go to the shoe store and Target for other need to buy items. Anyway, long story short, my mother and I are in the pet store and we just needed to grab two or three things. One of those things was a fifty-pound bag of dog food. Now if you are wondering what the heck does a fifty-pound bag of … Continue reading

Resolving Differences

Too often when we think about resolving differences, we think that one of us needs to be right. The problem with that attitude is that it also requires that one of us be wrong. While I grant you that there are plenty of times when we fall into either category, difference resolution that forces one or the other to be wrong all the time can lead to bitter resentments. The best resolutions to your differences occur when: You respect your partner’s opinions – right or wrong You understand that truth is fluid – what may be true for you is … Continue reading