Uncommon Sense

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Other People's Messes: Emotional Wonder Woman

After 'their' song, Bruce spotted me and motioned enthusiastically for me to join him once again on the dance floor. Several slow dances later, he looked happily into my eyes. The hall had been decorated like a castle; the food had been divine, and this atmosphere was the stuff dreams were made of.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Other People's Messes: Wedding Number One

"The only really happy people are married women and single men." ---Marlene Dietrich The day of Bruce's sisters wedding was fast approaching. I was again invited, along with my children, to something I should not have been included in. The wedding rehearsal and dinner. Bruce insisted that we attend.... Sign in to see full entry.

Other People's Messes: The Girlfriend of the Month

"A bride at her second wedding does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting." ---Helen Rowland In a divorce situation, it is almost impossible not to hear things you'd rather not about the former spouse. Especially when the children were anxious to talk, and as the mother, you are the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Other People's Messes: Everything I Needed

There were days, every now and then, where I would come out of the fog from the housecleaning chemicals and actually understand that in many ways, I was very lucky. I started each day looking at the faces of the children I loved, when I got into my car. Their pictures were right there on my sun... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Other People's Messes: No More Chains

I had worked myself into a frenzy...both physically and emotionally. It was time for a day off. Days off are best taken when they are highly inappropriate. Knowing darn well that I had work to do, and that I was letting either Jenni or Bert or both down in being slow about completing the cleaning of... Sign in to see full entry.

Other People's Messes: The Bottom Line

The church leader was still pursuing permission for us to get married in the church, with the church's blessing. Every time he'd see us on Sunday, he would give us updates as to how it was going. This was beyond painful to me. Bruce would play along, but then the church leader would say in my... Sign in to see full entry.

Other People's Messes: Not Ready to Let Go

"We begin life with loss. We are cast from the womb without an apartment, a charge plate, a job or a car." ---Judith Viorst With my love life in limbo, it was time to focus on something else. Someday soon, I hoped, I would have a few employees to help me with all of the jobs that were coming my way.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Other People's Messes: Only Time Will Tell

Being out at the country house, my former home, had given me the rare opportunity of comparing the atmosphere of both my late home and my current home back-to-back. The country house, and all of its mess, were symbolic to me of the mess I'd left behind, both literally and figuratively. I'd been so... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Other People's Messes: Selling the Farm

"The graveyards are full of women whose houses were so spotless you could eat off the floor. Remember the second wife always has a maid." ---Heloise Cruse My ex-husband told me that he wanted to sell our country home. I thought, due to both of our financial situations, that this was a good idea. At... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Other People's Messes: The Pride Stomper

"Marriage seems to be as general this year as influenza." ---Elizabeth Carter We went to church together the next Sunday, riding like one big happy family, all in one car. When we got there, one of the church ladies approached us in the hall, offering to take pictures for our wedding. Of course she... Sign in to see full entry.

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