https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/I am choosing to put this in relationships because all to often we only think of romantic relationships as relationships. This blog will be about the many relationships in my life and the people I love.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/678225OK, I have to admit a dark little secret I have. I am a HUGE fan of True Blood. Mind you I close my eyes during the bloody scenes because the sight of blood makes me sick. This would be why I never went into the medical field but there is a point to this LOL! There was a scene a couple of seasons...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/676770A conversation from my nightly call with Carl. "I wish you were here with me right now." I tell him. "Me too, I really miss you." "I miss you too, but my feet are freezing." "Let me get this straight. You wish I was there because your feet are freezing?" I could hear the amusement in his voice....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/676693I work with many people, who call looking for help in their love lives and I find so often I want to bang my head against the wall. When did we start settling for the first person who comes along that will have us? When did we lower our standards so much that we think one date a relationship...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/676598Carl asked me tonight "If you could make just one wish, what would it be?" I didn't even need to think about it before I responded. "Happily ever after." "You want the DVD?" I could hear him chuckling on the other end, he is such a butthead sometimes. "Yep, I do!" "OK, I'll get it for you right...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/676360My youngest brother dropped by today. Kevin is...well Kevin is Kevin. We grew up more than dirt poor. I remember a winter that we literally did not have heat and no we were not in the backwoods of Kentucky we were in Michigan. We were the welfare kids, the family with a car on blocks in the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/675083Meet Hope This is the logo for the line of products I am creating for my friend Angie to help raise funds for her liver transplant. Now meet Angie http://www.transplants.org/ donate/angelacartee and a letter from her family. If you are so inclined to help, that is wonderful but what I am doing...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/674345Can you fall in love with someone that you have loved for 14 years? It seems you can. Over the past months, I have seen a side of Carl that either I didn't take the time to see or it's a part of the growth he has made over the past few years. My dearest friend in the world has a terminal liver...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/674241After talking with my friend Angie today. I was hard on her, not because I was angry at her but because I do love her. It's hard for me to get tough with her given her illness but I love her enough that sometimes I do it anyway, because it's what she needs to fight this freaking disease that is...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/673939As I stated in my other blog, the distance is starting to get to both Carl and I. We are missing one another like crazy and I do think my birthday just brought it to an intense point for both of us. Certain events are meant to be spent with the people you love and birthdays no matter how old you...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Bel_8901/673582There are some odd moments when you are actually "dating" a former spouse and today was one of them. Two years ago today, we stood in a courtroom as a judge with a stroke of his pen dissolved our marriage. I remember it was a very odd moment. Carl and I laughed and joked with one another, talked...