When Our Marriage and Family Dreams Die

I invested in life dreams with my (now)ex-husband. I lost almost all of them. The only thing I got was that my sons came out of their father’s “unveiling” knowing that I was the parent they could count on. I was the parent who would never put them in harm’s way or blame them for my own deceit as their father had. It was a tragic and sad “win” for me. But not a life dream.

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Diane Strickland
Living With A Man You Don't Trust

Why are you staying with a life partner you can’t trust?

It’s not a work colleague from a job you need to have until you can get the next job. It’s not a neighbour you try to ignore and endure until either you, or they, move. It’s not a church person who you know to be a gossip and a troublemaker, but you can’t kick them out.

It’s your life partner.

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Diane Strickland
The Learning Curve

A few readers have brought it my attention that they don’t know how to avoid treatment practitioners who may not be safe for them.

Even though I’m writing about that regularly, it is still a learning curve.

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Diane Strickland