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There were no red flags to warn me. Maybe a couple of yellow flags in the first few dates, but that was about it. We had our share of good times, but they were often punctuated by the bad. I was unprepared when the end finally came, but the dying started early on. I pretty

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My record suggests I am not lucky in love. For the most part the men have all been decent guys, yet the love I long for has been elusive to date. I have had my share of relationships – a brief one at university, a marriage, and several post-divorce that lasted anywhere from some months

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I am fully aware that I brought things to the table that prevented me from having a healthy relationship. I have never been looking to blame someone else when things go wrong. To begin with, I am impatient, lazy, and stubborn. But it’s more than that. It’s all the baggage I carry – most of

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Unmoored. That’s how one friend described what had happened to me. Adrift and at sea was more like what it felt. The closest people in my life were all gone. Simultaneously. I had never felt more alone. It was, indeed, a dark time. If it wasn’t for my son and my friends, I’m not sure

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