[FONT=Times New Roman]In the previous three posts I described the first three ingredients of the fatigue that comes from having a history of emotionally unavailable partners.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]The F factor - fear of being unlovable[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]The A factor- anticipation of the past repeating itself[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]The T factor- the torture of trusting[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]This time I focus on the fourth factor - the...

Well we are back in Charlotte. We've had a couple weeks to re-acclimate ourselves to the time change & to the weather. I'd like to say that fall is very nice here but I hate how hot it is every day.

Yesterday my partner and I continued our search for a church to join. We moved to Maine in April and have been busy getting established in our new home and community; now it is time to find a church.

My family has been associated with the Unitarian Universalist Church (UU) for generations and it is within that tradition I am most comfortable. My partner was raised in a Buddhist-Shinto culture; attendance at services is not part of that tradition and is not a priority for him. Fortunately...

SCHOOL--1957 vs. 2007




Scenario:

Jack goes quail hunting before school,
pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.


1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun,
goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.


2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail
and never sees his truck or gun again. Counsellors...

The past couple of days you can't turn on the tv or radio without hearing all about the $200 billion dollar government bail out of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. We've heard all of the details coming to light, different prospective from the various "experts" and talking heads, but what does it all really mean to just regular people like you and me? Well, I'm by no means an "expert" so I did what any normal person would do, I started asking questions of people I know in the lending...