Tag: love
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I gave birth to my soulmate, & now we’re drifting apart
There are few bonds stronger than the love between mother and son. But what happens when the adoring little toddler edges closer and closer to those teenage years?
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Why I’m Planning to Celebrate this Christmas as a Big, Crazy, Mexican-style Dia de los Muertos
Why I’m Planning to Celebrate this Christmas as a Big, Crazy, Mexican-style Dia de los Muertos
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My battle against the brutal beast that turned my marriage upside-down
When a rare illness intrudes on your plans for a perfect marriage, it takes a lot of love, and support from friends and family, to fight the good fight and win the battle
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Breakdown vs Breakthrough: How trauma can change your life
Tragedies and accidents can trigger stress, anxiety and depression; or they can be a catalyst for positive change. How can you manage the process to bring positive results out of negative events?
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Let’s hear it for those friends who can light up your darkest day with a call
True friends, the kind who make you feel like family, are worth holding on to, even as you follow your separate paths over the years
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I still love you, rugby, even if I don’t know who’s playing who this weekend
It’s not you, rugby, it’s me. What will it take to put that old spark back in our relationship, now that the dazzling days of the World Cup are just a distant memory?
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Love is a gift that lives in my garden
It’s a place to sit and contemplate, to dwell on memories of loved ones and days gone by. But more that, the handmade wooden bench in the garden is a symbol of the healing power of love
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Love is letting go of the luxury of being alone
My aunts were loud and bold until their husbands came in then they would have to quickly change their demeanour. It could never be me.
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The stupid little things that make me fall in love with you
I’ve written many columns on how much I love my husband, some so schmaltzy that I can’t even bear to link to them. Now I’ve been commissioned to write another: on falling in love, repeatedly, with the same person.