Togetherness is Good
Being together is not the same as togetherness. Two people can be in each other’s company, but it does not mean that they are together. Togetherness implies one with another, united, collectively in a team, [...]
Porcupine Factor
Any friendship, will eventually experience what I call ‘Porcupine Factor.’ It is the need to have personal space. Even in a marriage, 'Porcupine Factor' is a reality and part of the relationship. This is how [...]
When Friendship Ends
Friendships are hard and finding a good friend, can sometimes be even harder. The most difficult thing about friendships is that just when you are finally comfortable in the friendship, it seems to end. Circumstances change and [...]
En-Courage
To encourage someone, is to make them more determined, hopeful or confident, to give them a boost to their courage. This courage helps them to continue on the path they are on, helps them persevere [...]
A Circle or a Line
I used to have a circle of friends who met weekly, called Friday Girls. We were all in similar life stages, intimate, women who really did help each other out, share problems, share tears, laughter [...]
An Ounce of Prevention
God told the prophet Jeremiah, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure” (Jeremiah 17:9). We have the ability to hide things from ourselves, using the safe techniques of 1)rationalization, 2) projecting onto [...]
Crab Story of Friendship
Friendship circles can get really complicated and there are times that we may find that we don’t feel like we belong in our existing circle of friends anymore. We try really hard to fit in, [...]
My Piano Keys
“We are all like a piano,” said my Gran, “with white and black keys that represent the various aspects of our personality.” She shared this with me in my teenage years when I was battling [...]
That ‘She-Woman’
The woman who has what your heart desires, she is your 'She-Woman.' We all have one, maybe two! Perhaps you are one to someone else? Rachel was a 'She-Woman to Leah who had the love [...]
