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I find myself in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a much-needed R and R. This one is with three of my four sisters. We decided to meet in this lovely Southwestern city for several reasons. It was where I [...]

One of the appeals of Bob was that he had direction in his life, not like the high school boys I was around. Bob was very ambitious and was eager to get on with making his life a success. He [...]

The summer between my sophomore and junior years, I met a guy who seemed to have all of the qualities I wanted in a man. He was impeccably groomed, handsome, intelligent, funny, mature, and he [...]

I found out at a school reunion years later that I had been viewed as intriguing and even exotic, when what I actually felt was a lack of confidence and fear of rejection. About the closest thing [...]

Simultaneously, I was involved in choir, success in which helped me deal with the drama disappointment. When I first went out for choir, I was supposed to be in the lowest level group, as the [...]

My longest standing extra-curricular activity was drama. I was in plays every year from junior high school until I left school at the end of my junior year. Yes, I did. That story comes later. In [...]

My other fascination was with all things French. I yearned to study the language while I was in junior high. It was not offered until high school, so I stayed in the same family of languages and [...]

In high school, I was involved in a lot of activities and had male friends in my circle, but never allowed myself to be interested in any of them. I kept pretty busy with being in French Club, [...]

“The problem is that God gave us Free Will.” This came from a sad, decaying mouth of an active heroin addict. It was one of those candid moments when we were just honest, plain and simple. Daniel [...]

It wasn’t until junior high that my love life picked up. That has to sound scary to many parents, me included! I think I met him at the city swimming pool where I spent almost every day of the [...]