Month: August 2010

  • Better Days

    Better days. I am on the edge of a new life. Attraversiamo. I am ready to cross over. The universe is opening up to meet me. I am laughing. I am enjoying life. I am moving forward. Song of the Week: Eddie Vedder’s Better Days from the Eat, Pray, Love soundtrack: httpv://youtu.be/wJdgkyOzWOs Better days. My…

  • Eat, Pray, Love and Celebrating a Beginning

    Eat, Pray, Love is a memoir about a year in Elizabeth Gilbert’s life following her divorce. It is a search to find herself so that she can find balance in her life. This balance will open up for Ms. Gilbert peace, happiness, joy, and freedom. At the time Eat, Pray, Love was published, my life…

  • Anniversary Milestones: A Life in Review

    My first anniversary gift was an eight inch Henckel knife. I remember my soon-to-be ex laughing, telling me it wasn’t a good idea to buy your new wife a knife for your first anniversary. “Don’t you want something else?” he asked. I explained that I really wanted the knife so he bought it for me.…

  • A Special 5-Part Series: Join me this week

    Today I feel exactly as I did on December 11, 2009: day 364 of the separation. On that day I was filled with dread and anxiety as the one-year mark for the separation approached. I wanted the day to come and go as quickly as possible. Tomorrow is another big day looming in my future. The…

  • It’s a Beautiful Day

    This morning I realized the two month anniversary of going public with Naked Girl in a Dress was this week. The one month anniversary was big. Really big. The party was fun, the huge increase in traffic was great, and I loved having Darren Rowse visit my site. This morning I thought about what I…

  • 5 Tips for Being Happy

    Yesterday a few people in my life disappointed me. The more I thought about the situations that had occurred, the more I became upset. By dinnertime my frustration level was high and I found myself feeling disappointed, but also angry. The kids and I had a fun evening planned and I was concerned my mood was…