Cancelled weddings? They’re an absolute nightmare! I won’t ever forget the evening and the utter disbelief we experienced when my Dad came home from the wedding of a friend’s son and told us that the wedding was cancelled. Dad had been asked to raise the toast at the reception that followed. The plan was for him attend the Church ceremony and then pick up my mother to take her for the reception. Instead, he came home and told us how the Parish Priest had received an anonymous phone call telling him that the bride’s father was coercing her into marriage.…
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Just yesterday someone acted in a way that set off certain triggers from the past and caused me to question my behaviour. Triggers From The Past Sometime ago, José (my husband) was teasing me about something I asked him to do and called me a ‘bully’. At first I pretended to be hurt about it, and kept teasing him back. And as I continued, I found that I was genuinely upset. Consequently, I woke up this morning feeling rather low. Thankfully, I snapped out of this mood, about half an hour after I got up. But I can see, how…
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Last week, I shared a piece of fiction I wrote and I was greatly encouraged by the response. Falling To Pieces is a continuation of sorts. Falling To Pieces As she wrote her letter, she thought back to the days after she had broken off from him. One particular day came to mind. Following a night of disturbed sleep interspersed with bouts of tears, she had woken up late. Hurriedly she had got ready and rushed off to work, knowing that she had a busy day before her – three proposals to present. She wondered how she was going to…