Relationship 117

Time is a great source of healing. Placing the past in the past and living in the present can create wonderful memories and amazing new friends, even with an unexpected family member.

Relationship 116

"Be you, it's much easier and less work" ~June

Relationship 115

Learn how to be a friend to yourself. If you give good advice, then you should remember your own advice and place them into action when it comes time for yourself.

Relationship 114

Making decisions is delicate. . .when it's all said and done, bad or good, find ways to make decisions that you won't regret. Balancing your internal self is ultimately what you live.

Relationship 113

Sometimes making the choice may not be what you really want, but it's the right thing for everyone you touch.

Relationship 112

Look at change as a new adventure and a free education for learning something you've never experienced before. You'll find more of yourself in the end.

Relationship 111

We all have weaknesses. Find yours quickly. Work at it. Turn that lesson into a new strength. Now move to the next area for growth. Then, have confidence in your strengths.

Relationship 110

Always remain open for new things. You'll never regret not experiencing what could have been.

Relationship 109

What goes around, comes around. That includes love.

Relationship 108

Why would you think you can handle death when you first must handle living.

Relationship 107

All relationships are filled with rocks, clouds, or moments of emptiness. The key for moving forward is finding your strength to move rocks, creating the light to cut through clouds, and filling emptiness with a new outlook. How long it takes depends how much you learned from the last experience in a relationship.

Relationship 106

If you ask a question, be prepared for an honest answer from those who truly care. If you expect an answer from your perspective, don't be upset if it doesn't come out the way you wanted. You asked.

Always have an open mind when you ask questions.

Relationship 105

You don't have to be always right and you're not always wrong. Compromise what is minor and communicate what is a major issue. It doesn't mean sacrifice who you are because if who you are is someone you can be proud of, why would you want to let that go for anyone?

Relationship 104

Listen with your heart. Observe with logic. Communicate with honesty. Love passionately.

Relationship 103

Have confidence and it's o.k. to know what qualities you need in a partner; just be flexible, as well.

Relationship 102

I would have rathered be in love many times over, even in the painful moments, than never to have known what being in love really feels.

Relationship 101

To really fall in love, know what you love about yourself and be willing to share whole heartedly.

being a GiGi

So I'm 43 and with my partner for life. I absolutely love children and was not able to have my own. He has 4 children and 12 grandchildren. His four children are between three to 9.5 yrs my junior. Long story on that one, but here we are as a modern day blended family.

We both work and not even close to retirement and I have all these dreams of having his grandkids around in the summer; rotating each set for a week at a time, but we work full time. Now a 13th is coming and I skipped mommy stage and want to devote time to making sure the grandkids do spend time with Kevin. We find ourselves battling our time off doing all our family duties and it' coming to the point we even have to split our duties to accommodate the highlights of their lives.

I absolutely want them to remember their grandmother and no one can ever replace another special person. Kevin and I have been very open about us being together for the rest of our lives, but all of a sudden, I am the "other" woman replacing mom and grandma. All I ever wanted is to give the grandkids an openness to their PaPa and added feature of having another person to share special moments with them. There has never been any other alternative. I just love Kevin.

So the dreams I openly share with Kevin about having the grandkids rotating to be with us in the summers will have to be on hold until the parents figure out time is passing us all by and it will be too late in the next five years because life goes on and the grandkids will be adults and just too busy to take a week with PaPa and Gigi.

At least two of the kids are embracing Kevin's happiness. They came up with GiGi.