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Playing the Hand You’re Dealt
Somewhere along the line, I got fatigued trying to figure out why no husband has found his way into my life. And instead, I decided to make the most of it, with as much as grace, spirit and levity as possible. There are days, when that’s a cakewalk. And nights, when I fight back the swells of longing. In between, with lots of help from friends, family, The New Yorker, extra virgin olive oil, art, prayer, Javier Bardem and pretty clothes, I feel grateful.
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I feel the SAME! You seem to be doing a great job living life to the fullest, and that’s what it’s all about. Keep on keepin’ on… the important thing is that we make the most of what we have. Enjoy the moment: nothing lasts forever!
After I wrote this post yesterday, the mail arrived, with, for some odd reason, a Baby and Child catalogue from Restoration Hardware. I had a moment of pity, but it didn’t last.
It all seems to come in waves…the contentment, the joy, the pity party, and the anxiety. One of my dear friends likes to point out these waves probably have more to do with my fluctuating hormones than any deep seated emotional issues. Some days I like to believe she is correct.
Cheers!
I don’t feel it so much as a wave in hormones, as situational.
It is a sentence to me. I dont know why I am the one to bear such misfortune of being alone?
Everyone has a family, why was my family never created?? And when he didnt create my family then why the hell did he create me??
What is this cruelty he plays with us? Why does he love to make us suffer, to cry, to wait for someone he never ever created??
I dont know why does he torture us so much?? I am all alone and it is unbearable. When i see everyone has a love but no one for me. I am alone, it hurts. My heart breaks, and i have to suffer this cruelty of god all by myself. He enjoys it.
Ruhl – But everyone does NOT have a love, as evidenced by this site.
Ya know what? Even if a husband had found his way into your life, you’d still have to “make the most of it, with as much as grace, spirit and levity as possible.”
eleanore – The Spinsterlicious Life
I’m totally new here, but boy, am I glad I found you all.
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