Emanuel did not know that he had finally met The Woman until late after the party at his best friend’s house in Phoenix, Arizona. At the party he behaved as usual, reserved, courteous and always complimenting the older ladies. He had noticed the tall, slim and gracious woman greeting the guests along with his friend’s [...]
Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us. David DeSteni and Piercarlo Valdesolo have something to say about who you are and why you are like you are and who lots of others are why they are like they are. Along your way through their book, the authors hope [...]
Bad communications bring busy people to their knees. You’re busy, your clients, students, prospects, suppliers, vendors, lenders and everyone you deal with on a daily basis are busy. Quickly picking up on the best way to communicate with each person can save you huge amounts of time. Garro’s Personality Detective System (PDS) is all about [...]
A guy friend, and as of yet undiscovered relationship advice expert, recently shared with me three words that he considered to be the Kiss of Death to any and every relationship. With a sinking feeling in my stomach, I faced my friend and braced for these apparently crippling words. “Can we talk?” were the supposedly horrific [...]
There are many ways people connect and form lasting relationships in their lives. Sometimes from that first encounter you can tell things will work out and other times not. When Eve Duncan met Jane McGuire she knew right away that this ten-year-old child who lived on the streets, was tough and streetwise would be the [...]
My memory’s fading. You tell me what’s real. My story began long before my remembrance. My remembrance was as long, as winding as a dirty country road. I told you my story, but was it really the objective one? I remember the day when someone brought quinces and put them on the table. Against a dark [...]
Everything you have given me,
I need.
Everything I need, I needed
with you.
How do you know when it’s time to say goodbye? To move on? To go separate ways? There comes a point for many people, whether it’s with the true love of your life, the gang at church, your oldest friend, or a group you used to hang with, when something is just not the way it was. So what to do? And when to do it?
I stood in line at the bank like I always do the last Friday of the month to deposit the cash I made from moonlighting as a waitress. This was the last place I wanted to be after suffering through a day of teaching teenagers with nonexistent parents and working for a redneck principal. I [...]
Karen opened a store about the same time she started going out with Max. That year, she lost so much money and he made so much money they married at the end of December to enable him to save a bundle on taxes, which they split fifty-fifty. Ah! The sweet romance of tax deductions! Decades [...]
