Valentine’s Day is on the horizon and the view from my solo perch is just fine. Of course, as an incurable romantic, I will always hold out hope of someday being with someone special who is worthy of my exceptional charms. Until then, the occasional lonely moments are just part of life’s natural rhythms. Thankfully, [...]
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The latest federal statistics on Asian immigrants are out and my jaw dropped. Wow: 25% of all the foreign-born folks in the United States are now from Asia. They are more likely to be married and living in multi-generational households. Four states have more than half a million Asian immigrant residents, including…Texas. With these new [...]
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Yeah, really — we’ve got a thing called National Unmarried & Single Americans Week. Granted, this is not a jazzy-sounding event. But hey, I’ll take it anyway. Single folks, we deserve the attention! And I could use a pat on the back right now. There is so much that I do all by my onesome, [...]
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A friend wants me to post her heartbreaking tale — in hopes that she can save others from the same fate. As she wept the other day, I listened with horrified fascination to a situation that never, ever crossed my mind before. Oh, the price of love… Once upon a time, there was a second [...]
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When my first shrink died a few years ago, I felt betrayed. How could she leave me? Even worse — how could she have cancer when she knew so much about healing? Being this honest might make me look incredibly self-involved. Then again, we’re talking about therapy, which means I have to be super-honest. And [...]
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My parents raised me to believe that the world is filled with winners and losers. By their standards, I was doing pretty good in my early 30s. After all, I had a great career as a newspaper columnist and a husband who was a catch. But something wasn’t right. During that time, I was restless [...]
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