Tag: Love
When Sexual Attraction Dries Up
I promised I wouldn’t write about it until it was over. Some things are too sensitive and personal even for me. For us. But it is over. Thank God. Every couple has gone through that agonizing dry spell as you wonder if the sexual attraction has dried up and gone away for ever. Many couples can’t speak [...]
Adoption: Love on the rebound?
Years of therapy have not been successful. Countless battles and letters have not been successful. But it’s taken four posts in this blog, and I seem to have been cleansed of 30 years of anger toward my adoptive mother. It is a true testament to the power of the written word. Rent-a-Lesbian The Manipulative Mother [...]
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Books are intensely personal experiences. Kindred spirits can be born in an instant when someone says ‘Oh you loved that book too?’. I know, because it’s happened to me. ‘You can read it as a fairy tale. Or you can read it as something deeper.’ said my friend as he passed it over to me. [...]
Parental Paradox
Today Freya when I arrive at school, you are playing outside with the other children. I see you hiding behind a screen and popping out like a jack in the box to the repeated amazement and delighted applause of your teacher. ‘Ta-dah’! You do it 5 times before you spot me. When you see me, [...]
