Tag: love

  • semitough

    Goes to show…

    Yesterday, full of self pity over my broken relationship, I wrote this: Before today there was always the hope of something. She would text and say “wanna meet for brunch when I get out of church?” or “what are you doing this afternoon, can you help me in my garden?” or “there is an art festival downtown this afternoon, want…

  • semitough

    Confessions of an Overthinker

    o·ver·think /ˌōvərˈTHiNGk/ verb I have to admit to being an overthinker. However, this definition does not go near far enough to communicate the egregious level of my personal brand of overthinking. The definition above makes it sound like a decision making process. For me it means “Replaying that conversation. Imagining worst case scenarios. Reading between lines that were never written.”…

  • semitough

    Tough Returns

    Here goes. It has been a long time between posts. The things I used to say and do here at this blog will likely be different than what I do today and going forward. Anyone who reads back far enough will know that I raised two children in a suburban environment. Had two children from an earlier marriage that I…