Archive for the ‘Relationships – Singles’ Category

Men in Trees

Friday, December 8th, 2006

I’ve been watching this television show lately called Men in Trees. It comes on Thursday nights. The show is about small town life far away from the big city. A city girl – who is a relationship expert – goes there to discover lots about living and loving the people and the place. A great […]

Settle for a Slow Down or Houston, We Have a Problem!

Friday, December 1st, 2006

If you know the country song, Settle for a Slow Down you have a smile on your face right about now. Dierks Bentley apparently ticked his girl off and she drops him like a hot cake on the side of the road in the pouring rain. It has to be a pretty long and straight […]

May the Force be With You or Dealing with Difficult In-Laws

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

“May the Force be With You” – from the movie – Star Wars (1977) has been a quote worth reckoning with for years. This title either made you laugh out loud or touches a tender cord in your inner being as you think of difficult people in your life. If you’re married, ever have been, […]

My Front Porch Looking in

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Have you even taken the time to look inside your house from the outside? I mean really just stopped to take a look inside?

I was listening to the radio again today on the way to a meeting when the country song, My Front Porch Looking In came on. LoneStar sings about finally owning a little piece of land where he can see the sun rise and the moon lay on the fences.

He then does something that, I suspect, many of us have not taken the time to do. He turns his head and takes a look inside to see what it looks like there. It’s in that moment that he sees the most beautiful view he says he’ll ever see…a family he adores a woman he loves.

While many of us do not fit the bill of the traditional family and we may even live alone, what does the inside of our home say about us?

She Let Herself Go

Monday, November 6th, 2006

She Let Herself Go is the name of a country song about a woman who was a dutiful housewife and worked hard to take good care of her husband and their home. Somewhere along the way, he decided he didn’t love her anymore, told her one day, and left. The song suggests that he was […]