{"id":562,"date":"2008-10-06T00:05:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T04:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2008-10-06T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T21:23:59","slug":"fried-scrambled-scattered-smothered-over-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Fried, Scrambled, Scattered, Smothered, Over Easy…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love eggs and hashbrowns.\u00c2\u00a0 The place I enjoy these the most is Waffle House.\u00c2\u00a0 They make scattered, smothered, covered hashbrowns and cook the eggs just right for my taste.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I figure we can learn a great deal from Waffle House when it comes to relationships. \u00c2\u00a0 Ponder these…<\/span><\/p>\n

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They are always friendly and fun<\/span><\/p>\n

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They want to make it right<\/span><\/p>\n

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They are there for you 24 hours a day<\/span><\/p>\n

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They will scatter, smother, or cover …\u00c2\u00a0 you just have to know what you want<\/span><\/p>\n

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They will fry, scramble, over easy … you name it<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just like Waffle House, a relationship should have lots of friendly, fun times.\u00c2\u00a0 When and if it ever gets to the point where it is not fun anymore, then there is some serious stuff going on that needs to be dealt with.\u00c2\u00a0 We all know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never good to not deal with issues that arise.\u00c2\u00a0 Ignoring them only makes matters worse. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just like Waffle House, one should want to make it right…especially if there have been some issues that need to be resolved. \u00c2\u00a0 Yes, there may be disagreements and disappointments but, two people who care deeply about each other will do their best to resolve issues gracefully with each other – not put the issues aside without resolving them until they are spouted out in a totally unrelated situation during an angry moment. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I love that Waffle House is open for business 24 hours a day.\u00c2\u00a0 The good thing about Waffle House is I can get breakfast at seven in the morning or at 12 at night. They are always there.\u00c2\u00a0 In personal relationships, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very important to be there for the other person 24 hours a day.\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean you have to neglect other responsibilities…it just means that you are committed to loving that person first and foremost and making sure that person knows you care unconditionally and will be there for them when they are in need of your support and love.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of my favorite items at Waffle House is the hashbrowns.\u00c2\u00a0 You can get them most any way you want them…plain, scattered, smothered and\/or covered.\u00c2\u00a0 Relationships can be a lot like that.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes a good ole plain relationship is a good place to be.\u00c2\u00a0 Other times relationships can be a combination of being scattered, smothered and covered up so people lose themselves in the moment…or in many moments when – instead of trying to resolve an issue – the focus is to be defensive….to feel you have been betrayed.\u00c2\u00a0 When a relationship gets this way it is not healthy for anyone…and it takes a great deal to make sure these little scattered, smothered and covered moments do not add up to be big permanent ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finally, Waffle House makes the best eggs.\u00c2\u00a0 They fry them, scramble them, make them over easy, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 It occurred to me the other morning when I was having some of those eggs, over easy, that relationships fall in those categories as well.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, a relationship can get all scrambled up where no one knows quite where they stand.\u00c2\u00a0 It can also fry quickly and, before we know it, can be almost cooked to a crisp and become unsalvageable.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then there is the relationship that is over easy where both partners are willing to get beyond being defensive and work together to resolve issues peacefully. That is the kind of relationship I want…one that can get beyond defensiveness and has a plan to deal with everything as effectively as possible…a place where both partners genuinely want to resolve differences because they love each other deeply. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So what kind of relationship do you want?\u00c2\u00a0 One that is fried, scrambled, covered, smothered, scattered, or over easy?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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My wish for you today <\/strong>is that you are either in a relationship that is over easy most of the time or that can become that quickly with an honest conversation.\u00c2\u00a0 You deserve it and so does the love of your life.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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~ Joellen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love eggs and hashbrowns.\u00c2\u00a0 The place I enjoy these the most is Waffle House.\u00c2\u00a0 They make scattered, smothered, covered hashbrowns and cook the eggs just right for my taste.\u00c2\u00a0 I figure we can learn a great deal from Waffle House when it comes to relationships. \u00c2\u00a0 Ponder these… They are always friendly and fun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,42,4,3,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-making-wise-choices","category-relationships-marriage","category-relationships-singles","category-releationships-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}