Babies and that Deep, Deep Love
The other day I was drudging Twitter, as writers do when they’re supposed to be writing, and I came across a tweet from a new mother who said she was still waiting for that rush…
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Fight and Trust
Trust. Dedication. These are things that I thought that I understood over the years, and of course I understood bits and pieces, but now… Wowsa! Now I feel like I have the whole thing. Nikola…
God is Love
I spent the weekend with my friend. Technically we were supposed to be having my hen party, but for me that basically means doing all of the things that I love doing as a single…
The time has come… part III- jealousy and rings
One ring to rule them all. What is a ring? In my paper on the symbolism of modern weddings I am briefly examining the modern abstraction of the ring. I take the ring off my…
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Intimacy
What is intimacy? Is it the vulnerability associated with nudity? Is it sharing your shame, or your dreams that you fear may never come true? Or perhaps it is less to do with vulnerability of…
I had forgotten…
I had forgotten that love could feel like this: this warm, this exciting. When he got off the tram yesterday I saw him looking for me. Instantly I melted. No, beyond melting, I exploded. It…
Slow like honey
People say that love is slow. It takes time to build trust and respect between two people. When I was young I believed them. I consented that my full, pulsing heart was nothing more than…