American psychology pushes us to be positive. We’re supposed to think positively, act with good intentions, and have gratitude for everything in our lives. But something that often gets missed in the psychobabble is the value of complaining. True, few people enjoy hearing others complain, particularly when haranguing for long stretches of time on one […]
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Marriage Review System
My husband’s and my wedding anniversary is tomorrow. We’ve been married for four years, though we’ve been a couple for more than eleven, so the four years doesn’t feel very long in that context. In those eleven years, we’ve been tested by difficult situations, and found we were stronger together than we were separately. We’ve […]
The Symbol Of Spode
Today, in early anticipation of the season, I got out my treasured Christmas Tree Spode. For those of you who don’t know the pattern, it looks like this: I have a pretty big collection, as my family adds to it each Christmas, and it gives me great pleasure to eat, drink, and serve from it. […]