Dr. Romance's Guide to Finding Love Today (Book) - 7/30/2018 6:11:38 AM
Based on your articles, I believe this book will help people that find themselves seeking out a significant other in the rapidly changing world of dating.
I'm quite pleased to learn that my twin brother, who lost his second wife of 25 years three years ago in a tragic accident is happily back in the market and finding several women providing good companionship for the kinds of things he does.
Ron
How to Be Happy Partners: Working it out Together (Book) - 9/23/2017 5:45:21 AM
Tessina’s book Creating Happy Partnership Working it Out Together is a must-have resource to turn to when couples disagree, have distorted expectations of one another, enter into power struggles, indeed, rescue a partner instead of asking for accountability, and during times of being challenged by a variety of normal to highly stressed conflictual, relational situations.
Picture the scene below:
June: I feel so neglected and hurt because you spend so much time away from me and when you are home, you plunk yourself in front of the TV and pay no attention to me.
Fred: What are you upset about? I bring home the bacon. I support this family.
June: Listen to me. All I want is more time with you because I miss you.
Fred: I expect to come return after a hard day's work to a peaceful home…not have you complaining all the time.
June: All the time? That’s it. I’m done!
Imagine door slamming, icy silence over the next days, and each partner holding inner resentments that very possibly will come out sideways in passive-aggressive behavior. Ouch!
If only June and Fred had Tessina’s book! She presents a model of how to deal with conflict that can create sustainable, happy partnerships for a life time. Tessina writes about the five qualities that make for happy partners. She focuses on cooperative problem-solving and presents a Negotiation Tree that allows couples the ability to work out happy solutions to everyday to severe problems that inevitably show up during the life time of long-term relationship.
Who should read this book? Ideally, it should be mandatory reading before forming adult relationships! Understanding, embracing, and living the communication and negotiation skills in Tessina’s book before entering partnerships would give the ability to have such high quality, really satisfying relationships and leave behind much unhappiness, power plays, and unsatisfying compromises that most couples resort to because they can’t negotiate their differences without shredding each other! In short, the book should be on everyone’s bedstand or nearby book shelf for ready reference to work out happy solutions to couple problems with the result there will be more time to love and enjoy each other that can only spiral upward into evermore satisfying levels of goodwill, martial satisfaction and enjoyment!
Money, Sex and Kids: (Book) - 11/12/2007 1:38:12 PM
It sounds intriguing, Dr. Tessina. I look forward to purchasing a copy and enjoying the adventure!
Regards ...
Reginald V. Johnson
Money, Sex and Kids: (Book) - 9/19/2007 4:54:07 AM
Catchy title! I'm sure you will sell a million!
Julie
Money, Sex and Kids: (Book) - 7/2/2007 7:45:56 PM
I need to buy a case of these when it become availabe. So many people need this well before they tie the not. The majority of couples do argue about these three things. Lack of money or someone is spending to much money, whinning kids, spoiled brats, out of control kids, sex, what sex? For whatever stupid reason married folks are using they stop freaking at the spur of the moment and dressing sexy . I could go on and on but that will be part of my book.
It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction (Book) - 7/30/2003 11:34:29 PM
I love what I've read here, and wish that Dr. Tessina had been around when I first sought help, and when I had the idiotic impression that I could CHANGE my dysfunctional family of origin. I have no children myself, but I saw my nieces being brought up in the same dysfuntional environment. Now a nephew is involved as well. While trying to help, I was branded "mentally ill" by my mother for my trouble. My family (parents especially) are scared to death of change, and accuse me of accusing THEM for "ruining" me! I'm not ruined, but I'm not happy either. Bless you, Dr. Tessina. I pray your work helps many people and their families!
LOVE, COMMITMENT AND SURRENDER (Article) - 7/14/2020 9:25:06 AM
Commitment and that awful word, surrender, should never become a burden. When it does, often a codependent relationship results.
When I married in 1981, my wife and I, growing up together in the same small town, had a lot in common except that I was highly educated and focused on my career and she was top salesperson wanted constant family and friends around when she wasn't working. When she saw my condition as a possible burden and became homesick for family and friends, I let her go easily because I was used for living alone without a partner until I couldn't anymore.
It is easy to hire a caregiver. But it is hard to find a caregiver that is committed enough to stay with someone going from bad to worse. Fortunately, in 1992, someone came to me from the other side of the earth who didn't speak English well, but we found common ground right away and grow more committed to each other all the time.
Ron
HOW TO BE IRRESISTIBLE TO YOUR MATE (Article) - 6/21/2020 8:10:56 AM
At first glance, the title reminds me of sleazy pamphlets sold to unsuspecting only people about their problems with relationships that never work.
But as I read I found, once again, that you are providing some really solid advice for keeping a relationship fresh and alive regardless of how long one has been together with another. I need to practice some of those 10 suggestions more often.
Ron
LIVING TOGETHER: TRANSITIONS, PERSONAL SPACE AND INTIMACY (Article) - 5/31/2020 8:48:56 AM
Dr. Rimal, our Marriage and Family professor where I went to college and worked as an instructor, never married, but was credited with bringing together couples whose marriages lasted. She encouraged dating couples to "live together doing ordinary things," for at least six months without engaging in sex before deciding whether or not to get married.
It was amazing how my wife and I share the same interests when we married and lived together so harmoniously. Unfortunately, as our therapist explained to me, she had suffered great loss, her father to incompetence and in an institution, her mother, dying, the divorce of her 18 year marriage, and the loss of her son who had gone off to college.
I was highly educated and interested in higher learning and research. She was high school educated and interested in socializing after sales work where she excelled in befriending and helping customers. But, primarily it was her loss of her 40 years of social networking that she lost by coming thousand miles to live with me that made her long to go back. And she did.
Ron
ARE YOU TOO SERIOUS? (Article) - 5/20/2020 12:31:35 PM
Thanks Ronald. I hope she's not reading this.
ARE YOU TOO SERIOUS? (Article) - 5/20/2020 6:58:48 AM
I see humor in the most serious of things. Often write satire or jokes about it just for fun.
I know someone who is so serious that she never laughs and only smiles when she thinks she is winning some kind of competition she has set up herself and others and they are losing. She is so serious that even a greeting like, "Good morning!" will set her off with an angry comment like, "Don't bother me, can't you see I'm working!" (Making breakfast for herself)
Ron
KNOW YOURSELF TO FIND THE RIGHT PARTNER (Article) - 5/14/2020 3:20:40 PM
Thanks, Ronald. You might want to recommend "Dr Romance's Guide to Finding Love Today" to your friend. I think it will help her.
KNOW YOURSELF TO FIND THE RIGHT PARTNER (Article) - 5/14/2020 9:19:06 AM
Fortunately, I am not in need of a partner. And fortunately, although she wishes to be "free" of me, our lifestyles have become quite compatible over time and she also fears, "losing me."
But I know someone who has been without a mate and lonely for some time. She is very hard-working and dedicated to helping her family in a far-off land. She has lined up on the Internet at least three guys who desperately want to date her, but she remains aloof and rarely has even met any of them. I have helped her check them out, and they are legitimate as far as I can tell. But, based on her, very limited, routine and likes and dislikes, I doubt that she could have a relationship with any of them. Their expectations of her are not what she is. It's really too bad. I've tried to counsel her, but she's not willing to try new things.
Ron
HAPPY HABITS FOR RELATIONSHIPS (Article) - 5/11/2020 4:16:17 PM
Thank you, Ron! I'm so glad you found such a caring partner, and I hope you come up with loving words often.
HAPPY HABITS FOR RELATIONSHIPS (Article) - 5/11/2020 12:15:05 PM
Once again, some wonderful suggestions for keeping a relationship alive and well.
Because of the extreme nature of my disability, there is little that I can do physically, among the many suggestions with my partner that would make us share in both the responsibility and necessary elements of living together. She does disproportionately much more than I can. And, in order for her to help me, I must do it verbally sometimes. That can often be misinterpreted and I long for the ability to show her or do for her things that she finds difficult and I find very easy.
Still, as things get tougher and time goes by, she seems to be more in love with me every day. I find that saying the words are not as easy as I would like, but I have much good reason to complement her and do it as much as I can, spreading the word about her merits to everyone I know. She is my princess in shining armor. Covering both roles sometimes well beyond she thought she had the ability to do so.
Ron
TO KEEP THE ROMANCE ALIVE (Article) - 5/1/2020 11:28:36 AM
Thank you, Ronald! Sounds like you and your wife are happy.
TO KEEP THE ROMANCE ALIVE (Article) - 5/1/2020 8:04:45 AM
Once again, your article was chock full of ways to keep intimacy alive. My partner and I practice most. She is a bit insecure about her future, particularly without me, that I continually point out her strengths and ability to learn new things, like teaching herself to swim in her fifties. I'm so proud of her for all of her accomplishments and to juggle all the things she needs to do to take care of me. It's more of a one-way relationship that I wish I could contribute more to.
From others who have been paralyzed, I've heard of breakups and divorces from wives unprepared to handle deteriorating condition over years. I guess that's part of why my first wife left me. Fear of being unable to take care of me and losing me.
Ron
Why Do People Lie? (Article) - 4/29/2020 9:09:08 AM
Lying seems to be a part of life. And you have described the myriad ways in which we lie. I've always been a rather open and honest person. Probably because I have good self confidence starting with being the dominant twin. My twin brother had difficulty accepting responsibility, and was glad when I did for things we messed up doing together. Which was true because I usually thought of the idea in the first place that turned out bad.
When you wrote about cultures it rang true to me. My Thai friend confided in me that he was divorced with four children. He did not admit it in his application for getting his doctorate or to anyone at the school, for fear of being considered bad. He also lied to his country who had sent him to get his master's degree in Canada… Staying on in the United States to get his doctorate without their approval (and funding?). And, the most shocking of all, was when he told me that in his country, "cunning" was honored above all. Making sometimes our understanding each other a bit difficult. One way that he demonstrated was that he picked me up at the airport after curfew in what looked like, an "official" car, getting away with it without being stopped, not wanting me to spend the night at the airport until the curfew was lifted at 7 am.
When my girlfriend was taking a year to go around the world and work as a nurse along the way, I sent her an intimate letter, very honestly describing something that I had done in her absence. I did hear that she tore up my letter and threw it in Sydney Bay. I never heard from her again except through a mutual friend that she had come back to Saskatoon and married a local schoolteacher. Perhaps my honesty shocked her. It was probably a good thing that she decided to end our relationship over it.
Ron
TOXIC FRIENDSHIP AND HOW TO HANDLE IT (Article) - 4/24/2020 10:27:15 AM
Once again, some very good descriptions of what toxic friends are and some very good ways of dealing with them. Fortunately, I have very few toxic friends. When I was working there were a few hanging around, but they are mostly gone now. I do have a bad habit of lending money to those I feel a real need. Unfortunately, some of those don't have the means except goodwill, to pay me back. But I have saved at least two from outrageous credit card interest rates. That makes me feel good. One has religiously paid me back. The other felt that I somehow, "owed her."
My partner seems to magnetically attract toxic friends. She is so open and good-natured that she is easily taken in by misfits of all kinds. She is able to crackdown on some of them, but mostly they are from her family.
Ron
THE HEALING POWER OF FRIENDSHIP (Article) - 4/19/2020 10:40:20 AM
Once again, some great advice. During this period of isolation, for some people contact with friends may be what they need to carry them through. Especially those who have lost their jobs and their applications through forced shutdown. Worrying about how they are going to make ends meet in spite of encouragement and money from government.
Growing up I always had my twin brother. Other friends were merely situational and tangential. Those are all gone now through lack of communication even by email. Just getting too old. But my immediate family, thousands of miles away, are in constant contact primarily through email.
I am constantly making new friends because I know my old friends are leaving because of their lack of communication. My partner and I are close and always in communication. Keeps me free to do all that I do every day in my busy routine that doesn't give me time to worry about anything.
Ron
GUIDELINES FOR HELPING FAMILY MEMBERS IN NEED (Article) - 4/12/2020 11:43:58 AM
My family are all a thousand miles apart. When my mother needed to move into assisted living a few years ago, my sister was the only one still living in the hometown. But fortunately, she is a bulldog when it comes to finding out what is best and getting through all the red tape involved. For the first three or four years she was able to get my mother into a very nice assisted living place on her local welfare, because she had divested all of her wealth in order for my father to go on Medicaid for a month before he died a few years before.
After moving three times because of either her money not being accepted or, in the last case, the facility closed down for not complying, she moved to her final place. I had, for many years, sent her money through my sister for some of her basic needs. In this new place, in order for her to stay, we had to share in her cost. In spite of our distance, and probably because of our distance, all five of us siblings all get along. Everyone pitched in their share until mom died on February 14. My sister even sent us our share of the refund for paying a month in advance.
I believe we are fortunate because so many families have long-standing problems they can't seem to get over when it comes to helping others in the family.
For myself, I have hired caregivers (as many as three at one time for many years) since 1992. My fourth hire in October 1992 has stayed with me all these years and become my partner. We complement each other very well when it gets to taking care of everything we both need. My family doesn't have to intercede at all. I will manage my caregiving until I can't anymore.
Ron
GRIEVING — AN ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILL (Article) - 4/6/2020 8:22:45 AM
As usual, you provide some solace for those going through the grievance process.
I feel as though I never grieved. Even though I was an identical twin, inseparable from my twin brother until we both were 20, I became an independent thinker and doer by the time I was 10. By not being codependent on anyone, I don't seem to feel the loss of those around me that I cared for and strongly as others seem to.
As for my own loss, I only think of it as periods of depression that I experienced when I lost most of the use of my hands and arms, some girlfriends, and eventually my first and only, wife. But I work through these periods of depression, grief, if you will, without dragging other people down with me. So I guess I was grieving while I was depressed. But still moving forward with my life.
Ron
DON’T PANIC! (Article) - 4/2/2020 10:39:54 AM
I believe you wrote this during the recovery from the 2008-10 mortgage and financial market breakdowns leading to recession during the Obama administration, but it still applies today.
What you wrote about the sources of people who panic makes a lot of sense. Something that occurs in childhood when children find that by acting out they can get their way without having to do something or contribute to solving a family conflict.
I pride myself in being the last one to panic. I watched with amusement as Houstonians got in their cars and all got out of the freeways at the same time trying to run away from Hurricane Ike. The result was much more pain and anguish, even death caused by the congestion on the roads than the hurricane ever caused. In contrast, during hurricane Harvey, with the threat of rain announced in the media, many low-lying areas stayed in their homes until they were flooded and they had to be rescued. Just the opposite of what happened in Ike.
Ron
WHEN THERAPY ISN’T WORKING (Article) - 3/30/2020 11:00:11 AM
Aside from failed marriage counseling, where my wife insisted that we go and then she quit because the counselor helped her understand what was troubling her, and it wasn't me, I haven't had therapy. The counselor summed it up in our last individual session… "What do women want, anyway?" .
But as a long time university professor and administrator, from time to time I counseled students and staff, listening to their problems. Lately, I've been listening to my tenant who has a codependent relationship with family members in her home country. She works very hard and makes a good living for herself. They aren't working and the children aren't going to school, totally dependent upon the money she sends in her lonely existence. A few days ago she told me that she had cut them off with a smile on her face. I had gently suggested that she consider doing that. Already, she seems to be feeling much better, free from an obligation that was only one way.
Ron
SURVIVING JOB LOSS (Article) - 3/20/2020 9:21:12 AM
Another great article on what to do when you lose a job. One thing that I would add. Temporarily, it might be better to take a job that you are "overqualified" for while looking for a job that more suits your background and abilities. You might be surprised that you like your new job and can move up easily in that field.
I had great expectations for future employment in my junior year in college. I was told that the Dean had top jobs in his desk drawer that he handed to graduates with top grades and lots of extracurricular activities like me. Companies were coming to our school and aggressively recruiting. My twin brother had six job offers when he graduated. He was let go and fired several times in his long career until he established his own consulting firm. He learned how to seek out the next job very well. Retired on top.
But I was paralyzed in my hands and arms in that same junior year. Knowing that I wouldn't get those great offers, I went to graduate school and after my master's degree, got a low-level engineering job in a corporation. Seeking stability, I switched to higher education. I was let go four or five times in my career but quickly found a replacement. For security, I ended up in a low level administrative job in higher education for the last 30 years of my career. It was painful being turned down by people who doubted my ability (physical) and my "overqualified" and varied education. But I always kept a positive attitude that I was better than those people turning me down for the wrong reasons.
Today it is much different. Millennials will face many job changes. If they don't aggressively seek better work all the time or start their own business, and change it to meet the changing demands, they will be unemployed a lot of the time. There's a real need for the government to step in and not just pay, "unemployment," but to actually pay people to do constructive or creative things like writing books, both fiction and nonfiction. Automation and AI are decimating both the manufacturing and service industries. More and more young people are chasing fewer and fewer "jobs" of lower and lower wage that are often quite tedious and boring with routines that are sometimes dangerous to their health.
Ron
HOW TO STAY YOUNG (Article) - 3/6/2020 9:15:17 AM
This morning my sister sent me a picture of my uncle and aunt on their 74th wedding anniversary. He is 100 and she is 95. He looks to be about 80 and she looks to be about 75. While he served in World War II, he never left the United States and trained recruits. He retired at 20 years a major and has been retired living in a small rural community, engaging in numerous businesses and community service, many hobbies and other relaxing activities.
It is in my family's genes to live a long time. People still think that I am 15 years or more younger than I am, even though I have faced the strain and pain of increasing paralysis. And I am healthy. I changed my diet at 20 and that is why. As long as I could walk and drive a car, I took time off from my hectic work life to travel and explore. I never stopped being connected to friends and family. Even now, while confined to my house by my disability, I stay in touch and even visited this aunt and uncle last summer when a fellow author here on AD came to visit and drove me there in a kind gesture.
I feel very happy that I never looked at my looks as detrimental. Even when I couldn't get rid of pimples even when I reached my professional career.
Ron
HEALING DYSFUNCTION - THANKING THE PAST (Article) - 2/21/2020 11:45:33 AM
Another great article.
Fortunately, I had supportive young parents that allowed me the freedom to grow and to explore without strict rules and a twin brother that stayed close by me and supported whatever we did. I often tell people that I grew up by the time I was 10, taking responsibility for all my actions and somewhat dismayed when I saw others around struggling with their childhood behavior well into adulthood.
So I can thank my childhood for my strong sense of self-worth today. No regrets. I do recall that I was extremely aggressive at play and anything masculine like sports, even taking a leadership role. But I was extremely shy, especially when having to speak in public. I overcame that in college by taking speech courses and have spoken to very large audiences without any nervousness at all.
Ron
Drama, Trauma, and Time Travel (Article) - 2/12/2020 9:34:55 AM
You always have great advice. I had a wonderful childhood. So I don't have any trauma to bother me. However, I seem to be surrounded by people who have had something in their past that occasionally gets them angry for no reason at all. Perhaps a hidden reason. For those that have this problem, your exercises might help them get over reliving something that they've grown out of.
Ron
DECISIONS AFTER FORTY: REINVENTING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (Article) - 2/4/2020 9:52:12 AM
Some great advice for women (and for men) reaching that point where they may have an "empty nest," and are able to finally pay attention to their own needs instead of those of their children.
Ron
Are You Confident or Arrogant? (Article) - 1/29/2020 2:25:01 PM
Very good rundown of the difference between arrogance and confidence. As I read all of those, and I got to the last one, Communication, I find that I often write a bit of my story that matches the story that I read here. I certainly hope that doesn't offend. And as a former professor, once in a while, I write something when I probably shouldn't have written anything. But, I may find the author needs to be reminded of one thing or another that others may be seeing as well but not pointing out. If that is arrogant I'll accept it. I'm not perfect, but I sure like to help people improve their work
Ron
Bitter lesson (Poetry) - 2/16/2016 10:07:18 AM
thank you, mj
Redemption (Poetry) - 5/22/2014 10:01:56 AM
what a nice, uplifting read!
Mosaic Heart (Poetry) - 5/22/2014 10:01:25 AM
lovely work
ANGELS IN DISGUISE (Poetry) - 11/9/2013 9:18:51 PM
So beautiful and so very true. I am a firm believer that we have a responsibility to be a blessing everyday, not just some dayz, but everyday that God breathes the breath of life into us, we have a responsibility to be a blessing. No it's not easy but, if we strive daily, it will become a casual affair and a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful word. Be blessed...Awesome Write!
The Shape of Peace (Poetry) - 11/9/2013 9:15:48 PM
Absolutely beautiful. I strive for peace daily inspite of; recognizing that it is possible if we will get past self, if only for a moment. When we find something that we must have no matter what, we will do whatever it takes to achieve; receive or have that thing; person or moment. Beautiful read, thanks for sharing...
Inspiration (Poetry) - 11/9/2013 9:14:02 PM
Deep, sad in an essence. Thank you for sharing.
The Shape of Peace (Poetry) - 5/5/2012 11:06:42 AM
Very soothing and uplifting. Thank you. :-)
Tom
Inspiration (Poetry) - 10/17/2008 10:50:44 AM
hello Tina, I read your poem "Inspiration". I found it is truly hard to describe beauty mostly because it disappears too quickly. That is what I got out of this poem. Great work. Please feel free to visit my site here in the "den"
On love (Poetry) - 7/15/2008 12:24:47 PM
Probably the fragrance would not be as sweet. Sometimes we have to work hard to get the sweet things in our lives. This reminds me God wants us to wait for good things to come, forget the past, go on with our lives looking to him for guidance and love. Rose thorns hurt and remind us to be careful.
Mosaic Heart (Poetry) - 6/8/2008 10:11:22 AM
Flows smoothly to the end and such an enduring write. Mosaic patterns have so much color to them and strength.
The Shape of Peace (Poetry) - 6/8/2008 10:10:19 AM
Peace come here to us, We need it, many are seeking it and finding it is hard to do with the world conditions like they are.
The Shape of Peace (Poetry) - 2/9/2008 1:02:29 AM
Beautifully written, offering so much hope.
The Shape of Peace (Poetry) - 2/8/2008 8:50:06 PM
You offer so much optimism and perhaps we will all see the shape of peace, nicely written....
Be always safe,
Karen
The Shape of Peace (Poetry) - 2/8/2008 8:24:32 PM
There is such hope and tranquility in this poem. It makes my heart and soul feel like there is, indeed, a possibility for peace. While it may not be here, it WILL be in heaven.
God bless you. Kathy
On love (Poetry) - 7/3/2007 9:43:14 AM
I like this poem. It reminds me of Rilke.
Vasile
Vessels (Poetry) - 7/3/2007 9:37:10 AM
I like both the form and the way this poem says things about life. They are effective in terms of poetry. Thanks for the read, Tina!
Vasile
On love (Poetry) - 12/2/2006 4:57:07 PM
A fine metaphorical haiku, Tina. Thank you for sharing it. Love and peace,
Regis
Bitter lesson (Poetry) - 12/2/2006 4:56:14 PM
I love haiku. This one is symbolically meaningful. Thank you for sharing it, Tina. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Eternal Dance - Christmas 2005 (Poetry) - 11/27/2006 11:09:00 AM
Reads like a waltz, Tina. Well done. Love and peace,
Regis
Inspiration (Poetry) - 11/27/2006 11:08:13 AM
Succinct but powerful, Tina. Thank you for sharing this offering. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Inspiration (Poetry) - 11/12/2006 2:03:39 PM
great imagery...made me think about an old hymn, there's always a rainbow after the storm...enjoyed.
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
ANGELS IN DISGUISE (Poetry) - 10/21/2006 1:37:01 AM
Beautiufl thank you.
Angela
Storytellers (Poetry) - 10/4/2006 12:19:13 PM
A LOT SAID WITH A FEW WORDS.....M
Storytellers (Poetry) - 10/2/2006 4:09:08 PM
I was browsing the den when I came across your page...the title "Storytellers" jumped out at me. I am a teacher, author (unpublished yet, other than poems but in the process) I am also a storyteller...among the other many titles...I held a professional development meeting for local educators this summer about incorporating the art of storytelling in the primary classroom. You seem like a very interesting and diverse person...I am anxious to read more of your work. This was great!
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
On Mitch and Jackie’s engagement (Poetry) - 7/8/2006 8:18:45 PM
Beautiful tribute to your family and friends. Truly a celebration.
Karen
Inspiration (Poetry) - 7/8/2006 8:17:08 PM
Love the imagery. Excellent write.
Karen
Mosaic Heart (Poetry) - 5/7/2006 4:09:33 AM
Deep , thoughtful , captivating.........M
Vessels (Poetry) - 5/7/2006 3:39:18 AM
Great poem Life is like that!!!!!!!!!M
Inspiration (Poetry) - 5/6/2006 7:49:08 PM
Powerful in its brevity. Thanks.
Tami
Redemption (Poetry) - 4/27/2006 4:31:51 PM
Love does conquer all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Inspiration (Poetry) - 4/27/2006 4:29:18 PM
Inciteful and deep .............
Eternal Dance - Christmas 2005 (Poetry) - 12/7/2005 5:21:12 AM
Less is more..
Balance, kindness, moderation yuppers are a part of the key to a joyous life..
Bitter lesson (Poetry) - 2/12/2005 8:34:34 PM
woven with fine imagery ...
Bitter lesson (Poetry) - 2/12/2005 2:52:49 PM
(((Tinka)))
Yes, this is true. May the lessons be learned. Fantastic write
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :)
Bitter lesson (Poetry) - 2/11/2005 5:15:21 PM
tina,
a lesson to learn
that is easiest read
thanks,
d.
Bitter lesson (Poetry) - 2/11/2005 4:23:28 PM
This is really beautiful.
Redemption (Poetry) - 1/25/2005 4:24:08 PM
This is GOOD poem, both in structure and mesage, and I'm proud to have read it. Thanks for that something different. Great writing to ya' - Bill
Redemption (Poetry) - 1/25/2005 4:22:25 PM
A horrific disaster and so much loss this is well written. Nila
ANGELS IN DISGUISE (Poetry) - 12/7/2004 10:34:01 AM
Beautiful write, Tina! Nice job!
Vessels (Poetry) - 12/6/2004 4:56:53 AM
So true are your words. We do have to go through a "learning" period before we are let loose upon the world. Thing is, it seems that the "learning" period has, of late, been very lackadaisical in preparing the young skulls full of mush to the realities of life.
Vessels (Poetry) - 11/10/2004 2:42:22 AM
Nice poem.
SG
Vessels (Poetry) - 6/22/2004 8:36:35 AM
Wonderful poem
I like the shape.........(0:
Storytellers (Poetry) - 4/25/2004 10:11:58 PM
Very nice.
SG
Vessels (Poetry) - 2/26/2004 6:33:31 PM
Lovely write.
Until worthy to catch and hold.
Love that line. Not many men are worthy of the chase. I you find him, grab him.
Karen
Vessels (Poetry) - 2/9/2004 6:24:14 AM
Wonderful write....cheers...love n luck....BHUWAN
Storytellers (Poetry) - 11/29/2003 2:18:15 PM
Very nice
Vessels (Poetry) - 11/28/2003 3:03:57 PM
Nice Poem,I can totally relate to it all. Especially the beaten into shape bit. Its taking me a long time to get into the right shape, but i'm getting there. Good on you. Paul
Vessels (Poetry) - 10/9/2003 12:35:52 PM
Great Poem!!!
Mosaic Heart (Poetry) - 9/5/2003 9:44:09 PM
Interesting poem. You're the only other person I've ever seen use "striated" in
a poem. I only did once, of course. :)
Storytellers (Poetry) - 9/1/2003 8:43:37 AM
LOL, this is cute. You just described my husband.
Storytellers (Poetry) - 8/30/2003 5:20:29 PM
oohh so well said in a few lines, this is wonderful, thank you for sharing
Storytellers (Poetry) - 8/30/2003 4:59:46 PM
I liked this one it is very good.
Lady Peg
