relationships

Thoughts & reflections about life alongside other people, and the wife-mother-sister-friend of it all.

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  Bring on Monday. Please?

  Posted on April 23, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, relationships

  So, last Friday, started out with my card being declined when I tried to pick up coffee on my way into work. I gratefully accepted the sympathy latte from the kind folks at Bean Street. (Do me a favor? If you’re in the vicinity of Highlander Point in Floyds Knobs, stop by and send some [...]

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  Torn Between Passion and Peace

  Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  I know. That headline. It sounds like I swiped it from the blurb on the back of a romance novel, doesn’t it? Actually, romance novels are a good place to start with this post.  I used to read them years ago. There’s some interesting psychology at play in the writing of a romance novel. Women [...]

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  Facebook. Parenting. Context.

  Posted on February 13, 2012 by Kat French in relationships

  Over the weekend, a YouTube video went streaking through my social feeds like a comet, only to be eclipsed by news of Whitney Houston’s death and the Grammys. In the video, a clearly exasperated North Carolina dad reads a foul-mouthed, disrespectful post his 15 year old daughter put on Facebook, thinking she could block him [...]

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  No offense

  Posted on December 21, 2011 by Kat French in relationships, story & craft

  Have you ever noticed that people always say “No offense” either just before or after saying something that would give the other person cause to take offense? When someone says “no offense,” what they’re really saying is something like this: “I want to say something rude, disrespectful or offensive, but I have neither the tact [...]

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  It would be a Black Friday, indeed, if you got any of these Wal-Mart gifts.

  Posted on November 22, 2011 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  I think I’ve been pretty clear in the past that I think going to Wal-Mart is generally something you’ll regret.  Visiting a Wal-Mart Super Center the week of Thanksgiving is about as much fun as dragging your hand across a cheese grater.  Despite that, I have done the Black Friday thing in recent years because [...]

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  It’s Not Easy Being Green

  Posted on November 15, 2011 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  I apologize in advance for this egregiously self-indulgent post. This is not my favorite time of year. It used to be. I loved Halloween. My birthday’s in November. I loved Thanksgiving. I loved Christmas. In addition to the spiritual aspect of Thanksgiving and Advent, I had really excellent family memories of getting together for awesome [...]

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