The Resolute Woman

Category: friends

  • Need some Vitamin C?

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    Even if you already have had a glass of orange juice today, you may need some Vitamin C. We heard an interview with Dr. Edward Hallowell on National Public Radio recently, and he suggested that one way we can create a little calmness in our busy lives is to get a little more Vitamin C.…

  • Wisdom from Piper Kerman

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    After she graduated from Smith College, Piper Kerman wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. Drifting for a while, she became friends with a group of people who were buying and selling drugs in the United States and other countries, too. Eventually, though, she moved on. It was years later, after she…

  • Domestic violence affects 1 in 4

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    One in four women will be a victim of family violence in her lifetime. My church, which is starting a Violence Intervention and Prevention program, urges you to call the Domestic Violence 24-Hour Hotline at 1-800-700-SAFE if someone you love is hurting you or if you suspect a friend or family member is suffering. Think…

  • Just say something “nice”

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    I recently saw an old friend, someone I hadn’t seen in a long time. “You look great, Fayteen,” she said, “but what did you do with your hair? I really liked it the way you used to wear it.” Was this a compliment? Her voice was sweet, but I detected criticism in the sweetness. Was…

  • A reminder about listening

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    I am sure that my dog Ginger is as wise as Enzo, Denny’s dog in Garth Stein’s book The Art of Racing in the Rain. However, even though I understand perfectly when Ginger is ready for a walk or wants something to eat, she has never been the narrator of a book or shared her…

  • The lighten-up-and-have-more-fun team

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    Fayteen and I had a great lunch last week. We both needed to talk, and we both needed someone to listen. Fayteen was worried about Ranna, her daughter who is battling breast cancer, and was asking herself if there was anything she could have done differently when the cancer was diagnosed. Was there anything that…

  • Why do people love you?

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    When Eleanor Roosevelt died, the United Nations held a memorial service, and representatives from 110 countries stood for a minute of silent tribute. The New York Times pronounced this remarkable woman “one of the great ladies in the history of the country.” However, Roosevelt, the only daughter of an alcoholic father and a beautiful, aloof…

  • Cultivate your friendships

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    “A friend is a gift you give yourself,” Robert Louis Stevenson once said. We talked in our last blog post about the importance of friendship. Sometimes, suddenly, you meet someone and make a connection. You know that you have a new friend. And, then, sometimes, you get to know a colleague at work or a…

  • The importance of friendship

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    In the May 2012 issue of The Atlantic magazine, Stephen Marche tells the story of Yvette Vickers, a former Playboy playmate and B-movie star, who lay dead in her home in Los Angeles “for the better part of a year”  before a neighbor found her mummified body. Yvette Vickers, Marche says, had no children, no…

  • Seize the moment with joy and love

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    One week before Christmas Eve, I attended a celebration of life for a wonderful friend, Sharon, whom I had known since 1978. She was 56 when she died. When I looked at the photograph of Sharon on the program for her service and saw the twinkle in her eyes and her warm smile, I felt…