by Lissa Rankin | Dec 13, 2012 | Relationships
“Mama! Mama! Come quick! You’ve gotta see this.” The sun is barely rising, but Siena nudges me awake and drags me out of bed, holding my hand and guiding me down the stairs. Out the front door we go, where I see the gardener, up early and cutting overgrown grass with...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 30, 2012 | Relationships
You know how the inner dialogue goes. I certainly do. My twenty-something years are full of journal entries scribbling it out. My ping-pong dialogue looked something like this, and I suspect yours sounds pretty dang similar: He loves me. He must love me. I can tell he...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 20, 2012 | Relationships
When you think about what you really desire, chances are that at least a small piece of you worries about what “everybody” will think? In Finding Your Own North Star, Martha Beck challenges you to carefully define your “everybody.” Are you really just talking about...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 9, 2012 | Relationships
When my beloved eight year old Bichon Frise pup Grendel died unexpectedly, my heart was broken. I cried almost all day, every day, for over a week, feeling as if the pain would never end. I woke up in the middle of the night with my pillow wet with tears. I prayed the...
