Sherie, I’ve written articles about how people (especially friends and family) want to keep you where you are because they’re afraid of being abandoned … afraid that you’ll grow and change and leave them in their own “stuck-ness.” Truth is, you DO want to grow and change … but...
Let's be honest – we all feel crabby sometimes. There are moments in our lives where we question our success, relationships and happiness. Gents, I'm here to tell you that's natural and every man experiences it! However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't strive to find the good in ev...
I haven’t, but I have sat across the dining table from Senor and our friend Ms J years ago while they went beserk with a hammer on a mud crab as Mr J and I cowered in fear, doing our best to shield ourselves from crabby debris. I recall that there followed many weeks of picking...
I haven’t, but I have sat across the dining table from Senor and our friend Ms J years ago while they went beserk with a hammer on a mud crab as Mr J and I cowered in fear, doing our best to shield ourselves from crabby debris. I recall that there followed many weeks of picking...
Nick was thrilled—he had seen how discouraged I was. No more Crabby Appleton. We opened a bottle of champagne and started to figure out how we could afford to live for 3 years before I took Social Security. We crunched numbers and made lists of countries. ...
Courageous or Courage: An emotional state that allows one the ability to act on one’s beliefs despite danger or disapproval. Crabby:Feeling easily irritated; grouchy. Cramped:Feeling confined; uncomfortably confined by lack of space. Cranky:The feeling of being easily annoyed; Ill-tempered; irrit...
For example, I wonder if my baby is going to get a proper nap when we travel and, if not, just how crabby she might be. I think through her travel and napping patterns, attempting to figure out exactly what we’re up against, as if her sleep is something I can control. ...
It was getting dark and I was crabby and just wanted to go to my tiny, poorly-insulated apartment and watch an episode of Friends. The Saint was older, smaller and thriftstore-dressed. He had a book and a bag of popcorn, and he was mumbling to himself with his mouth full. As I ...
mama” and I said as calmly as I could “I am not mad atyou. I still love you. But you have not finished eating yet and it’s getting very late. I am tired and feeling crabby (a term she understands). I need some time to calm down. And you need to finish eating. I will b...
Owing to Canada’s vast amount of land, a farm of this size is considered small. 13. Each of the trees on the place had an attitude and a presence—the elm looked serene and oak threatening, the maples friendly, the hawthorn old and crabby. (Para. 7) presence: an influence or ...