by johannasr2 | Dec 15, 2023 | Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
You have to take care of yourself to take care of your relationship. If you are not consciously aware of your boundaries you can ruin your relationship with your ignorance. Either because of your own pain or because your sub-conscious takes over. Odds are that if you...
by johannasr2 | Nov 19, 2023 | Family, Love, Parenting, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Rhea manages me, there is no if and or maybe about it. Last year I brought up vaccines (a subject we disagree about). She said “Mom are we really going to have this conversation again?” And then blithely, she went on into another...
by johannasr2 | Apr 8, 2023 | Addiction, Family, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
And he doesn’t even like that; the first thing I ever gave him was his name, and he doesn’t like it. He goes by Russ. Russ & his Mother: JB Collection July 2011 Right now, he is very angry with me. He says that I am always trying to get him into political...
by johannasr2 | Jan 22, 2023 | Family, Feelings, Love, Parenting, Relationships
Serendipity is your friend. People are beautiful, but only if you believe it. A big smile helps. Changes don’t trickle in; they move with a big whoosh. Move away from the coast and for heaven’s sake, get out of Florida. You can’t have it all, where you put your life...
by johannasr2 | Jun 7, 2022 | Psychology, Relationships
I was thinking about this today because I had the opportunity to buy something on e-Bay and I wouldn’t. The reason is silly, I think. Back in 2010 (12 years ago?) I had an issue with a sale and I ended up losing several hundred dollars. At the time, I could not...
by johannasr2 | Sep 19, 2021 | Family, Love, Parenting, Relationships
It is the way of humans to see that each generation is an improvement upon the last. I remember that gorgeous day when she was born like it was yesterday. I woke up in labor; I had been waiting for this overdue baby for awhile. She wasn’t really overdue, her due date...