by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Relationships & Dating
How do you handle conflict? Do you try to avoid it? Do you tell a few friends about it before addressing it with the person it’s with? Which parent did you inherit your conflict-resolution skills from? In the early 90’s, I co-facilitated support groups for...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
How are your math skills? This week, the World Health Organization announced that one in three women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a current or former partner. Almost 40 percent of women murdered around the world were killed by their intimate...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Do you attend your family’s reunions? Have you ever thought about organizing one? I just returned from my family reunion in Kentucky. Though it happens annually for the Meredith’s, I commit to attending once every other year, given the price of airfare, the length of...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
“No one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”- Maria Robinson This week I left Alaska and ventured to Indiana, where three of my siblings have lived their adult lives. We kids weren’t raised...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
I know I just extolled the virtues of Alaska living in last week’s re-post. In truth, I have a love/ hate relationship with Alaska, the place where I’ve lived more than four decades now. On one hand, it’s brutally cold and dark for well over half the...