PUBLISHED APRIL 4, 2026 by DIANE BURROUGHS When you are too close to something, you cannot see it. We cannot see the planet we are on, for instance. But…
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Valentine’s Day is approaching. If you were left at 50, it still can feel like the “Valentine Minefield” instead of just another day, because it’s…
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Listen to Diane tell you how it happened Towards the end of our twenty-plus-year relationship, I knew it was over because of a sandwich. We…
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It’s Thanksgiving week, and the table will be set, the turkey (or alternative) will take its throne, and the familiar hum of family, food, and…
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Realizing your longtime partner is no longer “all in” the relationship does not happen suddenly. For me, it took about two decades. Because that’s the…
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Halloween is upon us, and we “Hallow Eves” who are now single strutters can use this day for a “Me-Check”. I’m dressed as ‘single,’ and…
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I remember our last Valentine’s Day as a couple. If that’s what you’d call two people who share a home in silence and sleep in…
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When you are licking your wounds over the demise of a long-term relationship, (even if it ended horribly) an unexpected train of thought may pop…
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