We Can’t Be Friends
I became more careful about ‘platonic’ relationships after a male friend told me in a stern, exasperated tone that he had been ‘waiting on’ me for more than a year. As he aired his grievances, I played dumb, insisting I…
Try a Little Tenderness
“Sheryl, I’m not your enemy.” She likely mentioned my bad attitude several times before that, but her choice of words then, in the check-out line at the grocery store, made me stop and take serious inventory of the way I…
Teach Me How to Love
I am not one of those women who started planning her wedding at age five. Despite my hopeless romantic status, I have not prematurely chosen wedding colors, a venue, or even a dress style. Yet I have always had an…
