Anytime a resentment is present, you have a story about it. You have a story about what happened and how you were wronged… What you would’ve liked instead to have happened… What SHOULD have happened and what shouldn’t have happened. You keep the story going …
As the summer was coming to an end, Karen was struggling with change and loss in so many areas of her life. She had decided to not accept any long-term substitute teaching positions because of COVID this fall even though she’d had a fall job …
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When her alarm rang at 6:30, Cassey groaned and didn’t want to get up. What in the world was going on? After all, she wasn’t 16 anymore and wasn’t arguing with her mom about how much time she had before she had to get up …
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Hi, it’s Otto writing today and… One of the things that I hate most in the world is “getting dirty.” No, I’m not talking about THAT kind of dirty. I like that too but I’m talking about getting physically dirty… Dirty as in working in …
Hi, it’s Susie, writing today and I’ll raise my hand. I feel insecure at times and I’ll bet you do too! But what if insecurity wasn’t as big of a problem as we think? I remember when Otto and I were first together and I …
One of the biggest questions for the two of us right now during this Covid epidemic, and maybe for you as well, is… How much “normal” activity do we engage in and what do we avoid for fear of getting the virus? Are the reservations …
Chuck and Janice argued all the time and often over small things like turning off the lights or when to run the dishwasher. They were both miserable but they didn’t know how to stop fighting and start loving again. The truth is that it didn’t …
Here are 3 ways to be more positive when negativity gets the better of you in your life and relationships by Susie and Otto Collins…
I’m sad to say, I can’t even relate to the pain, fear and worry that most people of color have had to deal with in my lifetime. I grew up in a white, middle class family and neighborhood where we had steaks on the grill …
No one should ever have to die like George Floyd did last week. After looking at the video countless times of Floyd there on the asphalt pavement with that Minneapolis Police officer’s knee on his neck… There’re no two ways about it. He was murdered. …
