“Honey, don’t worry about finding Mr. or Mrs. Right. When you’re supposed to meet that special person, they will trip you, fall on top of you, and never let you up.” (Gloria Parker)
I read this recently in the Atlanta new age newspaper Aquarius and it made me smile. What a romantic notion that sooner or later, without any effort on my part, the Universe would conspire to put me and my soulmate on a collision course, and the rest would be history. But is it true? And if so, doesn’t it fly in the face of singles events, matchmaking friends and relatives, and the entire on-line dating industry? I say yes I think so, sort of…and no, not necessarily. Perhaps I had better elaborate. Read the rest of this entry »
Earlier this week, I dropped off a box of stuff at Goodwill, a seemingly unremarkable event. But something about it was different. I noted that it included 17 belts, all mine, some dating back to the mid 1980′s. There were funky belts from my 20-something party-girl days, casual belts from my social worker jobs, and conservative belts from my years in the corporate world. It was like visiting my own personal Waist Museum.
And it got me thinking. Firstly, wow, I used to wear a lot of belts. Secondly, wow, I used to wear some ugly belts. And finally, why the hell did I still have all these belts?…I had given away the clothes that the belts went with years ago, why hang on to them? Did I think they’d eventually come back in style and I’d be ahead of the game? (Actually, some of the 80′s belt styles have come back but I have to admit my 80′s waist has not.) No, truth be told, unless someone threw a wacky “Wear a Dozen Belts” theme party, I doubt I would have worn any of them again. Read the rest of this entry »
