Jeff and I have been married for almost ten years, and I guess you could say we’re “happily married”. I really don’t have any point of comparison because Jeff is my first husband. But I don’t even remotely want a divorce and, as far as I know, neither does he… so, for the time being, I’d say ours counts as a happy marriage.

But there was a time, in our first few years, when I nearly divorced him… because of a coloring book incident. Yup, a coloring book.

Hunter and I went to San Diego to visit Ali for a week. Jeff stayed in Georgia because he had to work. One night I called his cell phone, expecting to find him home and ready for bed, when I heard a woman’s voice in the background. “Who’s that?” I asked, as casually as I could manage.

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Recently I received this letter from a reader:

I moved away from home when I was in my late teens. I don’t visit much now–at most maybe once a year, sometimes every other year–but I know I will fall apart when my parents die.

My mom and I fight and don’t get along (I don’t know what to do about it… I’ve tried everything), but my dad and I are very close. It makes visiting home nearly impossible as my mom is always upset at me, and my dad gets upset with my mom for her crazy ways.

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I’m usually an extremely confident person, but not when it comes to blogging. I keep hearing a voice in my head that says, “Who are you kidding? You aren’t a writer, a blogger, or a shrink! How are you even remotely qualified to write for a blog that aims to help people?”

The truth is, I’m not.

I don’t really know what I’m doing, or the proper way to do this. I struggle constantly with all the “blogger” stuff, like tech problems, making time to comment on other blogs, writing guest posts for bigger blogs, and networking at all hours. In truth, I’m not so good at spending any length of time online. What I do know how to do is care about others, and write my thoughts and feelings on a variety of subjects. Maybe those two things will be enough?

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