Author Archives: dianabletter

  This is a segue from yesterday’s topic about changing ourselves. Sometimes the people we love might choose to stay stuck. We might be changing, growing, improving ourselves — while they prefer to live in self-pity and misery. My friend Ramon … Continue reading →

One of my friends wrote back about what I shared about checking our motives. Are they to change us or to change someone else? You are supposed to change yourself. not others. all you can do is remain calm. if … Continue reading →

I was speaking to a friend, Nora, who told me that her husband, Joe, can be ruthlessly hostile and critical at times. She has tried every which way to tell him that his words are very hurtful but she can’t … Continue reading →

I spoke too soon. For soon after I posted yesterday’s blog, my mother tripped on an ice cube and fell, shattering her hip. She’s now in the hospital, trying to decide whether or not to have surgery. There’s the risk … Continue reading →

  I was reading Julie and Julia last night, not that I’m planning to make any of those recipes. What struck me is the commitment each day to make one meal. I decided that this blob – as my mother … Continue reading →