by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jul 9, 2014 | Betrayal, Love, Relationships, Sexuality
The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created. —Meagan O’Rourke, “The Long Goodbye” The concept of casual sex has always eluded me. Although I came of age in the 1960’s...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 12, 2014 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Shock
The rejection of betrayal inflicts a unique, unprecedented pain you only comprehend once you experience it. If you are reeling from an intimate betrayal, you know. The depth of the pain stuns you, it changes you. Having your trust destroyed not only hurts, it shreds...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 1, 2014 | Awareness, Betrayal, Love, Spirituality, Surrender
Happiness has become an obsession, a fad. Last year, more than 1,000 new books were released on Amazon.com alone on the subject. I know I caught the fever and was deep in the middle of my own “Happiness Project,” complete with hours of daily...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 8, 2013 | Betrayal, Loneliness, Love and Betrayal, Spirituality
“Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly; let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you, as few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need of God absolutely...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Mar 8, 2013 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Love, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Shock, Spirituality, Trauma
I was surprised to learn that “What is love?” was the most searched phrase on Google in 2012. It is one of those questions we can never really answer, but can use to guide our lives, in the sense Rilke suggested of “living the question.” Asking the...
