http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/12/04/theres-no-magic-pill-for-being-lost/
Penelope Trunk Is An Amazing Writer... Check Out "There's No Magic Pill For Being Lost." It had me staring at the ceiling for an hour thinking about just how hard keeping a marriage together can be... I am a huge fan and frequently lurk on her blog and remember the day she tweeted she was getting married. We fans were celebrating and rooting for her because she has been through an awful lot and has a quirky sense of humor and pathos about it. She's a pretty cool tweet peep and amazingly transparent writer who deserves to be happy. Now things are unraveling and she may not be getting married and I found myself wishing her circumstances would change for the best.
Sometimes, when our virtual friends hurt, we silently hurt with them. If you want to read an amazingly honest post go click the above link... Her blog is incredible... I always look forward to checking in. She's feeling a bit lost right now so a prayer and a kind word would be very much appreciated. :-)
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That poor girl! I haven't read her post, but I feel for her already. Sometimes a breakup is God's way of protecting us from something REALLY horrible!! :) I will say a prayer for her C !!
Thank you, Sonja. Very much appreciated. :-)
I took a moment to read Penelope's blog. She is an amazing writer and I want to thank you for telling us about her. I only read the one post and can't wait to read more.
Thank you, Gary. She is a wonderful blogger and you will enjoy her work. Her career advice runs in approximately 200 newspapers. :-)
Wordy C- You are so right. Something about her writing I can't explain but I liked it. Only thing I didn't like was her situation. Feel so sorry for her. I am going to start reading more of her blogs. Thanks for sharing this C. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Great post.
Thank you, Lanre. I have always admired her prose and the courage it takes to consistently write from the heart, no matter what...
Wow. I truly admire people who are able to open themselves up so publicly. That's not me. Does that make me a private person...or a scared-y cat? Not sure... -- Tanya in Montreal
Tanya, it simply makes you YOU. Everyone has a different comfort level regarding personal exposure. None of us tell everything, even when we do share quite a lot. We all tend to share what we feel like sharing at the time we decide to share it... :-)
C...he is very engaging and I was following her on Twitter already. But, had not read her blog. I know she doesn't "feel" it now but in her head she knows she is better off without the farmer.
Some people can not break away.
Our marriage vows say a man will leave his parents and cling to his wife. They start a new family.
Why don't they like her?
Missy, there are some parents who feel no one is good enough for their son or daughter... They sometimes forget that they themselves are not perfect while demanding concessions and perfection from others.
She's a very good writer and I have read her posts and found them incredibly powerful.
But I have to say that the writing is on the wall for her in neon. The attorney is right.
That man chose his parents over her. PERIOD. This is not rocket science.
The best relationship advice anyone male or female but esp. female can follow is:
Raise and maintain your self esteem unilaterally.
Have a wicked sense of humor.
There. Just saved yall thousands. Donate it to a battered women's shelter.
Oh and one more platitude:
Rejection is protection.
I agree with Sonja #1. Penelope is dodging a bullet. She is smart enough to know it too. That's why she is taking the kids and moving.
LOL @ Candice. Oh, the Mikey stories I could tell you... People at work even took bets that we were never going to marry because of some of our more humiliating moments that played out in the public arena of family and friends going to war and picking sides... When you eventually do make up with the person you love, everyone gets really uncomfortable because now things were said that no one can take back. Ever... I am rooting for P to get what she wants. What ever it is, I'll be happy if she's happy. ;-)
C Tann-she certainly has a great writing style. Sad, in depth, raw emotion. Excellent read. Some parents control by the bloodline and the bloodline on this one, happens to ba a landline. Too bad for her now, good for her down the road when the tears subside. If she went with him, she would never feel her kids were good enough for them, nor would she feel she was good enough. That....is not worth it. Thanks for sharing...:(