PrttySweet Distractions

The bittersweet truth that sometimes relationships give us almost everything we want — but the missing piece still hurts. Is it enough? Can it ever be? When you give it all to a person that can't seem to reciprocate in kind, is comfort, companionship, and desire enough or does it just mimic the love that is needed?

Ah, we've all been lost in the tunnel of love. But love isn't the only time the world slips away and we fail to notice the passage of time or the consequences of our hyperfixation. What pulls focus so intensely that we lose sight of anything and everything else. It's hard to come back to the now, when we are lost in tunnel vision. 

It's Storytime! This Valentine's Eve is on Friday the 13th. Let's hear about failed romantic endeavors, horrible dates, and the stupid things we've all gone through in the name of love. What's your romantic horror story?

We had naughty, now it's time for sweet romance. Champagne and roses, chocolate and strawberries, cuddles and kisses can charge an evening where two people slip into each other’s orbit. Soft teasing, slow smiles, and a chemistry that hums just beneath the surface, it’s romantic. A little daring full of that delicious tension that makes every touch feel like a promise.  

Love is in the air, so let's make it good. Tonight we bathe in the pleasures of the flesh. The sights, sounds, smells, and all the sensations being naughty offers. No guilt with all the pleasures.

I’m losing my mind, or at least it feels that way. Are you with me on the platform for the crazy train waiting to be taken to the looney bin. When did the world and the people in it stop making sense? Maybe I am teetering on the brink of insanity, I can be the only one.

Emotions aren't drama; They're feelings. If you've been made to feel like you're too melodramatic, too triggered, too emotional... just too much, tell them GO FIND LESS. Elyse Meyers, who is fabulous btw, often says, 'If you think I'm too much, go find less'. If you feel that in that in your bones, tell us all about it. you are NOT alone.  

Acrophobia (heights), claustrophobia (enclosed spaces), hydrophobia (water) there is a long list of intense and persistent fears or phobias. Are you arrays of spiders, germs, falling? Peruse the interwebs and find out if your greatest fears have a name, and tell us all about it.

We are all capable of a beast under the right circumstances. We can spew vitriol in a heartbeat, with the right trigger. What triggers that inner beast to immerge? Can it be tamed? Can we ever heal the damage it does? If you wake the Beast, do you deserve what you get for poking the bear?

Part 2 of the series, What's IN Your Mind. We shared time with our shadows, now it's time to embrace the light. We all have those little things that make us smile, even when we think we aren't able. Let's embrace those nuances that make us believe dreams come true. Often times, it's easier to sit with our demons, it's comfortable. Let's get out of the shadows and recognize the thoughts that motivate us, elevate us, and make us want to smile just because.

This week is a two-part series called, What's IN Your Mind. First comes the darkness. When we feel like our own thoughts are our enemies: negative self-talk, fears, the voices in the shadows, at times they haunt us all. Whether it's mistakes we've made, all the useless what-ifs, or paralyzing comparisons in unfortunate shoulds', tell us all about those dark and shadowy places that keep you up at night.

Whether it’s a favorite pet, an animal you relate to, respect for wildlife in general, or the animal within, it is all about how they enhance or change our lives. 
Celebrating the life love and spirit of our pets. The bonds of friendship in the comfort the gave us. The laughter they ignited. The secrets they kept, and the tears they licked away.