Friday, December 28, 2012
In the meantime we have a few days to go.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kat McCourt
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Dear Martha, Is it just me...is the idea of a New Year daunting? I love the idea of starting fresh but for some reason this New Year feels like a lot. I feel as if I need one more month to reach a level playing field before jumping into resolutions, fitness goals, and budget cuts, etc., etc., etc. Does anyone else feel this way? Thanksgiving, Christmas, after Christmas, and then I'm supposed to have a refreshed, healthy, sound self to start the new year? I don't have that feeling. A bit of New Year's Advice? Just please tell me I'm normal... – New Year, New Me, Maybe in February Dear Maybe in February, Keeping up with the Jones' is a life long struggle. Granted it doesn't exactly apply to what you're saying yet in a way it does. It …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Attempting to make sense of the tragedy in Newtown, CT.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kat McCourt
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Dear Martha, The tears won't stop flowing and it feels like they shouldn't. I can't stop thinking about those little souls and this is coming from someone who doesn't know a soul in Newtown. I cry also for the parents and the families of every single person directly affected by this. But, relatively speaking, my indirect position in it all feels just terrible. Please help me to understand what tomorrow should feel like, please help me to process this grief while also respecting and honoring the immense greif of those who actually lost someone. Someone said to me I need to get over it, "You're being dramatic now." I don't think so. I am feeling this and I can't pretend that I'm not. Please advise. – I'm Here but I Feel Like I'm …
Friday, December 14, 2012
The struggle to love what's actually there, not what you hoped might be, and isn't.
Dear Martha, It's been one of those sweet 'n' sour seasons, (emphasis on the sour). My friends and family are begging me to cheer up and start looking on the bright side of things but my daily life here on Martha's Vineyard is just plain bringing me down. The trouble? I love MV, hence the sweet 'n' sour element of the conundrum. Does this ever happen to you? Does it happen to any other sane people on this island? Am I the only one who is the constant Negative Nancy and then every morning wakes up happy to be here? I must be crazy. Advise, please, soon, help, thank you. – A case of the Bittersweets Dear Bittersweet, Disclaimer: I know you sent this in a few weeks back. I apologize for not getting back sooner, if it's any …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Translation: Martha's Vineyard has my man's heart and I'd like more than a sliver.
Dear Martha, I have a handsome, caring, intelligent island boyfriend who loves to cook for me. He's great with my family and tells me I'm pretty, constantly. We laugh together, travel together, and generally have a ton of fun just being around one another. So what's the catch you might be wondering? All those endearing features I list above happen in the months of January and February, let me explain. My man is a talented and busy carpenter so from March to May he's working constantly getting in all his big jobs before the season begins. Summer rolls around and bass fishing begins, he splits his time between work and those large fish. The lovely month of September rolls around and soon I become a "Derby wife," seeing my man rarely, for …
Gina
1:01 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
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