My heart beats a little quicker this week. There’s crisis in the air. There are problems to solve. And my instinct is to take care of the people I love.
We all react to a crisis in different ways. Mine is to want to take charge and create safety and stability for a family. So much of that sounds ridiculous in rational terms, but it’s who I am at the core.
I don’t have a family. I don‘t have anybody to take care of — except for my dog Lucy and my cats Merlin, Thomas and Molly. On top of that, I‘m in a period of transition. There’s nobody who loves me. There’s nobody who’s counting on me. Nobody needs me.
But I ache for someone to count on me. I long for a wife and children who look to me to help guide us through what could be difficult economic days ahead.
And I find myself saying once more, “Let me take care of you.”
Have you finished your tax return? That’s a ‘do-it-yourself mugging’
In the face of hazardous times, some still driven to be helpers
Try a new game: Make others smile — and let yourself smile with them
Briefly: Women overestimate men’s attraction to skinny bodies
Briefly: I’m fond of finding new ways to express what my heart needs to say
Briefly: Half-naked woman reminds me I want something different from most men
Could we solve tough problems if we didn’t know they’re difficult?
My father taught me not to trust; that’s been very tough to change
$6.6 billion stolen from the feds? Yeah, well, they stole it from us first