The Seven Day Switch

by Kelly Harms

She often told me a quick surrender will take all the wind out of an angry person’s sails and make them notice how rude they are being.

“Anal retentiveness has been linked to early murder,” she shoots back.

In every fundamental love relationship, we ask our partners to be both solid as a rock and thrillingly fun at the same time, and it’s utterly unreasonable when we get annoyed that they can’t do both. That

It’s not the stuff I do that gives my life meaning. It’s the people I do it for.

“My dream is healthy adult offspring who can figure out what makes them happy and then

make it happen. And when they’re not happy, I want them to believe they can weather the storm until it passes, knowing full well that it will.” She sighs.

and just a little bit right, and which one we take is simply