Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces.'

I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.

(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.

For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.

And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one.

But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.

Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.