Bøker av John Oakley McElhenney

In divorce we learn more about ourselves and our path to recovery than we'd ever thought possible. In pulling the experience out, word by word, a poet can occasionally give glimpses into the feelings and raw terror they are experiencing. Impossible Love Poems brings the journey from loss and depression all the way back to hopefulness and expressions of fully-ignited love.

John McElhenney's "love, coffee, tennis, desire" is a continuation of love poems started with Impossible Love Poems. Short bursts of poetic imaginings, longings, songs, and prayers for the woman who has not shown up yet, or one who left long ago.

I can't stay in my darkness alone.It's a bit risky, all this talk about depression. By writing about my struggles I might, for example, give anyone googling my name access to my personal medical history. I might be limiting the future of my career. I might be scaring away potential employers, lovers, and friends. Depression hits millions of us. Here are some practical ideas and strategies for surviving and thriving even after a diagnosis of depression or bi-polar illness.

This dad explains it all to you. Likes, dislikes, hopes, fears. He's going to share with you his strategy for finding a ';next' mate. What he wants you to know about his ex-wife and his kids. While his kids may always come first, the divorced dad needs to make room and intimacy available to a new woman if he wants to find a mate. This divorced dad knows how to express himself, and through his six years post-divorce, he's been through a lot of dates. He's passed on two long-term relationships, and is engaged to be married a third time. What did this woman have that the other's lacked?