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Single 101: 101 Reasons to Celebrate Being Single
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High school Musical
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For Nathan, Who Was Only Two
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Monkey Business: Rhesus on the Lam!
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My Best Friend Ended Her Life at 37
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Tips for traveling alone
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A man traveling alone
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Am I Wrong With My Feelings???
(02/15/10)
What I Learned from Meeting a Man Who Met Albert Einstein
(01/11/10)
Impressions from My Recent Trip to Cuba
(12/24/09)
ZLsGPXoLMcB
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My Man in Rio, Charmed by a City and a Guy Named H
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A Journey from Fear to Fulfilment
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Discover India Discover yourself
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Facts (not Rumors) About Health Care Reform
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Things May Be Getting Better, But Here at 15 Ways to Cut Back
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This July 4th, I'm Proud
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Leave Me Alone
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Letter from Iran: Witness to History
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Anne Frank Would Have Been 80 on June 12
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The Story of Susan Boyle -- How Will it Turn Out?
(06/01/09)
Becoming Invisible
(05/29/09)
Women Change Their Lives......In 7 Days.
(05/14/09)
Since When is Empathy a Pejorative?
(05/09/09)
Solo travel: my back story.
(05/09/09)
I Am Thankful For ...
(04/29/09)
A fresh new approach to Singles vacations
(04/28/09)
Time for new solo travel ideas?
(04/28/09)
A Shaggy Elephant Story
(04/24/09)
Ode to My ... Tweezer(s)!
(04/09/09)
Fun/Wise Thoughts For Women
(04/08/09)
UCLA STUDY ON FRIENDSHIP AMONG WOMEN
(04/04/09)
He Said/She Said
(03/30/09)
unfixable
(03/21/09)
Why I'm Alone
(03/20/09)
Media Vultures on Death Watch
(03/18/09)
Loving Life at Fifty Something....
(03/03/09)
"Broccoli Obama"
(02/25/09)
A Lifetime of Brushes With Queens (Drama and Otherwise)
(02/20/09)
Do I Think Flying is Safe? Yes, Despite Recent Crashes & Close Calls
(02/13/09)
Retiring to Florida ? Some (Mostly) Truisms
(02/06/09)
Comparing JFK’s and BHO ‘s Inauguration Speeches
(01/21/09)
The Dangers of Microwaving Water
(01/19/09)
My Disappearing Body Parts :)
(01/15/09)
She's a Pretty Girl that Never Smiles
(01/09/09)
What Do We Miss in Life: A True Story
(01/06/09)
Just You
(12/31/08)
On Getting Older
(12/28/08)
Fascinating Solo Women of 2008
(12/25/08)
Doctors' Opinions of the Financial Bailout (Funny!)
(12/22/08)
How I Wound Up In Claus von Bulow’s Apartment
(12/09/08)
Tribute to the Great Singer, Odetta
(12/04/08)
How to lock your car safely
(12/04/08)
Race at 150 mph? Sure.
(11/18/08)
Beautiful, Horrible Words on the Sacrifices of War
(11/09/08)
A Shout-Out for My Neighbor, Hillary Clinton
(11/08/08)
Travel Wise, Travel Safe Tips
(11/06/08)
New Type of Breast Imaging
(11/05/08)
The Headless Neighbor
(10/31/08)
Will Solo Women Seal the 2008 Election?
(10/30/08)
A Cut-Back Game in Depressing Times
(10/28/08)
A love/hate relationship
(10/15/08)
The memories linger on
(10/15/08)
I'm Celebrating Singles Week
(09/26/08)
The Seeing-Eye Man and the Blind Chihuahua
(09/12/08)
The Other Ground Zero
(09/09/08)
Memories of Racism As Obama Accepts the Nomination
(08/28/08)
Feng Shui for Newly Divorced Women
(08/28/08)
Olympic Withdrawal
(08/21/08)
August Things I Can Do Without
(08/06/08)
Try a Moochcation!
(07/31/08)
A Funny Florida Retirement Experience
(07/30/08)
Oh Canada, I Hid Behind You
(07/25/08)
An Awful Chinese Competition
(07/16/08)
Mysteries of Women
(07/11/08)
Sugar, Spice and Science
(07/09/08)
A New Holiday; "Independents Day"
(07/06/08)
A Green Room Memory of George Carlin
(06/24/08)
An Award Winning Letter -- On Maxipads!
(06/18/08)
Evidence of Possible Cell Phone Danger
(06/04/08)
Are You For Me?
(05/28/08)
A Foil Tip
(05/27/08)
My Husband’s Glioblastoma: A Tribute
(05/20/08)
To Timbuktu and back...
(05/18/08)
Ethiopia - not what you would expect
(05/18/08)
Morocco - journey to your senses
(05/18/08)
Misogyny I Won't Miss
(05/16/08)
Solar-Paneled Bras
(05/15/08)
Table for One, But Not by the Toilet
(05/09/08)
Jerusalem Greetings
(05/04/08)
One Mother's Sacrifice
(04/30/08)
Observations of Global Warming in Greenland
(04/22/08)
Sham on you!
(04/08/08)
Geisha guys: Japan's hottest new accessory
(04/07/08)
Not Marriied? Less Housework!
(04/07/08)
Single Working Women, celebrate your very own holiday!
(04/06/08)
Single Mothers in China Forge a Difficult Path
(04/05/08)
Real Solo Female Hero: Ingrid Betancourt
(04/05/08)
Awesome Website
(04/05/08)
April Fool for Love
(04/02/08)
Invisible Mother
(03/25/08)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days -- and a Scary Hour in Romania
(03/24/08)
Eyewitness to Current Troubles in Tibet
(03/20/08)
My Solo Cruise to Antarctica and South America on the Azamara Journey
(03/14/08)
No Left Turns
(03/13/08)
Grandchildren Stories
(03/12/08)
How to Survive a Heart Attack
(03/04/08)
If this doesn't make you laugh you need therapy!
(03/03/08)
A Trip to the Galapagos
(02/28/08)
Then (1887) and now (2008)
(02/27/08)
Male circumcision no help to women?
(02/05/08)
Covered in Flour! Carnaval in Colombia
(02/04/08)
Will You Hold My Parrot? South Beach, Then and Now
(01/21/08)
An Apology & a Casserole: My Connection with Hillary
(01/10/08)
Single Women Must Vote!!
(01/04/08)
Two Weddings & a Funeral--& What I Learned
(01/02/08)
Lea's 2007 travels-- 11 countries, 15 states
(12/31/07)
A Tale of Two New Years---& Six Tips for Solo Women
(12/21/07)
Holidays Alone, Merrily. Am I OK? A Q &A
(12/20/07)
Third Annual NoteworthySolo Ladies of 2007
(12/18/07)
16 Things You Shouldn't Worry About (and 16 You Should)
(12/12/07)
Holidays for One?
(12/07/07)
I Pay A Man for Sex
(12/05/07)
Wisdom of Steven Wright
(12/03/07)
Ideas for Celebrating Holidays Alone
(11/26/07)
A Cautionary Tale About Mortgages
(11/20/07)
20 Million Women, 20 Million Reasons
(11/08/07)
George Carlin's Views on Aging
(11/07/07)
Single Women & Politics Today--Vote!
(11/05/07)
My Holiday Home in Lucca
(10/17/07)
My Walking Tour with GoIreland
(10/09/07)
More American Women Living Without Husband Than With One
(09/20/07)
Heart Risky Activity & Women
(09/13/07)
Thank-you Lea Lane, and enlightened singles everywhere!
(09/03/07)
Could I Stop Gossiping?
(09/03/07)
Hysterectomy Affects Sexual Function
(08/30/07)
Wine Over Water
(08/29/07)
Having An "In" When You Travel
(08/24/07)
Five lessons about how we treat people.
(08/21/07)
Young City Women's Wages are Rising
(08/04/07)
A Company that Respects Employees Going in the Military
(07/31/07)
Hotel Confessions Survey
(07/23/07)
Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
(07/19/07)
Food Labels- What To Believe?
(07/15/07)
A Girl's Breakaway Vacation
(07/14/07)
Robbers?
(07/12/07)
On a Women's-Only Beach and Single Stats
(07/10/07)
Happiness and Seagulls
(07/09/07)
Perceptions of Old Age
(07/08/07)
Caravans of Single Women
(07/02/07)
Israel Diary
(06/29/07)
Single women eat babies! (NOT)
(06/28/07)
Safety Advice to Avoid Serious Harm
(06/27/07)
Do You Remember?
(06/25/07)
A Solo Golfer's Dream Day at Gleneagles, Scotland
(06/12/07)
Solo Too Soon
(06/08/07)
A Little Something Extra for the Gynocologist :)
(05/31/07)
How to Give a Cat (& Dog) a Pill
(05/21/07)
Bulgaria: A Great Destination -- with a Heroic Secret
(05/20/07)
What is a Grandma (According to 8 year olds)
(05/11/07)
Poem About Time
(05/10/07)
Inspiration from a Itzhak Perlman Concert
(05/06/07)
Olive Warning
(04/17/07)
Yiddish Wisdom
(04/08/07)
One Woman's Heart Attack
(04/04/07)
Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes
(03/30/07)
How to Handle the Annoying Airplane
(03/19/07)
Quotes on Marriage
(03/09/07)
Valerie
(03/08/07)
The Peaceful Majority?
(03/03/07)
Warning women: body thieves are out there!
(03/02/07)
Mr. Average Preferred
(02/16/07)
Political Science for Dummies
(02/14/07)
Funniest (Mock) Chain Letter for Women
(02/03/07)
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
(01/29/07)
We Survived
(01/27/07)
Ways to Avoid Being Spammed, Harassed, etc
(01/21/07)
Being A Mom
(01/18/07)
The Guy's Rules...
(01/16/07)
51% of American Women NOT Married
(01/15/07)
My homepage
(01/15/07)
words from the past
(01/08/07)
The Girl with the Apple-1942
(01/06/07)
A Compatible, Lawyer-less Divorce--of Billionaires
(01/05/07)
2007 Resolutions, from Hufpo
(01/01/07)
Sololady.com's list of 10 most noteworthy ladies of 2006
(12/31/06)
American's 2007 Predictions
(12/31/06)
A lesson (ha) in the new chemical sciences
(12/28/06)
The Whale - a true lovely tale
(12/27/06)
Old Burma Shave Road Signs
(12/27/06)
Divorce from Christmas---Dad's Perspective
(12/24/06)
For the Lonely at Holiday Time
(12/24/06)
Getting What You Pay For When Paying A Single Supplement
(12/23/06)
Holidays Alone Can be Just Fine!
(12/22/06)
Yes, We Have Bananas--Here's Why
(12/19/06)
Clever Thoughts from Jewish Wisdom
(12/14/06)
Apples and WIne
(12/12/06)
Cruise Control Warning
(12/03/06)
The Stranger
(11/30/06)
How Long Couples Are Engaged
(11/29/06)
Holiday Squares Nostalgia
(11/20/06)
If Life Were Fair & Other Interesting Quotes
(11/08/06)
Married Couples Now a Minority!
(11/04/06)
Global Violence Toward Women
(11/01/06)
When Insults had Class
(10/21/06)
Susan B.
(10/17/06)
This is What ADD is Like
(10/05/06)
Sir Lancelot's Dilemma
(10/02/06)
Medical Insurance Explained, Sort of
(09/28/06)
A Non P-C Solution(?) for Illegal Immigrants
(09/27/06)
Obscene Drug Costs
(09/23/06)
The World's Change of Attitude
(09/11/06)
The Pretty Hanky
(09/09/06)
A Lousy Housekeeper's Rationale
(08/30/06)
Over-The-Top Personal Luxuries
(08/20/06)
FAA Bans People From Flights!
(08/16/06)
The Price of Children
(08/12/06)
A Key to Identity Theft
(08/09/06)
Appropriate Work Demands for Moms?
(08/03/06)
Ten Healthful Benefits of Lovemaking
(07/31/06)
WARNING...New Credit Card Scam.
(07/25/06)
Solo Trip (with others) to Prague
(07/19/06)
Sound Off: One, Two
(07/17/06)
Julie Andrews and Her Birthday Song
(07/05/06)
Women's Self Worth
(06/29/06)
On Being a Grandma
(06/15/06)
An Early (and Successful) Bag Lady
(06/10/06)
A Fantastic Romance
(06/03/06)
Passing theTorch
(05/26/06)
For Memorial Day -- The Forgotten Warriors
(05/21/06)
Simple things
(05/21/06)
Who are the Real Stars?
(05/20/06)
Rainy Day Driving
(05/06/06)
Shanghai: Shockingly Modern
(04/28/06)
The Challenge of Rearing Tweens
(04/18/06)
Spring Break on a Carnival Cruise
(04/16/06)
Breaking Away on a Trip
(04/16/06)
A Message to Live By
(04/11/06)
First Solo Trip
(03/31/06)
a romantic trip to Italy, solo of course!
(03/23/06)
Las Vegas is my Favorite Place
(03/13/06)
Thanks (ha) for the chain letters
(03/11/06)
Moving On
(02/03/06)
When It's Over: Varied Support
(01/24/06)
Exercise & Vegetables the Easy Way
(01/22/06)
The Back of the Bolivian Bus With My Mom
(01/19/06)
Playing Catch-Up After the Holidays
(01/17/06)
Surviving Childhood - The Old Way
(01/17/06)
Carlin's Rules for 2006
(01/16/06)
A Solo Trip To France
(01/12/06)
Letter to Pets
(01/11/06)
More than just a bed
(01/07/06)
Biting Back on Love Bites
(01/05/06)
Beds
(01/04/06)
For Moms, For Fun!
(01/02/06)
Most Notable Solo Ladies of 2005
(12/28/05)
11 States, 11 Countries: My 2005 Travels
(12/24/05)
Inspiration
(12/21/05)
MORE STUFF I AM READING
(12/15/05)
Busted in Bucharest
(12/09/05)
Surprises and Singular Women in Death Valley
(12/02/05)
This Holiday Poem is No Turkey
(11/24/05)
May - December Relationships
(11/13/05)
Always a Line: An Analysis for Women Only
(11/11/05)
Three Memorable Thanksgivings
(11/04/05)
Thanks Giving
(11/01/05)
THE STUFF I'VE BEEN READING
(10/31/05)
Dining Alone and Chance Encounters in Solo Travel
(10/20/05)
My Encounter With A Manta Ray
(10/18/05)
My Close-Up Report: Exercising in South Beach
(10/10/05)
New York Odyssey for a Finland Solo Girl
(10/10/05)
I Love Meeting People as I Solo
(10/05/05)
Single Moms and the Weight of the World
(09/14/05)
Jerusalem for the SoloLady
(09/14/05)
An Immediate Connection
(09/12/05)
Diary of a Biopsy
(09/12/05)
You Deserve to Get Good Service
(09/12/05)
A Journey from Fear to Fulfilment
Natalie Becquet
09/28/2009
When I was 21 years old, I finally met my mother. A beautiful woman with a great sense of style, my mother is confident, independent and strong. As we got to know each other, I learned that she had lived all over the world with her yacht captain husband and my young half-sister. It seemed like such an exciting life - a life of travel and adventure that I, a newly married woman just starting out on her own journey only dreamed of. That's when the travel bug bit me hard.
Fast forward 13 years and here I am; a single mother running her own business while trying to further my education. Although I have traveled extensively in my own beautiful country of Australia, I've yet to leave her shores. Earlier this year, I was supposed to go to Europe for a month to attend my brothers wedding...that long awaited for adventure was so close I could taste it. At the last minute, I canceled my ticket. Work commitments coupled with a reluctance to leave my autistic daughter for a month contributed to my decision, but underlying both of these things was fear. Fear of flying, fear of traveling alone and very likely a fear of happiness and success.
As soon as I canceled the ticket, I of course regretted my decision. At that moment, I made a promise to myself that I would never again let fear come in the way of my dreams and that I would take that trip in 2010 instead. A friend recently offered to come along, but while I appreciate the offer, I know this is something I need to do solo.
Living the single life after being a part of a pair for so long can be quite daunting, but every day I take steps to make it less so. In July I attended a rock concert alone, something I never thought I'd do. After the initial awkwardness, I had a blast and even made some new friends. Just to show how far I've come, I recently purchased a ticket to see Rob Thomas on February 14th next year. That's right – I'm attending a concert by myself on Valentines Day at a vineyard, surrounded by lovers on that most romantic of days. And I'm going to love it.
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