relationships | Dina L. Relles

This Is Community

Dina L. Relles

02/24/2014

I am fortunate to have friends I would do anything for. Anything? Yep. Anything. So when two of them announced they were having a baby naming for their newborn daughter at 7:45 a.m. on a Monday morning–a morning (much like every other morning) when I have all three kids on my own and at 7:45, …

Valentine’s Day, Reimagined

Dina L. Relles

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02/12/2014

I admit it. I’m a Valentine’s Day Scrooge. I’ve long considered it a manufactured “Hallmark holiday.” As early as middle school, it was an opportunity to blatantly broadcast your puppy love when you’d open your locker only to find a gaudy trinket or (if you’re lucky) a mix tape replete with Billy Joel and …

Plane Friends

Dina L. Relles

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02/03/2014

I’ve traveled a bit recently. I often make “plane friends” en route. You know—in-flight companions you bare your soul to and then never see again? But maybe you don’t know. I’ve mentioned this phenomenon to more than a few people lately only to be met with blank stares. Here’s how it tends to go down. …