hmm.. I wouldn't have said femme.  Pink yes hehehe but then that is Lorraine's favorite color.  Ok. enough about that when there are SO many more interesting things to comment on here in your lovely space.........

WELCOME BACK, first and foremost, though I myself have been relatively silent on my blog and not had much time to read others I know I'd enjoy and feel interested in....  I did take some time to read back thru your last several posts, and will share some comments on them HERE rather than in the various posts:

Very sorry about the loss of your brother, Jen.

Very pleased to learn you have someone new in your life, and that her love is of the empowering, open-you-up from the inside out sort of love that is healing ....... and I have vague memories of you sharing your openness to intimate relationships with women in other posts.  Good for you for having the inner strength to follow your heart and explore.

and... wow, to say that I found myself being quoted in comments I left for you a long time ago (it seems a long time, in fact I could not remember writing it clearly) and know how reassuring and validating they were for you, well that reinforced for me why it is always good to follow one's heart by responding when we're touched by the experiences or feelings being expressed by another.  Why it is good to comment on a post that one feels very drawn by.

we so often, I think all of us, greatly underestimate the power we have to move another human being, the power we have to give such a precious gift of validation and recognition, if we will trust our instincts and the worth of our own heart and caring, and just SPEAK UP.

thanks for stopping by my space ... I am glad you're back and will make a point to visit often.  much love and encouragement,

Doris