Chocolate for a Woman's Soul
77 Stories That Celebrate the Richness of Life
Sleepless in San Francisco
by Penelope Pietras
By age thirty-four, I was living most of my girlhood dreams. I had a quaint apartment in San Francisco, an interesting job, and great friends. But there was one thing I'd dreamed of that still eluded me -- finding someone to love and marry.
I didn't have boyfriends in high school. And in college, it often fell on my roommates to fix me up with blind dates for important weekends. Even in my twenties, long after the asthma, pimples, and fat were gone -- when I was actually quite pretty and accomplished -- I still didn't see myself as someone another person would want to share a life with. Chalk it up to childhood traumas, big and small. A multitude of things had chipped aw ... read full excerpt from Chocolate for a Woman's Soul Volume II: 77 Stories that Celebrate the Richness of Life ebook
