Developing Your
“ Lovestyle ”
RELATIONSHIPS
BY FLORENCE ANN ROMANO
I have always been a girl ’ s girl , a woman ’ s woman . The sticky and permanent glue of any “ gal gang .” My mom tells me that , from the time I was born , I only wanted to be with her and my grandmother ( Nana ). We were the three musketeers — shopping , lunching , loving . In fact , my book Build Your Village is dedicated to them . It reads : “ To Nana and Mom … my soft landing , my role models , the loves of my life . We share the same shadow . Within that shadow , you showed me the village .”
We have all heard the famous proverb : “ it takes a village .” From the folks you follow on Tik Tok to your next-door neighbor , it seems everyone subscribes to this ideology . However , in most cases , parents
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