The Taming of a Wild Woman, Part 1

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Foreword

I distinctly remember the moment in my twenties when I realized I was ready to settle down.

I was sitting in my old therapist’s office across the street from my high-rise, Michigan Ave. apartment. I was 29 and newly single—disillusioned from quitting both my 3.5-year relationship, and my dream job in the span of just a few months. And now I was living with…