I found some really moving posts in the BlogHer Sex & Relationships Blogs this month. I so value when a blogger really opens up and shares something powerful. And I'm going to jump right in with kdsalyer's post, The Suitcase.

A man she was in love with, planning to live with, abruptly cut off communication with her when she discovered he was living with someone else the entire time he was with her. Reading her post, my heart ached.

After I found out, he abruptly cut off all communication with me, became someone I instantly did not know, and never, ever showed a flicker of remorse or sorrow. I fell apart in ways I am embarrassed to think of now. I completely lost my footing and my confidence.

A great deal of my sorrow was just over the fact that one person could do such a thing to another. Especially to someone who had shown them only kindness and love. And WHY? Why had he drawn me into his life, made these plans, while LIVING with someone? How could I be so stupid? What signs had I missed? Why would someone treat me this way?

And then there was the suitcase that came back with her from her last trip to see him. You simply must read about the suitcase.

Thankfully, not all the posts that give your heartstrings a tug are sad. mrsalbrecht wrote a beautiful piece about meeting her husband: 10th Wedding Anniversary.

What Becca failed to mention when she introduced me to Tom was that I had moved
from Indiana, where I had lived for a few years with my family, back to
Pennsylvania. She forgot to say we had known each other as girls, and
recently had reconnected. But, God had plans to again cause my path to
cross with Tom’s.

Don't worry, he figures it out!

Sometimes, we look to our friend's relationships for inspiration and faith. So it can throw us when the reality of their world isn't quite how we see it. Kel wonders, should you Love the one you're with?

I watched a friend love a man with all her heart. I watched a friend marry the man she loved. I watched a friend raise her children with this man and from where I stood - their love seemed impenetrable. I watched from a distance as my friends relationship weathered thru time and dreamed that one day I would be able to stand there and say I found a partner to stand by me for all those years and that we were each others rock in a storm. And then I listened as my friend told me she found someone new.

I really identify with her post when she talks about letting go of the predictable and sending her future into the unknown.

Finally, so as not to leave you too heavy, here's some delightful, lighter fair from the BlogHer Sex & Relationships Blogs this month:

single_M0M blogs about Friendship Sex

Romancing_the_stone blogs about IVF and the Newlywed: The Things You Give Away

Martinis or Diaper Genies posts a titular post, Martinis or Diaper Genies

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Contributing editor Liz Rizzo also blogs at Everyday Goddess.