The 2020 Pandemic Exposed My Weaknesses, Defenses, Strengths, and Potential

Not unlike most of the world, 2020 threw me into a tailspin and exposed a shadow side I was unaware of. My last post was a tribute to turning 50, where the future was my to possess. Little did I know four weeks later, everyone's world would be turned upside down. And I would see just how emotionally unhealthy I really was.
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A Letter to My 8-Year-Old Self

You'll spend a lot of your life feeling like you don't fit in. Most of the time, you'll believe it's because you're not enough, and then you'll swing to you're just too much. Somewhere along the way, you'll lose yourself, but you'll discover her again. You will actually fall in love with her, and fitting in won't seem to be that big of a deal. But it will suck that the revelation comes so much later in life.

Making Simple Christmas Memories

It's that time of the year when every bite of food, television show, or song on the radio invokes memories from the past. After all, that's what's promoted this time of the year - MEMORIES...  Simple Memories of Christmas Past:  As a child…

Shame! Forgiven but Silenced...

Today you have to hear my voice to hear my heart... Much love sisters...   I came across a blog today called People of The Second Chance. It is all about breaking down the labels others put on us! This is probably the closest thing…

Do I Share or Not?

Have you ever had that "Ah-ha!" moment followed by a desire to share it, then only to end up talking yourself right out of it? I can recall many battles of do I share or not. My thoughts to share would collide with banters of what ifs and…

It's Never Going to Change...

It's never going to change... I can't do this... I've been down this road before, I know how it ends... It's too hard to keep doing this... These were a few of the repeating phrases from several of my friends this past week. A blanket statement…

In Season and Out of Season

The drive up north last weekend was so pleasing to the eye! All my favorite colors were presenting themselves along the mountain side. Yet there was this one tree that captivated my attention! I'd be driving along the winding road, when from…

The Pull...

WOW! The pull is powerful! I never realized just how huge the magnetic pull of life is until I was alone with NOTHING but God! After a weekend at the cabin, my quiet time this morning was sprinkled with the following station identification…

Making Time To Be Alone...

Throughout the Gospels it says that Jesus went off to be alone... To be alone is not natural to me. I enjoy being with family, friends, and just doing stuff! Quite frankly, I've never even lived on my own! I moved away from home at 18 and moved…

The Older Shall Teach The Younger To... (Fold A Fitted Sheet!)

Have you ever tried to fold a fitted sheet? Seriously, they should come with instructions! They never look like they did in the package! For most, they end up in a ball tossed in the linen closet. Yet my mother, on the other hand, can fold one…

Whose Image Am I

Let us make man in our image to be like us. (Gen. 1:26) was swirling around in my head the other morning. I had to stop and ask - what exactly is your image, Lord? If I look around just at the people in the Christian community there are several…

Beauty in Her Disability

I was Cleaning out the old Blog over on Blogspot, and I had to repost this... I am not the only mother who has a child with disabilities, but there have been days when I feel like no one would understand. There have been nights when I worry…