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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.

{FAITH OVER FEAR} The Day My Husband Left Me

{It is with such pleasure that I introduce Amy Cutler from Forever Beloved. I fell in love with Amy when I stumbled upon her blog over at Christian Blogger Network. Her down to earth writing style just drew me right in. I love how she blogs…

My Revelation In The Chaos

“You have too many irons in the fire, babe” was the matter-of-fact comment from my husband as I sat on my bedroom floor crying, with random papers, multiple lists, journals, and books circling me like covered wagons. I felt as if everything…

Just Do It Afraid

It was one of the scariest days of my life. The phone rang and the doctor said the result from my husband’s biopsy was throat cancer. I remember the blood rushing from my head, and everything seemed to echo from that moment on. I can recall…

In The Desert...

I am in one of the driest spiritual seasons ever!  Lately, every good intention dies shortly after it’s birth, and I look behind me at a pathetic path of restarts! I keep crying out for the rescue party, but none seem to arrive. Nevertheless,…