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.

Let's Do Coffee...

This week I've started three different blogs, and I get to the end where I want to close and publish, but I just can't! I mean I could have talked about what was going on in my life, or picked a random topic, but I couldn't get all of you out…

Do I Have Enough Faith?

I will never forget what my husband said to me the night he was diagnosed with cancer. I don't have enough faith to do this. I don't think anyone ever feels like they have enough faith when it comes right down to it. However, the Bible tells…

It’s just two letters, but almost impossible to say!

What do you do when there isn’t enough time in the day? When the lists continue to grow, and the priority list is everyone else’s priorities but your own? I'm often told treasure these times, because before you know it the house is quiet,…

No... that's not the plan at all!

What do you do when things just don’t go according to plan? Me, I get frustrated, start making lists, and try to figure out a way to make it go according to my plan! But what if not going according to plan was the plan all along? What if,…