Loved ones are no longer with us, the days are shorter, darker, and colder. The season says celebrate, but it’s hard sometimes, difficult to even think about decorating and celebrating. I didn’t get out our tree, I bought a tiny one to sit on a table in the family room … Continue reading →
Oh, how I want you to find joy and love — joy and love deeper, wider, more filling than you can imagine. The joy and love you are looking for, longing for, desiring with all your being, is waiting for you. The love you are missing deep in your heart … Continue reading →
Anyone else have a hard time living in the present? Is it just me? Good grief, the past keeps trying to creep into today and future concerns try to keep me wrapped up in the worries of tomorrow. The past and future squeezes me out of today which keeps me … Continue reading →
Like a tiny screeching fire alarm, Tinnitus rings in my skull. The noise is getting worse, louder, more distracting, so loud that sleep has become difficult. A fan whirs in our bedroom, next to me a sound machine mimics falling rain, but neither can drown out, and nothing stops the … Continue reading →
Anxious and worried? Quotes and verses for you –> “Both in the secular environment and in church work, we are anxious about things that are better left in God’s hands. Worry always nips at the heels of faith and tries to drag it down.” ~ Jim Cymbala “Do not be … Continue reading →
I’m currently healing from retina surgery. A membrane had formed on the back of my eye, puckering, causing the vision to be distorted, and the optical nerve to be inflamed. Surgery was the only option for healing. The surgery went extremely well. Although I continue to have some distortion, with … Continue reading →
Have you ever been in a body of water completely panicked, with arms flailing, thinking you’re drowning, when in reality all you had to do was lower your feet and stand up? I’ve been there, done that. Rather embarrassing, but very comforting when those toes touch sand or terra-firma. Which … Continue reading →
