Today I scrubbed down the kitchen and cleaned out the fridge. It felt sort of therapeutic to scrub things down and consider starting next week anew. Today, I still cringe whenever I think of saying the word out loud. I've done it when talking to friends, but I despise it. Maybe … [Read more...]
Fragile
I've wondered if writing this post would make things better or worse. I've written a bit lately about raw, honest blogs I admire such as Rosmarinus Officinalis and The Mother Load. Wife to the Rock Star from Storing Up Treasures visited my blog recently and I discovered her … [Read more...]
Grief
I've read that there are five to seven stages of grief. In my life, it's felt like three: The Cover Up, The Overindulgence, and The I've Got it Together Now. Sometimes I wonder if I wasn't correctly equipped for grief because the way I've dealt with the loss of my father has … [Read more...]
What I Want My Children to Know About Love
You are a child of God, literally made in His image, with a divine nature. He is your Heavenly Father and knows and loves you personally. Love does not make you feel ashamed or frightened or small. The "perfect" mate isn't really perfect - read this … [Read more...]
To My Future Self
When I was a little girl trying my hand at writing in a diary, I wrote a few of those "to my future self" letters. They were intended to be opened by a "successful"adult me, breezily answering everything in affirmative, happily meeting all of my girlish expectations. As a … [Read more...]
