Motherhood

In honor of Mother’s Day, here are my thoughts from my life as a mother. Being a mother is the most challenging, frustrating, worrisome, heartbreaking, combative, disappointing, grueling, and intimidating role I’ve ever undertaken. While at the same time, this experience has brought me more joy, love, pride, care, companionship, friendship, happy memories, and family …

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Reaching Goals: When I’ve Already Failed in My Mind

If you read my last post you know I’m not in a good place right now. Then to top it off, I came down with a cold. Welcome to my pity party. Lol! But time waits for no one. Back in January, I signed up for a pitch appointment at a writers conference in mid …

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Bouncing Back When Your Bounce Isn’t So Bouncy

Depression + Anxiety + Obesity + Chronic Pain = An Uphill Battle. I had to take a break here because this topic is hard to write about. I started getting an ocular migraine from staring at the screen, waiting for the words to come. I took a tour of the veggies growing in the garden, …

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Comforted By God

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ …

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The Importance of Now

Know the importance of the season you’re in and a wise (per)son you will be. But what a waste when an incompetent (per)son sleeps through his day of opportunity! Proverbs‬ ‭10‬:‭5‬ ‭TPT (parenthesis are mine) Don’t you love when God speaks clearly by multiple avenues? That’s been my experience this week. Between my Bible plan …

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The Pressure to be Better

Are you feeling it yet? The pressure of the new year? I was falling into thoughts of guilt this morning. Guilt if I sat down and played my games on my iPad. Guilt if I didn’t start working on my goals. Guilt for wanting to read instead of doing laundry. I believe these guilty feelings …

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Empathy, Sympathy, and Bearing Burdens

Do you ever feel like you’ve blown it when it comes to relationships? I feel that way a lot. But what I’m coming to understand is how I respond to people as an HSP or Highly Sensitive Person. I feel what people feel and that can be overwhelming. Let me give you an example that …

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