Psssst … hey You. The beautiful woman with whom I’ve shared my heart over these past months. I need your help. There, I said it. Hard to admit for this recovering perfectionist whose life was long fashioned by the guilt-inducing mantra, If I ask for help, I will be seen as weak. And if I’m […]
Month: July 2013
When the Mirror Lies
One thing I’ve discovered about you, we both want some of the same things: freedom, joy, and a good life. I believe that happens when we fully realize that our lives and voices matter. So for the rest of 2013, we’re celebrating the power of voice, your voice. Every week, we will feature a guest […]
When Rain Washes Away the Dirt {the real dirt}
Thunder groans through a grey streaked sky. Ominous dark, shoulders in. Rain. Drenching summer rain. It’s like that sometimes. Life: cloudy skies and threatening storms, a seemingly endless pouring rain. And just when one storm passes another rolls in behind. We watch. We wait. We crash like lightning. Sometimes no matter what we do, no […]
Finding Your Voice
Psssst … hey You. The beautiful woman with whom I’ve shared my heart over these past months. I need your help. There, I said it. Hard to admit for this recovering perfectionist whose life was long fashioned by the guilt-inducing mantra, If I ask for help, I will be seen as weak. And if I’m […]
When You’re Willing to Look Past the Ugly
I’m a book-freak—not a big television fan. But I love DIY shows {those brave do-it-yourselfers simply captivate me} and HGTV has a series called The Property Brothers that is one of my favorites. Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott come together to help folks find extreme fixer-uppers they can afford, and then transform them into the client’s […]
A Voice for the Voiceless
One thing I’ve discovered about you, we both want some of the same things: freedom, joy, and a good life. I believe that happens when we fully realize that our lives and voices matter. So for the rest of 2013, we’re celebrating the power of voice, your voice. Each week, we will feature a guest […]
I’m Not That Girl Anymore
` You don’t know me. I’m not that girl anymore. The one who used to listen when you came for me in the darkness, when you haunted me in my sleep. Kept me awake at night with your lies, your untruth, your malicious scheming ways. I believed you. Believed I wasn’t enough. Dirty, unwanted, rejected, […]
When Soul-Scars Convince You You’ll Never Be Enough
Lord, I feel so cut off from everyone. Especially from you. Don’t you see what I’m going through? How can you not intervene? Can’t you help me find a way out of this pain? If you are everywhere, and can do anything, where are you in this? One morning, driving into work, my anger and […]
How You Forgive a Flawed Parent
I am experiencing some powerful emotions right now. Over the past two days I’ve seen pictures on Facebook of my father and of a sister whom I have never met {or seen before}. I don’t know the circumstances behind why I didn’t know my father and I’m not sure if my sister even knows […]
When Bad Memories Haunt You
What if during an MRI, doctors could not only see the tissues of the brain, but also see inside each groove? And what if each groove highlighted the thoughts contained within? Habits and thoughts literally grind ruts in the brain similar to the ridges in vinyl records. The more something is repeated, the deeper the […]