As we approach a new year…

As 2022 approaches, there's not much to be said. We survived! It's another year that taught me more about life. It threw me some challenges & it was this thing we call .. LIFE. We had a great vacation in the summer to Yellowstone. We got a new dog. Kept our jobs through the year. …

Words are from the lips…

Words are from the lips, actions are from the heart. Actions will always speak louder than words. For a few years now, I keep being told that this child, well now teenager, is 'jealous of me' and that is why her behavior toward me is susceptible. I am told that 'she's a teenager' and that …

Christmas Holiday

Its a holiday I hate to love and love to hate, I was always the 'Grinch' of the family... but I still try to stay in the spirit. It was dads favorite, he would make us nuts when we were kids, running around singing silly Christmas songs, not your traditional. Things like "If it doesn't …

Keep going.. no matter what.. keep going

No matter how pointless things seem in the moment, keep going, because tomorrow might get better. It might not happen over night, but it will happen. Let the faith be your guide. You will continue to find more happiness in your search if you just keep going. While emotions may feel stronger than you can …

The day overthinking ruined her..

Was it just a bad dream, or was it a reality? She always thought things through, over and over in her head. Always worrying. While overthinking can be beneficial to some aspects of life, she found out the hard way it was in love that it can quickly shatter things, and it was on that …

What feels ‘wrong’ with me

What feels wrong with me, or should I say "What's wrong?" Its the fact that I want to feel loved by someone other than myself, that I want or need that time from that special someone. It's the fact that there is ever a moment that I feel the 'need' to ask or burden someone …

December 6, 2017

4 years ago, it was a day I remember. I was so tired and yet so excited and nervous.  As I got dressed and ready to go for what I didn't know at the time was going to be the start to the rest of my life.  It was our first date to have dinner …

Make time

How often do you hear yourself say to yourself or others 'I just don't have time' or 'Sorry, I haven't had the time'? Now reflect on the time you did have and how it was utilized instead. How did you prioritize that time? We often will find that we had the time, we just didn't …