The Twelve Days of Christmas Ever feel like things are not going the way you hoped they would? Maybe you find yourself too busy to enjoy Christmas or circumstances are robbing you of the joy of Christmas? It can be easy to play the woe is me card, especially this time of year. I have found the best way to feel better is to focus on others, not ourselves. When I was really sick in the throes of my brain disease years ago, the youth group from our church surprised our family. They came and put up Christmas lights…
Girl, When You Doubt Who You Are…
Ever doubt who you are? Put your fingers to your opposite wrist. If you have a pulse, you have doubted who you are! And if you are female, there have been times (more than you might like to admit,) you’ve thought with your emotions, not your mind. It can be so easy to believe the lies we tell ourselves. We give into insecurities, or allow rejections to define us. We can be an out of control rampant hormonal tornado, causing damage and destruction to ourselves… and if we’re being real, sometimes each other. Identity crisis and comparison are…
Valentines Day Scrooge? Yep, That’s Me!
I am not a lover of Valentines Day. I think it goes back to high School when all my friends boyfriends made them feel special…giving them boxes of chocolate, cards, perfume, and flowers.Every year they were shower with love and attention from their boyfriends while I could only wish it was me. I never knew what it felt like to have that special someone want to do something for me on Valentines Day so I dreaded it every. single. year. In college, I was so hung up on one guy, I turned down Valentine’s dates twice because I hoped he…