Oct 15, 2018
Growing up, pretending was my go-to coping mechanism. I remember vividly being 12 years old and moving for the third time. The anger and hurt welled up inside me, but on the outside I pretended to be this happy go lucky girl. My “I don’t care”...
Oct 2, 2018
There is a parable in the Bible about the farmer that sowed good seeds, but while everyone was sleeping the enemy came and planted weeds. The weeds couldn’t be pulled up or removed immediately because it would negatively impact the good seeds. Therefore, for a...
Aug 10, 2017
I heard the saying that action speaks louder than words my whole life. Maybe it was growing up in the Midwest. Maybe it was living in rural America where people farmed, ranched and worked from dawn until night. Every adult from my grandparents to teachers told me that...
Jan 31, 2017
It’s easy to skim over and talk about holiday stress and list off some reasons. It’s fairly easy to describe some ways to relieve the stress. What’s the difficult part? Really talking about the why. The why means being vulnerable and opening myself...
Dec 18, 2016
Since I mentioned in a previous post that the holiday season can be stressful (The holiday season isn’t always happy, go lucky), I thought it was important to talk about solutions. Dealing with life’s challenges means dealing with stress. Everyone has a...
