I love this time of year: Christmas lights, get-togethers, hot chocolate. My appreciation has grown as I've gotten older, though. Like most children, I was enamored with all the presents.…
Personality is so interesting to me. Why do people do what they do? This interest has helped me a lot in relationships: The first year Randy and I were married…
I had given up posting an article this week. I must have started four or five different topics only to write a few paragraphs and hit delete. Nothing was working.…
Do you have specific memories from your past? You know, where you remember the time, the place, the feeling or thoughts of the moment like it was two days ago?…
Nothing in my upbringing or education taught me how to deal with a difficult person (AKA narcissistic or toxic)—the kind of person you'd have to meet in person to really…
Imagine you're trapped. A world of drugs, sex, exploitation, violence, degradation, long labor-filled days, and despair is your reality. You crave freedom, but you don't see a way out. What's…
This week's post has given me fits. Sometimes that happens. I'll have my content plan worked out (mostly), but when it comes to writing it ... chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp. I've learned…
An article in the InTouch Magazine by John Blase recently got me thinking. Blase said the abundant life mentioned in John 10 makes many of us think of a "life…
Children in blended families have extra to deal with sometimes, but here are five things I want them to always remember.
What is faith? I don't mean the textbook definition. I'm talking about the kind of faith Noah had when he built the ark knowing it had never before rained. The…
