You don’t need a medical degree to figure out that the stress from life’s events wreaks havoc on the physical body. Emotional stress tears our bodies apart from the inside out. Our mouths get dry. We can’t breathe. Our hearts, heads, and stomachs ... Read More about That Kind of Tired
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Take It Away
Just make it stop! Make it go away! Let it all be a horrible dream . . . I can’t count the number of times I’ve had a thought like one of these over some situation in my life. Those numbers have risen exponentially over the past 870 days. ... Read More about Take It Away
There’s a Hole in My Bucket
Well, it's Day Two of The Life I Didn't Choose's Scripture Journal Challenge. And, I'm still on track! (It really is all about small victories.) Today's verse is one that I found after Brooke's accident and has become one of my favorite scripture ... Read More about There’s a Hole in My Bucket
That’s Gonna Leave a Mark – (but not for long)
Writing and journaling has been a true blessing in my personal grief journey. So when another blogger announced a “grief writing challenge,” I decided to join in. The gist of the challenge is to read, copy, and reflect over a different scripture ... Read More about That’s Gonna Leave a Mark – (but not for long)
Mending Fences
Loss – in all the forms in which it raises its ugly head in our lives – often blows through like a late summer twister. If you’ve ever seen the aftermath of tornadoes on the evening news (or in your social media fee), you’ve seen how they hop and ... Read More about Mending Fences
Living is Risky Business
I’m not really a bucket list kind of girl. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE lists – to-do lists, grocery lists, check lists, and so on. Safe lists. Decidedly unrisky lists. ... Read More about Living is Risky Business