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Something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is the power of our thoughts and the impact of our actions. If I were to ask you, do you dwell on your thoughts and do you believe that they contribute to defining who you are? Or do they flee as quickly as they enter your mind? And are you defined by your actions? As I was rapidly peddling on my Peloton, as I usually am early on Monday mornings, I was about two thirds of the way through my class and suddenly became extremely ex

As human beings, each of us has some sort of physical pain, challenges or limitations. And perhaps, as you are reading this, you are in such excruciating pain that you are not sure how you are going to get through it or IF you’re going to get through it. I truly understand that feeling. I have experienced pain so severe, that I have wanted to scream and throw things, and at times, I did. It was the kind of physical pain that is so bad that I became discouraged and felt like g

I’ve wanted kids for as long as I can remember. I mentioned in one of my other blogs, that I grew up with three sisters and that I am a middle child. Throughout my life I would daydream of having my own family, and for me, that meant four kids. However, as I got older, that number quickly shrank to two kids – twins (a boy and girl). Over the many years that my husband and I have been married, there have been people that assumed that either we did not want kids, or that we we

Boundaries mean different things to various walks of life. From parents setting boundaries for their kids for social interaction, such as “no hitting” or “don’t interrupt Momma” to various types of life’s boundaries including physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, sexual, time, non-negotiable, etc. Dr. Stephanie Dowd, a Clinical Psychologist, says that “Boundaries are essentially about understanding and respecting our own needs and being respectful and understanding of

It’s been almost 7 months since Krieger (or "Kriegs") my sweet German Shepherd boy passed away. For some reason, I woke up this morning particularly sad and missing him, and the tears keep rolling down my face. I am heartbroken. I feel like I lost one of my best friends and feel so very empty right now. When he first died, I cried for weeks at times, I would have such a gut, wrenching cry, and I felt like I was screaming inside. Seven months later I am experiencing some of t

Do you ever get what seems like a detailed, fleeting thought or feeling that you should do something? It starts out as this gentle...

Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong or that you were a mistake, (whether it was during an awkward moment as a child or as an adult)? Most of my life I have not felt like I have belonged, nor have I been completely comfortable in my own skin. Although I didn’t know it at the time, the thoughts that I had or the story I told myself, started during infancy, reared its head in high school, and carried on through adulthood. I am No. 3 (“mid kid”) of four girls. {I always fel