Dec 11, 2018 | faith, Loss, Uncategorized
My brother, Doug, arrived at my house the day before Thanksgiving. This was the first time seeing him since our dad’s funeral. Doug was already having a funky week, with most of his family unable to be there for the holiday. He kept sighing deeply every few minutes,...
Nov 8, 2018 | Clutter, Declutter, Emotional Clutter, inspiration, Losing Weight, Uncategorized
Chocolate cake did me in! . . . Initiated the steady decline into an all-out hormonal upheaval, which means . . . I battled depression all last week. I simply cannot tolerate an overdose of sugar anymore. My emotions go wonky. My thoughts go, well . . . PSYCHO! Sugar...
Oct 18, 2018 | Clutter, Emotional Clutter, Enneagram, faith, inspiration, Uncategorized
Let’s talk about the Enneagram. Have you heard about it? Has it grabbed ahold of you and disrupted your life a bit? Maybe it’s just me, but I’m hooked. I’m possibly late to the game, but that’s ok… the timing is perfect in my life to take the Enneagram bunny trail....
Aug 24, 2018 | faith, inspiration, Uncategorized
We didn’t see it coming. It was early Saturday morning and I was headed to the beach with Wendy and Kellie. I pulled into the gas station to quickly fuel up before driving down the hill to where we would do our favorite Saturday routine of jogging two miles, followed...
Aug 9, 2018 | faith, inspiration, Relationship Clutter, Teens, Uncategorized, Young Adults
HOW do you release your young adult kids to grow up into the people God designed them to be? HOW do you allow them to launch without controlling their every move? Is it just me and my anxiety-driven, Enneagram 6- catastrophizing mindset that is struggling with this?...
Jul 26, 2018 | inspiration, Losing Weight, Uncategorized
Let’s just do a little weight-loss update. I can summarize my progress in a short phrase: Some weight was lost, and now I’m completely stalled. There. I said it. Hah! What is wrong with me? Here are the facts: I’ve been actively pursuing this trying-to-lose-weight...
