Whole for the Holidays
It’s mid-November and you can feel the buzz of premature Christmas cheer in the air. I know that for some, November first marks the...
The Elusive Diagnosis
Dedicated to all my fellow "spoonies" who remain undiagnosed. You are seen and you matter. As I pick out my clothes for the day, I am...
New Years Irresolutions
Sometimes I feel just so terribly inadequate. The list of things I should be or could be doing clangs around my mind, begging for...
Resist Your Limits (Or Maybe Don't)
I go to the gym primarily for my mental health. Keeping the endorphins flowing helps to ward off symptoms of anxiety and keeps my mood...
Limitless Grace for Limited Lives
There’s a line in the movie "Ms. Congeniality" that always makes me laugh. It’s when beauty pageant contestant Ms. Rhode Island is asked...
Searching for Safety in an Unsafe World
This morning, I woke up feeling unsettled. As I read about the smoky air from Canadian wildfires spreading an orange haze over New York...
When Life Gives You More Than You Can Handle
Have you ever been going through a hard time and had someone try to console you with the platitude "God will never give you more than you...
How can I still believe after all of THIS?
On Valentines Day 2021, I was a wreck. Only a week before, I had just ended a serious relationship to a man I was planning to marry. I...
Joy & Depression: Can They Coexist?
Growing up in the church, I had heard a fair amount of teaching on the difference between joy and happiness. Happiness, I was told, is...
"God is Good", "#Blessed" and Other Things We Say When Things Go Our Way....
The other day, a close friend of mine sent me a text telling me that they had been able to purchase a new car. When I heard, I...
