Love. One of the most over used words in our vocabulary. I love this place. I love this song. I love that shirt. I love you. Those three little words that mean so much and yet so little. Love. We use it so often, about so many different things. But do we mean it? Or is it just a phrase we use like “cool”, or “wow”? Do I look like love? On a good day, maybe? On a bad day? Ahh- lets not go there. Recently we were invited by a friend to visit her church. We took her up on the offer and arrived …
Do You Like You? (It’s OK to love yourself!)
It's amazing to me how many people, especially women, are so hard on themselves in regards to how they look. [I won't even get into how critical people are about the way they act, think, accomplish things, etc.- that's a different post.] I also understand that others have no problem in this area whatsoever... kudos to you! For the rest of us, this is a hard topic to admit that we still struggle with, especially as we get older and should "know better by now". I realize that this post may be more …
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Plugging in to Your Ultimate Power Source
As you go through life, and things come up, do you find that sometimes you end up feeling like you are spinning your wheels without much change happening or progress being made? I don’t know about you, but with me that happens far more often than I care to admit; but I am going to admit it, right here right now. What I have come to find is that I find myself relying on my self, my own problem-solving abilities, my own strength, and my own power. Which is why I often times find myself spinning …
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Admiration vs. Love
Did you know that sometimes people (women especially) confuse admiration with love? A doe-eyed young lady who dreams of one day marrying her prince, comes across someone who checks off every expectation on her wish list- even though she knows nothing about him... BAM- she's in love! A woman, married for decades, meets a gentleman who is everything she always wished her husband would be... who is everything she prayed for BEFORE she ever got married- then she mentally slips into believing that …
When Love Hurts
Its easy to love a friend, a family member when they love you back. When they want you. When they want to hang out, when they want to share life with you. To walk arm in arm with you through whatever life throws at you. Who is there when life is rough and when life is great. But what about that family member or friend that doesn't want you? That doesn't love you? What about them? Last night my mom called her sister after finding out she was supposed to have surgery on …
When Love Looks Mean
Did you know that your children will not always like you? I hear the gasp of grief in your voices... but it's true. Did you always like your parents? More than likely not. There will be times when you mess up as a mother or father, there will be those moments of regret, and sometimes you will do things EXACTLY the way you were supposed to- and THAT is what will make your children angry with you. We were not created to be our child's pal- but their parent! Yes, we can love them, laugh with them, …