Just because we’re in one season doesn’t mean we can’t dip into the next before it’s time; everything is perfect timing, even when it doesn’t feel that way. Peel off weighty layers, down to the bare and vulnerable place tucked away like treasure, that place where spring is stirring, and finally radiating from the inside out.
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How to Give Your Mental Health a Hug
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and December is HERE! As an adult, it’s pretty much a requirement to say how fast the year is rolling by, right? So let’s go ahead and call it Christmas and Happy 2022, already, and get on with a new year, right? CRAZY!!!!! Maybe in some ways 2021 was better …
Basking in the Warm September Sun
I feel rather strongly about this topic ……….. SEPTEMBER! The days are toasty, the sun still feels luxurious while kissing our foreheads, but the nights and mornings whisper that autumn is stirring, and slowly waking, after a long summer. September brings the first of crunching leaves, crisper air, shorter days and longer nights. The trees …
Things We Don’t Owe Others … (and more)
As a recovered(ing) people pleaser, the process of being at peace with yourself, and relaxing the high standards of trying to please others, is a never ending process. But I’m growing, re-training my brain, and working towards healthy rather than accommodating. I’m actually rather intimidated thinking about putting this out there, as if I’m an …
When You Feel Like the Worst … Choose to be Kind to Yourself
Today, I forgot a friends birthday. Not unusual for me to forget something, that’s part of my daily, but to forget to wish a wonderful friend HBD, and to treat her as special as she has treated me for my birthday, well, I felt awful. I felt more than awful. And then, it began. What …
Being a Good Human … what’s that about, really?
Last week, a very sweet friend gifted me with a couple stickers, both revolving around kindness, “It’s cool to be kind“, and “Be a good human“. To say I LOVE them is an understatement!! 2 days later, I went out to get a hot pink water bottle so I could slap those babies on something …
Hero. Parent. One and the Same.
Raise your hand if when you see your mom and dad, you see HEROES. *raises BOTH hands* I often associate sunbeams and rays of light with my Gram, as I imagine she’s looking down on me from heaven and sharing unspoken, yet steadfast, encouragement. With all of the crazy/hard/weird times we have experienced in the …
How to Say Goodbye to a Friend
How do you say goodbye to a beloved friend? As I’m trudging through the murky waters of grief, here are a few things that are helping.
Resting in the Midst of Unrest
With all of the hard these days, it’s easy to feel weary, like deep down in your soul weary. Every which way we look, there is unrest, discord, and division. Lies abound. It feels like dark is thisclose to overtaking light, and with all of the commotion, it’s easy to lose hope. Y’ALL! THE LIGHT …
The Shining Star of Rest In These Days Before Christmas
5 days, and it’s christmas. I don’t know if y’all feel this, too, but these are mixed emotion days. On one hand, I cling to the hope and purity of what christmas is really about, the light that came for the darkness, and the simplicity of the christmas story. On the other hand, especially this …