We can do HARD things!
I saw this quote the other day on a post my cousin Gina wrote on her blog Birth Mother Baskets. For some reason it spoke not quietly to my heart, but shouted to the deepest part of it. I’d like to share why those words had a power over me and awakened my […]
I’ve come to an important realization. I am utterly clueless about music these days. I submit the following facts as evidence: – I don’t own an iPod or any kind of a decent music system – I probably have less than 20 songs on my phone and I listen to them like once a week. […]
As I watched the move “Frozen”, I couldn’t help but make some comparisons between Elsa and my own experience. As the movie opens, you see Elsa happily playing with her younger sister. An accident happens and Elsa is forced to abandon who she is and conceal her true nature. In the song sequence of “Let […]
I sit, motionless, still reeling from the words I had just heard. The words ache in my ears. The tears don’t come just yet, but they are beginning to burn fiercely as they well up. Then, like a flood gate they flow, almost unending for days on end… The words, you ask? Confirmation. Science in […]
We’ve all heard about the power of words, right? Well, last year I decided to put it to the test. Because there’s no real way to measure the effect of our words on another human being (and because I would NEVER be willing to speak negatively to another person for experimentation’s sake) I set out […]
For a long time I was convinced that God sent me here broken and messy. I just thought it was my cross to carry, my burden to bear. As time went on the more angry I became with the mess that was me. Angry that I was different. Angry that life was hard. Angry that […]
