(yes you see a cracked screen, this is my life: broken.) Can I be real with you about me and measurements? First off, I don't own a scale and never plan to buy one. I don't believe in measuring myself by a number on a scale. If my jeans fit, I'm doing good. If they are tight, I know when I'm eating too much ice cream or chips and salsa. Like Continue Reading
Never Measuring Up
Do you have super high standards for yourself? If so, join my club. I'm my own worse critic. Probably a perfectionist. I notice areas of my life where I miss the bar all the time. My personal expectations are too high and I'm too small. Questions I'm considering: Who set the bar so high in the first place? Me? A boss? Your peers? A parent? Continue Reading
3 Tips For Fighting a Dark Depression
Depression sucks. I hate it when I struggle. Truth is last year was one of the hardest I've had in over a decade. For a number of reasons I fell prey to a dark depression and it took the life right out of me. Logically I know ways to combat depression, but that doesn't make it easier when I feel like crap (yes, I said crap). Stress. Low Continue Reading
Free From Perfectionism
(This is day 3 of a 31 day blog series titled Live Free. ) Stop for a moment and look again at the photo here. Do you notice anything wrong? I do. . . I see the petals of the biggest flower are either bent or shorter on one side, I can't tell for sure. I also see uneven petal spacing on all of the flowers. In your opinion, is this a Continue Reading
When Will You Believe This?
It's that time of year again. Time for our annual family vacation. :) This time to the beach. And because of that, I'll be posting less over the next week plus. (Thank God for a friend who will house sit and care for our dogs while we're away) Until then, please remember who YOU are in God's eyes. Beautiful. Brave. Beloved. QUESTION: Do you Continue Reading
Interviewed at Living Joyfully Free with Lisa Buffaloe
Recently I had the privilege of being interviewed on Lisa Buffaloe's Living Joyfully Free radio ministry. What a joy I had talking to Lisa. Lisa and I have been blogging friends for a while now. She's a doll. Such a tender heart. Such a love for God and his people. I hope to meet her face to face one day. She has quite a testimony herself. I will Continue Reading