Your adult daughter has walked out on her husband. Now your grandchildren are passed back and forth between the two and they are acting out. Your son is sacrificing his family for his career. Your teen is doing drugs instead of sports. How do we deal with the pain of watching those we love make…
Category: Inspiration
Personality Plus
This week’s blog is one long one instead of two short ones. It is practical information on personality types which should inspire us to get along with each other better. Why should you care about personality types? Just interesting information? So you can justify your behavior? (I can’t help it, I’m just like this.) So…
Heart Matters
He disappointed her this morning. He was distracted and didn’t listen when she tried to talk to him about something that was important to her today. All day when her brain was in idle, it would replay how hurt she felt. Tonight, she didn’t even try to talk to him. She made sure she was…
So Be It
It’s still winter here. Cold rain. It’s hailed three times today. Cold wind. Record-breaking precipitation and low temperatures each month since October and it’s mid-May now. I hear a lot of comments about the weather when I’m out and about. You’d guess they are pretty negative comments, and you’d be right. I have to admit…
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Laughter
Today I had lunch with six long-time friends. Four of the ladies at the table were widows. The tears flowed as each one shared about their husband’s last days. Then one friend put such a positive, encouraging spin on the conversation. “I got a note from my pastor shortly after my husband’s death. It said,…
Mother’s Day Poison
Confession: I wrote this last Mother’s Day. Please humor me by re-reading if you’ve already read it last year. The advice bears repeating. If you’re a newer subscriber, please humor me by reading these tidbits and forgive me for forgetting that it’s Mother’s Day this week and I should have written a new helpful blog…