I like the color blue. The downstairs family room in our house is painted in shades of blue. It’s definitely not painted red. The choice to paint those walls blue instead of red was not because my husband, Tom, and I are erythrophobic (afraid of the color red). We aren’t afraid of red; we just … Continue reading Stop Calling It “FEAR”
I had to wait until I'd been married 35 years to finally have a real, grown-up dining room set of my own that I love. It wasn't that my husband hates me and won't let me have nice things, or that I had something against eating at a table with other people. Years earlier, we'd … Continue reading Threads that Connect Us
One thing that I really hate about the idea of dying someday is that I won’t know all the things that will be discovered in the future. Think about how different the world is today than it was 100 years ago. It’s so different! And I would love to know what discoveries will be made … Continue reading Living With Uncertainty
https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/easter/when-is-good-friday.html I’ve seen a lot of Easter weeks come and go in my lifetime, and I have to say, Holy Week 2020 has got to be the strangest one ever. This week has seen people’s emotions and attitudes ping pong all over the place because of our current need to isolate and live life radically … Continue reading Good Friday During a Pandemic (COVID-19)
https://weheartit.com/entry/214740260 Thankfully, I haven’t yet lost anyone I know personally to COVID-19. Unfortunately, people I know HAVE had loved ones succumb to this horrid virus, and it is heartbreaking to hear their stories. They are devastated. Their grief and pain is understandable. We understand the connection between someone dying and feeling grief. Most of … Continue reading Feel What You Feel (COVID-19)
https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/533820594/keep-your-head-above-water-figurative?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=anchored_listing How’s everyone doing out there? Things aren’t normal, that’s for sure. If you are feeling an increase in anxiety, depression, anger, fear, or general irritability right now, you aren’t alone. Society has been in shock for a few weeks because of COVID-19 and all the changes that come with this virus, but now, we … Continue reading Keeping Your Head Above Water (COVID-19)
Has COVID-19 got you full of anxiety and fear? It certainly has for a lot of people. There are just so any unknowns involved, and life has been changed drastically, very quickly. COVID-19 has caused some of us to go into a tailspin of anxiety. Our situations ARE changed by this virus, we just don’t … Continue reading So.Much.Anxiety.
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