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Listening

Friday morning was different.  I felt lighter (I wish I was referring to my weight, but not quite).  I spent the day with my husband.  We went to breakfast, drove to Santa Fe to see Julian and take him to lunch, ran the dogs, and just came home and enjoyed the...

Grief

I have always equated grief with the loss (death) of someone I loved.  When my parents both died a part of my soul went with them.  I am the woman I am because of each of them.  I have also grieved the loss of a sibling I never knew.  He died before I was born and I...

The Pit

I suffer from clinical depression and anxiety.  It’s not a big secret, but it’s something I don’t talk about very often.  I was officially diagnosed 20 years ago but looking back on the years before that, I can see that there were definitely signs....

Three months to go

My One Word for 2016 is commit.  My plan was to commit to taking better care of myself, to commit to daily devotional time, to commit to teaching my puppy to be a better puppy and to commit to working on my writing project.  Where am I after 9 months have passed?  Not...

A lifetime ago…

After my recent high school reunion, I have found myself thinking about the old days when I lived in Galena Park.  It was a place where my life began, memories were made, where I fell in love and gave birth to my children.  But it is also a place that brings up...