“You’ve ruined your daughter! She will have emotional/mental issues throughout her life because of you! She will need therapy! You’re a horrible mom! You’ve failed! You’ve ruined her!” The words rushed through my head whispered in a silent, yet loud, scream throughout my entire being as gut wrenching sobs shook my body. It was night […]
“We absorb shame in 3 seconds, BUT it takes about 30 seconds to absorb a compliment!” This statement by Curt Thompson, who is a Christian psychiatrist in private practice, has been a huge eye opener for me! When he shared this at the IF Gathering this spring and explored with us in detail why and […]
It was one of those days. I was extra tired with a lot on my mind and heart. I was dealing with attitudes and training young ones. If you’re a parent of young ones in training you will know what I mean when I say my brain juice was pretty much used up. So, brain […]
Throughout most of my childhood, I was on constant alert. I had to constantly gauge my fatherâs mood every second of every day in order to know how to behave and react. I didnât have the luxury of time to reason through things and respond logically. In survival mode, you learn to react and react […]
I am learning in my pursuit of becoming all that God called me to be that first and foremost MUST be my relationship with God! He is my ‘Papa’… no, not my sugar daddy, but my good good Father! He’s my Shepherd, who tenderly leads me to green pastures, who IS that fresh cool drink […]
What If? I know. I know. You arenât supposed to ask yourself the âwhat ifâ questions. They can create too much margin for fear or discouragement or blah, blah, blah. Whatevâs. I need routine and the pressure of a deadline to persist and produce. This week I donât have any of that. We are coming […]