“Pain is a great motivator.” She spoke the words so matter-of-factly—as if part of her daily routine. And yet in that moment my world stopped spinning as I absorbed the unintended meaning of her words. Pain is a great motivator. I looked around the open gym area of the physical therapy office. I was there […]
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Tips for enduring survival mode…
Are you weary today? Exhausted? Fed up? All kinds of done? I have talked to so many people who feel they are at the end of their ropes. They are battle-weary, wounded, and on edge. The events of the last few weeks and months have taken their toll. Fires, floods, wind, rain, lack of power, […]
Could America be Grieving?
Although I have been writing now for the past five years, my formal training is in counseling. Specifically grief, or bereavement, counseling. I worked for several years as a grief counselor at a local Hospice in Pinellas county Florida, and while there attended a bereavement workshop hosted by a well known grief counselor named Alan […]
Four Powerful Words
“Come and see, Lord” John 11:34 What beautiful, amazing, healing words! Words that I had never really paid attention to, but powerful words intended to teach us a valuable lesson about healing. Mary and Martha were devastated. Their brother was dead. And although they had sent a message to Jesus days earlier, He hadn’t come. […]
Let Others SEE Your Love in Us
“Mom, why is it so much easier to hate and be mean than it is to love and be kind?”