Finish is far too much like saying goodbye. Maybe that is why I struggle to finish things. I tell people I’m the idea person. I have all sorts of great ideas. I have started some amazing projects. Finished, not so much. Part of the problem is that I am never satisfied with the product. Which is why Five Minute Friday… Read More
Depression and Jesus
Depression is that thing that makes good things seem insignificant and bad things seem insurmountable. Depression makes sunny days too bright to bear and cloudy days too dreary to function. It matters not the weather, it is as if my heart is broken to start the day. It matters not the circumstances, or the people, or the place. … Read More
Shopping Cart Questions
Knowing that the chances are approximately 1 in 463 that I will get a cart that works with me instead of against me, I just take the first cart and go with it. Less than six feet later, it is clear I picked wrong. I consider turning around and taking the cart back. But for unknown reasons, I… Read More
Grief and Hope
Something is missing. Nothing is as it should be. Everything is just not quite right. It is a wonder to me that the world continues to function. That people go about their business as I life hasn’t been rocked to the very core. It is wonder to me that I continue to function. Because sometimes, the missing her… Read More
Five Minute Friday – Lost
I’ve been lost. Utterly and completely lost. Not because we didn’t know where we were. Not because we didn’t know how to get where we needed to be. Lost because it was dark, the clouds shut out the moon and the stars, and we were on the side of a mountain. We knew the way home, when we could see… Read More