Is the battle lost? Lost and found came in the wake of the reality that my ‘baby’ was approaching 18 and my time as a certain type of mother was ending. He is now 20, and doing well. I am now even more lost than found; I wonder if there will come a day that …
Authentic Truth- Understanding Surrender
..I had to tell God something that broke my heart-“If you have to take my son now, I will let him go.”
Poetry- It’s You!
..I’m talking to you!
The uneducated..the unsure..
The over educated, the most confidant.
I’m talking to you!..
Authentic Truths: Women! Ugh or Awe?
..Words like adultery and divorce had made their way into the circle. Her kids were acting out, and that seemed to pose some sort of inconvenience to the group
Lost & Found- Swimming Against the Current
...My life has been a long stream of currents in the world of parenting, marriage, careers, and living. I’ve come to the end of those times in a way (except marriage)… I’ve come to the mouth of the river. I’m being dumped into the body of an ocean I’m unfamiliar in. As I find myself paddling for my life, I look around and see waves and waves of life around me...
Bipolar Life-Fire Within
What do we face with bipolar? We face deep depression. We also face sky high mania. Addictions that only rear their ugly head in the center of a manic episode. Alcohol, drugs, sex, attention, adrenaline.. We face anxiety. We face fear.
We face the many complex parts of ourselves we wish didn't exist. There's only one way we are capable of doing this.
Bipolar Life- Lifted
..I hate the feeling of inadequacy and failure, at everything. Satan always coming at us through our weakest points. Even those small, unimportant things, like not vacuuming. FAIL...