I remember a song by Michael McClain, “Which Part Is Mine?” In this song a mother asks herself in the middle of a sleepless night, “Did she give her sons too much freedom? Had she smothered her teenage daughters? Did she spoil then too much or not trust them enough to prepare them for life […]
Did you know, you are the cause of all your discomfort? I’m not talking about the pain that comes when you cut your finger when slicing onions, but the emotional pain that comes when your child makes a choice that was not in the vision you had of him. Our brains are wired to not believe that […]
I am honored to have my daughter, Jody Moore, share her thoughts about self-care on my blog this week. I am honored to be her mom. What you see and hear from Jody is the real Jody. She shows up the same as a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and entrepreneur. […]
Texans have never before experienced the severe storm that has plagued their state this las week; freezing temperatures, snow, water pipes breaking, power plants breaking down causing loss of heat and light. They are suffering. They never in a million years thought this kind of storm would come to Texas. It’s interesting to see the differences […]
Love may not be convenient or easy or deserved or excepted. But love always wins. Brooke Castillo has said “why choose not to feel love towards someone? Love feels amazing. Do we not want to feel amazing? Lack of love is just you not feeling it(love)……The truth is you get to feel love whenever you want……Nothing that anyone […]
Circumstances are neutral: They are events, present or past; they are the words people say; they are the actions people do; they are everything that’s happening in the world around us. They are just the facts without any adjectives. Circumstances are neutral because they don’t have the power to make us feel a certain way. I […]
Isn’t it strange that one of the most important assignments God has given to us has no instruction manual? And then they grow up and become adults, before we know it, and we are expected to carry on this whole new role as a mother of an adult child without any guidance? And then too […]
My husband is always asking our grandchildren how they feel about the future. Their answer is usually the same. “I don’t know.” They’re too entrenched in thinking about how their hair looks or if they are liked or what someone is thinking about them. They didn’t know they are supposed to be having feelings about the future. But […]
One of the most toxic words you can ever use is the word “should; it causes most of you to feel less than you are. Because “should” implies an expectation if not met means that all is lost, you can’t be forgiven, your children don’t love you, you are a bad person, something has gone […]
