I’m a scaredy cat…

          ...so when something tragic happens my initial response is always fear-based, especially when it's something out of my control. If I trip on something while walking and get hurt, I can see where I'm part of the "disaster equation", and therefore learn to watch where I'm going. But those crazy …

Am I an Anxious Person?

          Honest moment here: I either feel like the most amazing supermom or like a complete failure and inadequate to raise Callie. A couple nights ago I was browsing through articles on ways to raise your kids in a minimalist fashion, handle tantrums the loving way, how to be more patient, etc. …

Behind the Mask

I have yet to find "my" hairdresser and have always just tried out new salons when it came time to get my haircut. So, last August, I tried out a new hairdresser. As she draped the black cape over my body and velcroed it behind my neck, the usual, small-talk began. "When are you due? …

Summer Challenge: Prayer

          If I'm being honest, I find praying a challenge. It feels difficult partly from feeling inadequate in the words I say and feeling like once I start, I'll never stop because my mind will keep reminding me of things to pray for, and who has time for that! On the flip …

Thoughts on our humanity

          Isn't it the plight of humanity that we fight and argue over who is right? The desire for power and knowledge is what enticed Adam and Eve into sin and resulted in the fall of mankind -- humanity's Achilles' tendon. Although society and times change, the core of our nature …