I’m back in therapy. My rheumatologist suggested I see their in house therapist because one of the pillars of health is mental wellness. I was skeptical. I’ve been to a lot of therapy Usually I word vomit all my angst and feel better. This time has been different though. This therapist has been talking about …
Category Archives: Brains+Body+Beauty
What We Feed Our Kids
This past Saturday I had a chance to talk to a group of young ladies about self-confidence. The goal was to help them understand that God’s word clearly shows them who they are in Him and to help them drown out the noise. It was a wide range of ages – 7 through 18, but …
What We Pass On
I went and visited my kids during lunch the other day. I noticed several kids looking at me but didn’t think anything of it – I was dressed like someone who’s living their best life (workout leggings, a tank top, and a cardigan). A couple of days later as we were talking about the size …
The Thief of Joy
Last week my daughter brought home her first progress report. This is the first year she’s received numerical grades and I was somewhat surprised at my reaction. They were fine, all A’s and B’s but I was concerned about where the grades came from. I also started to wonder how her friends had done. Did …
A Legacy of Tired
A few years ago I remember hearing reports of celebrities being admitted to the hospital for exhaustion. I never believed it; I thought ‘exhaustion’ was a euphemism for too much hard liquor and recreational drugs. Then I had two kids at the age of 29 and 30, then had an emotional roller-coaster of a year …
Say Cheese
It’s been a busy weekend at the Compound doing something I’ve dreaded for awhile – family photos. We had church directory pictures Friday and then I came up with the brilliant idea to have a photographer come and do a ‘lifestyle’ session at our home on Saturday. If you know my 5 year old – …
Out from Under the Rock
I haven’t written in a while. I lost count of the number of days and stopped checking my stats for fear that I would see nothing. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment where I ‘lost my voice’ but things have been, for a lack of a better word, crazy. Between the sick kid and husband, …
Living the Good Life
In my mid-twenties I went through a bit of an identity crisis. As I was looking around at friends I began to question my worth. I had friends who were becoming doctors, attorneys, city leaders, ecetera and I had settled on teaching. Now before any of my educator friends curse me, I don’t mean ‘settled’ as …
Go Shawty, It’s Your Birthday
I absolutely love birthdays. I celebrated my 18th birthday not long after my husband and I started dating and he thought it was crazy that I got so excited. When he turned 18 the following April I threw him a party and have made every birthday special for him since…and it’s been 17 years. As …
Long Hair, Don’t Care
I know you’re totally confused right now. If you’ve seen any pictures of me in the last 14 years you know that my hair is anything but long. I have recently however started letting it ‘grow out’ but my husband’s hair is often still longer than mine. When I was growing up I was one of the …