Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
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More Mercies
I’m always amazed by how God works in my life in the ways I least expect. The simplest words uttered by my son have totally transformed the way I viewed God’s mercies. “Out…
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Postpartum Depression: The Darker Side of Motherhood
My baby is going to be two years old in three days. Memories of his birth and babyhood flood my mind…a lot of good memories. But others are darker. Scarier. And the truth is…
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Facebook Recovery (Update)
I feel like my blog readers deserve a bit of an update after all the blogging I did about my personal issues with Facebook and my month-long deactivation in April. If you are…
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Confessions of a recovering perfectionist
I have been contemplating writing this post for about two weeks now, but I haven’t been able to get the thoughts out…figured I’d just go ahead and start rambling and hope that something…
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Facebook: the flip side ~ on relationships, community, and who I am
Facebook is its own subculture...its own community. Being a part of that subculture has provided me with a sense of community that I had never had before. It has changed me from being…
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On being a Facebook addict, privacy, and pleasing people
It’s been 27 days since I first deactivated my Facebook account. In that time, I realized that I am definitely a Facebook addict. I had to reactivate my account to help my husband with…
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Doubts and Reassurances
Now that I’m no longer on vacation I’m realizing it’s a bit harder to stay off of Facebook. I’m feeling the urges and desires creeping back…the doubts that maybe this won’t work for…
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Deactivate…ACTIVATE!
We are coming to the end of March. At the beginning of March, I set the goal for myself to “Make March Matter!” March has been difficult, full of many tears, but the…
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Radiant: Silencing the Inner Voices and Believing I’m Enough
I texted a friend of mine a few pictures of my ball gown. There was a photograph which I didn’t like because I felt that it accentuated some parts of my figure that…
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Beautiful In His Time
Russ and I have been discussing some concerns with our website for quite some time. We want to be able to share with family and friends, especially those who aren’t on Facebook, without…
