My Father’s love hurt me more than it hurt him. I don’t know what he was thinking. Well, actually, he often said, “My job is to toughen you up because life is tough out there!” I was convinced the song, A Boy Named Sue, was written for me. At least it felt that way. I’m […]
Abuse
Fighting the Fight
Do you sometimes feel like you’re in a battle?Do you find yourself asking, “Why do I keep doing the same stupid thing over and over?”“Why are some days harder than others?”Maybe you’ve heard, “Well, change what you’re doing and maybe you’ll get different results.”Sometimes the battle is: stopping an addiction; food, shopping, eating, TV, drinking, […]
The Fragile Dance
After church today, I talked with a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time. A few divine words of encouragement mixed with goose bumps, then we landed on relationships; how the party is easy, but a bad day, event, circumstance can challenge the party, if not ruin it. Challenges come with their own criteria […]