I had lunch with a friend this week who confessed she was battling the Christmas blues. She was hemming and hawing about putting up her tree, and she hadn’t wrapped one Christmas present. This year has been hard for her family, and she just isn’t feeling very merry and bright. I reached across the table…
Lately I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about my tomorrow. I fear a dark cloud is looming over the horizon of my life, and I have no idea how to make the blue sky appear again. A kind of cold prickly apprehension has crept into my soul and made me dread turning the calendar…
Some days I feel like I am standing in a turbulent sea of shattered dreams. I forget how to paddle and pray until I reach the safe shore, and I start drowning in doubt and disbelief. Some days all I see is death. Defeat. Despair. The thick darkness swallows up my confidence and courage. The…
This morning I wore a pastel pink dress to brighten up my day and drive away the gloomy fog covering my heart. I’m currently drowning in a deluge — and I am not just talking about a little rain. Some days, I feel like a permanent monsoon has parked itself over my family. As I…
