At the start of writing this blog, someone very dear to my heart was diagnosed with cancer. In my mind, I was handling it very well. I was emotionally stable and, seemingly, trusting God for both the purpose and outcome of the situation. My focus was on being strong and supportive, encouraging this person with […]
I am not known for being a patient person, quite the opposite, actually. I usually face this weakness comically- you know, joke about it so it does not seem so bad. However, this flaw has been becoming more and more painful to me as I ponder both when and with whom I am most impatient.
Most of us have that one thing (or more) in our life that we engage in, knowing we “probably” should not, but continue to anyway because we enjoy it. You know, the activity we use to “relax” and take our mind off of things; that poisonous morsel from the world we ingest because it tastes
If you are over the age of 2, you most assuredly have felt the sting of rejection. Often times when a person experiences repeated rejection, they close themselves off to others; I speak from experience. Due to the rejection from people who, by virtue of their relation to me, should have loved me for a
I received a wonderful phone call recently, but I will get back to that in a moment. If you have been keeping up with my blogs (or speaking with me directly) you know that it has been a very challenging year for me and my sweet little kitty, Mulligan. She has been very ill and
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I can be so incredibly weird and awkward. I mean, it is truly embarrassing at times. I am not exactly sure why, either. Am I introverted? Do I have social anxiety? Am I simply immature or insecure? It may be a little bit of all these things. The point is, when I analyze my words
We tend to use the word “hope” a lot in our everyday communication- “I hope you have a nice day, I hope it does not rain this weekend, I hope they saved me some cookies, etc.…”. It seems like hope has become similar to the word love- over used while not truly understood. To be
The Lord is so faithful and so kind. You are most likely already very aware of this, but allow me to share with you how He recently took the time to encourage me. My workplace has been extremely stressful and heart breaking lately. The health care system is rapidly degrading and it is doing so
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As you may already know, I am a physical therapist and work in skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The typical patient I treat is someone who has been hospitalized with illness or injury and deemed not yet safe to return home. My job, along with the occupational and speech therapists, is to
I have a confession to make. There are times when I am reading the Bible and get to certain passages- you know, the ones with detailed censuses, land allotments, animal sacrifices, or temple measurements- and I just skim right over them. I know it is wrong and though I do not do it every read