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As a self-proclaimed micromanaging - perfectionist - martyr, I constantly need to be reminded that control leaves me lonely, perfectionism paralyzes and caring for others over myself leads to resentment. Please join me as I try to navigate being a structure-luvin' gal, in a chaotic household.
The Magic Ingredient
December 28, 2018
I’ve heard it explained that food cravings derive from an attempt to either quell an emotion or fill an emptiness. For years I knew I was using food as an escape, but it...
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All I Want for Christmas
December 21, 2018
My personal tendency is to get anywhere and everywhere, and do everything as efficiently and as quickly as humanly possible. As a result, I've lived most of my life in th...
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Slow Me Down Lord
December 14, 2018
Two years ago, after my brother passed away, this poem was found in his car. A close friend had it framed for G-Man and I. As my head was racing with the long list of ‘to...
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Fake Christmas
December 07, 2018
In our home, this is the time of year when the annual conversations commence around my wanting an artificial Christmas tree, a gas fireplace and an alternative holiday gi...
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The Easter Bunny
November 30, 2018
This spring my youngest said that he doesn’t believe in the Easter Bunny. He said, “I just don’t buy that a gigantic bunny hops around the neighborhood handing out candy.
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Family Grace
November 23, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving weekend to you. Expressing gratitude for what I’m most thankful for is the precise reason I put our pre-meal grace under the microscope years ago. When...
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How? or Why?
November 16, 2018
When someone asks me how I’m doing, I feel loved and cared for. When someone asks me why I’m doing something, it can quickly feel like an evaluation or examination, depen...
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The Scale
November 09, 2018
With the season of eating quickly approaching, I got thinking about the scale. My scale lives up on a shelf in my closet. I stopped regularly using it years ago. I weigh...
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Explanations vs. Excuses
November 02, 2018
From a young age, it bothered me when people would make excuses and speak for their children, “Oh he’s shy, but thank you for having him.” Being shy is an explanation of...
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Busy
October 26, 2018
Being too busy makes me so agitated and pissy that I’ve had several serious come to Jesus realizations about how much I can physically do as one human being. But even tho...
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Mama, Where Does Anger Come From?
October 19, 2018
Well honey, this is what happens for me….
Mama gets tired. Now, we’re good there, nothing too scary about being tired. People get tired. But, instead of getting the rest...
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Schedule Change
October 12, 2018
One of the realities of conducting business and raising children in 2018 is that, thanks to smartphones, tablets and computers, people have the ability to change the sche...
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Right Waiting
October 05, 2018
Last week I wrote about the change in perspective I had with the people who run late in my life in Left Waiting. I thought it was important to mention another transition...
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Left Waiting
September 28, 2018
There used to be nothing that drove me crazier than waiting for my husband. He used to run late constantly and I was left staring at the clock almost every time we made p...
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Switch to Dimmers
September 21, 2018
This week was a particularly full week. There were a lot of balls in the air: deadlines, another day off of school, schedule changes, etc. What struck me though was how I...
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