People worship celebrities, rock stars and multi-millionaires. But this raw piece of life haunted me in a way that is forever imprinted on my soul. Truly, I will never be the same. Springing out of the bed one rainy Seattle Christmas day, I drove to Starbucks to buy some lattes for my husband and me….
Category: Real Life
With Love, Your Stepmonster
You never know when the curtain of someone’s life will close. Jennifer Michehl entered my life over 20 years ago. She told me I was like the big sister she’d never had. I was honored when she frequently she said she could tell me anything. I didn’t try to fill any certain role for her –…
7 Things to Remember about Politically Opposite Friendships
You don’t understand how they can possibly think that way. But of course they feel the same way about you. Here are a few things to consider when navigating your friendship with people of other political slants. 1. Everyone has a unique story. Your life story is unique to you. Your friend’s story plays a powerful…
Image Management part 2: What are You Trying to Prove?
What are you trying to prove? Before you say, “Nothing,” look into your soul and ask yourself the question in the mirror. Are you trying to prove you’re loveable? You’re good enough? Valuable enough, special enough? You’re smart enough? You’re pretty enough or handsome enough? You’re important enough? How much time, money, effort, exercise and study…
What Lies do you Believe about Yourself?
What Lies Do You Believe about Yourself? Being human carries a risk that at different times we are susceptible to believe lies about ourselves. Satan is the father of lies, and he has a basket of lies for each of us. He knows how to “sell” us the basket that fits our life stories and…
Compare and Despair
As humans, it’s easy to get on the stinkin’ thinkin’ channel of our brains. Self-pity sneaks in like a dark shadow of despair. Comparing ourselves to others eclipses the radiance of God’s love sparkling inside us. We compare and we despair. Sometimes we focus on what we believe others to have. Maybe it’s…
Lessons from a Young Multi-Millionaire
Sometimes the golden nuggets of wealth are made of tin foil.
Basking in the Loveliness of Gratitude or the Sea of Self-Pity?
Has the remote of your soul ever been stuck on the self-pity channel? Mine has. Seattle sun shimmers like a jewel in my grandmother’s jewelry box. The fingerprints of God saturates the glorious Northwest landscape, as Mount Rainier stands tall. She bows in the symphony of splendor as the trees march up her sides into the blue…
9 Signs You’re a Tech Addict – and Why It Matters
I was at a shoe sale when God was passing out tech skills. (But no worries; I’m sure the shoes were amazing!) Nevertheless, I know many of us are on our devices way too much. “You’re on that thing again?!” your spouse or friend says. Oops. Tech addiction will rob your relationships faster than you…
Phoneless in Seattle
Today I was Phoneless in Seattle. Also Handbagless, Moneyless and – oh no! Lipstickless. I’d walked to my car in the morning, and noticed a spider spinning her sticky web inside. In my frenzied attempt to remove the hitchhiker, I accidentally locked my phone, handbag and Nook in the car. I saw my purse, keys,…
Raw. Real. Reflections. 