I didn’t realize that my increasingly heavy periods were actually caused by fibroids. At my age, I assumed it was caused by peri-menopause. Many people blame menopause for everything a woman does around my age. Short-tempered = menopause stressed out = menopause irritated with spouse = menopause irritated with kids = menopause irritated with any… Read More Fibroids – who would have thunk!
It is another new year. Where did the last one go? Yet, at the same time, it seems that 2022 was so full that it really should have been at least two years! Roller Coaster would be an adjective, not a noun, if I used it to describe last year. The ups and downs in… Read More A New Year with Hope and Expectation
The last ten months have been extremely difficult for me. Besides continuing my recovery from a brain tumor and brain surgery, I’ve had extreme life circumstances that have truly tested my resolve and spiritual battle tactics. It hasn’t tested my faith in God; I know my God is with me and working in my life.… Read More Future is Uncertain
Today is an odd day. I’m tired. I need rest. I recognize that as my thoughts, emotions, and body say one thing my heart and desire says another. This is how I felt this morning: I don’t know how to live life. I sit here at my desk at a loss. What do I do?… Read More A Day Can Be Just That…A Day
Life is a Constant Journey I’ve been seeking a place of rest, balance, and peace after the brain surgery I had in January 2021. I know I am at the brink of reaching the place I seek. Through prayer, reading the bible, watching sermons and teachings – I am feeling freer and more at peace… Read More Life is a Constant Journey
Divide and Conquer That is an age-old strategy of the enemy. If we can be separated from those who love us, care for us, and will help us when we are down – we are much easier to conquer. We risk the loss of so many things dear to us, starting with our joy. Don’t… Read More Humans Cannot Thrive in Isolation
The little things in life are important. God cares about those seemingly minuscule issues we face on a daily basis. Yet, let’s not forget the enormity of God and his reach. His power to touch the microscopic in our life also extends around the earth to influence and change the seemingly unchangeable and untouchable… Read More God Reaches the Ends of the Earth
What is past is prologue. Because we tend to live for the moment, history is often ignored. We can never escape the past. What we have been shapes what we are and what we will become. (1.) Too often we try to erase the past instead of embracing our entire life. Looking back I see… Read More Past is prologue and shouldn't be ignored.
While looking for a woman to highlight on “Women in the News”, I asked myself the question – Who was the first woman on the moon? To answer that question, I went to the faithful Google search tab on my computer and looked it up. No woman has visited the moon. During that time in… Read More First Woman on the Moon
There have been a few times in my life I thought I hit bottom. Everyone has a bottom from whence to rise from. And while I was able to conquer the depths of the former pits, it seems I have stumbled into an even deeper one. We all have our limits of what we can… Read More Valley of Pits
The Lemonade Digest 