This is a post I’ve tackled before but I’ve switched my blog server around enough that it’s something I thought I’d revisit. Earlier this month I confessed that I used to hate January 2nd. One year I had a $12,000 car accident while 10 weeks into a high risk pregnancy. Four years later, I learned…
Julie’s Note: Jennifer Slattery isn’t just a fantastic writer, she shares my passion for marriage. This originally posted on her blog, and I’m pleased to showcase it here. Make sure you contact her, as she left her contact info at the end. Today I’m doing something a little different, mainly because I committed to do…
Are you getting used to 2012 yet? Writing the right year on your checks? Still working on those resolutions and goals? I feel like 2012 is starting off with a bang. A break-neck speed of chaos where I’m on one of those conveyor belt sidewalks at the airport. I’m walking, but it’s fast. Things are…
It’s a new year, time to work on those goals, themes, and for some, resolutions. But for too many, it’s a time to not just look back, but stare and wish for the clock to turn back and stay there. If you’re here today, it isn’t by accident. Every Sunday I share a thought or…
Finally, the weekend. I think this week went on forever. Sure felt like it. Here’s my Character Confession for the week. I think my confession is why the week felt so long. I’m 41 and there are days I’m absolutely consumed by hopelessness. Sometimes it’s hormonal. Sometimes it’s by my own choice and the consequences….
Julie’s note: Laura Hodges Poole is a great writer and a fellow ACFW Scribes critique group member. She writes on a subject I know well, people pleasing. When I share my story I talk about how my rock-bottom moment came when I whittled an eggplant at 2am for a perfect Christmas penguin centerpiece no one…