Changes

Beautiful woman going through a big change in her life. She is packing and moving boxes.

We’re in the middle of moving across the country. And it’s a whole different kind of move when you’re moving a family, two dogs, a lizard, and fish. There are more people and things to consider, with the heart of it being that I have the responsibility of making it as easy a transition as [...]

It's Time to Be Selfish

It's time to be selfish - Road sign pointing in different directions to "I want", "You want" "We want", and "They want".

I know; we've all been brought up to be very good little girls. And we've become very well-behaved women. We learned well that we were to put others needs before our own, and not be selfish. And we've done just that, haven't we. We're oh so good at meeting everyone's needs except our own. We know [...]

Ten Things I Would Do Differently

Ten things I would do differently. Going down a different path.

… if I could do it all over again. 1. I would spend less time worrying about how we were ever going to find each other. I would know when we were both truly ready for each other, we would find each other. 2. I wouldn’t try so hard to change myself to be what [...]

Filling the Void

Are you feeling empty inside?

Frequently, whether we're currently in a relationship or we're single, we find ourselves looking for something, longing for something, and we're not sure exactly what it is. We're feeling empty inside, like there's a hollow space within us that we are desperately looking to fill in any way that we can. So often what we’re [...]

Space For Something New

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

I love buttercups, so when I saw this one growing up through a crack in our back patio, I just had to take a photo of it. It absolutely amazes me that something so beautiful can grow, completely on it's own, in such  difficult circumstances. All it needed was the opportunity. It reminded me of [...]

You Deserve to be Loved!

You deserve to be loved.

We all have inherent belief systems, as a result of our early programming, that greatly affect us throughout our lives into adulthood. For a variety of reasons, one of the most prevalent is that we don’t deserve to be loved, and it's this particular one that has the most negative effect on the quality of [...]

Stop Being So Hard on Yourself!

Don't be so hard on yourself.

There’s one thing we women do better than anything else - we beat ourselves up. It doesn’t matter how far we’ve come or what we’ve learned along the way, no one else is harder on us than we are. We know all too well exactlywhat we should have done, could have done, would have done [...]

This Really Is The Best Kind Of Love

The Best Kind of Love - fun and romantic love notes on the mirror.

You probably could have guessed this about me, but I absolutely love love stories.  I just found this one recently, and it’s definitely going in the inspiration box. I'm not sure exactly why, but this one really had the tears welling up.  It may be since I’ll be celebrating 10 years of marriage this year, [...]

Everything Changes

Everything Changes - Springtime Cherry Blossoms

I just revisited my hometown for the first time in over seven years.  I haven’t been back since before my children were born, but the memories that came up for me brought it all back as if I had just been there yesterday. The sights, the sounds, the scents, the feelings, the emotions.  The memories [...]

To Love is to Risk

To Love is to Risk (Risk Ahead Sign on road)

Some correspondence I had with a reader last week got me to thinking about how life is really all about taking risks.  And how anything worth having usually requires risking something of ourselves.  Like love.  Especially when we’re talking about love in the truest sense of the word. Because when we put ourselves out there [...]