For me...tonight...the first choice is the winner. I worked on several projects literally ALL DAY, and I began to feel 100% destroyed and defeated. Joy is part of the name of my team. I'm thinking I typed the word COMPLETELY out of me. I know that is probably the stupidest thing anyone has ever read,… Continue reading Defeat>Joy or Defeat<Joy
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Devil’s Lies
The second verse of Fear is a Liar by Zach Williams "When he told you were troubledYou'll forever be aloneWhen he told you you should run awayYou'll never find a homeWhen he told you you were dirtyAnd you should be ashamedWhen he told you you could be the oneThat grace could never change Fear he… Continue reading Devil’s Lies
What is Depression?
Depression. Darkness. Loneliness. Desolation. "Having the blues." I'm not sure when I first began MY battle of depression. I was young. Much like the waves of the ocean, waves of depression would suddenly crash onto my childhood like onto a shore and wreck my sandcastle. It was unexpected. It was a deep sadness I couldn't… Continue reading What is Depression?
What is Anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure. I battled anxiety my whole childhood. Trauma's have a way of doing that. I was constantly looking over my shoulders. Scared to be too loud or to draw attention to myself. If nobody notices me, I can't get… Continue reading What is Anxiety
Moved and Almost settled
It totally rained cats and dogs the first half of the move. Those poor guys worked their tails off IN THE RAIN with a driveway that is SOOOO steep they had to use a shuttle. They used this little truck pictured above to carry stuff down to the road and then load the big trucks… Continue reading Moved and Almost settled
Moving
We MOVED! We closed on our house on the 13th (Friday the 13th 😬😬) and have been working like crazy sense then! Hubby has an actual 8-5 job, so I’ve been doing all the little things and he does all the heavy lifting stuff in the evenings. Movers came in Thursday and did all the… Continue reading Moving
Unhealthy Habits: Codependency
Let's begin with good ol' Webster. The dictionary. 😉 Merriam Webster dictionary broadly defines codependency as the dependence on the needs of or control by another. This can be another human, or it can be substances such as alcohol, narcotics, recreational drugs When I was young, I used to say "This parent is addicted to pills,… Continue reading Unhealthy Habits: Codependency
My Journey- Warning: Abuse
TRIGGER WARNING: THERE WILL BE SOME MENTIONS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE. This is going to be long but raw and real and probably TMI, but as you will soon find out, that's pretty much just how I am. 😋 For those who have been following me for a while may notice I'm switching gears a little… Continue reading My Journey- Warning: Abuse
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Watch Your Mouth
You are trying to get everything finished up and at the table so your family can sit down to eat the meal you prepared, and as you start to pour your kiddo a glass of milk, your phone rings, startling you, and you miss the glass. "Oh my gosh. I am so stupid!" You are… Continue reading Watch Your Mouth
Eating Soul Food
For over a decade I was in the dental field. Early on I began to notice a pattern. As I would review my patient's health histories, if there was a patient with-anxiety, depression, mood disorders, fibromyalgia (and of course the obvious like type 2 diabetes and heart issues)- they were typically overweight/obesity. If we are… Continue reading Eating Soul Food
