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A Christmas “Activity” You Won’t Want To Miss

Women are getting angrier. At least that’s what a recent poll reveals. An annual survey by Gallup suggests that women, on average worldwide, have been getting angrier over the past 10 years. In 2012 both genders reported anger and stress at similar levels. But more recently, it was found that women were angrier—by six percentage points. The ...

When You Don’t Feel Like Being Thankful

The other day, I threw an epic fit. I let my two sort-of-stunned teenage kids “have it” for several reasons, some being legit things that needed correction and others being things that bubbled to the surface because I was having a mommy meltdown. One of the things that I probably didn’t need to rant and rave ...

Your Imperfect Story Can Speak Volumes

Incidental.  That word has an undeniably Hollywood blockbuster ring to it. (Don’t think so? Read this in your best movie trailer voice: “Incidentals, Coming to theaters, Summer 2023.” Told ya.) But other than sounding like a movie title, the word usually connotes something which is non-essential or minor or inconsequential to the overall scheme of things. If we ...

We Need This More Than We Know

Sitting in the second row of the auditorium, I watched as my daughter and the rest of the choir filed onto the stage. Dressed in black and white, they looked like piano keys and my heart played a proud, happy tune. Being an overenthusiastic, trigger-happy mama, I leaned forward to speak to the two ladies in ...

The Word That May Become Obsolete

It’s a word relegated to courtroom dramas where the jury delivers a verdict. Other than that, it doesn’t bubble up too often in popular culture. It’s considered an ugly word that has no room in our “evolved” modern lives. I’m speaking of the word, “guilt.” In our “no regrets” culture, guilt is a taboo emotion, and is used ...

The Odd Prescription For Self-Limiting Beliefs

If you feel like a fraud at your workplace, if you believe you don’t deserve your job title, if you wonder when your colleagues will discover that you’re massively incapable and wholly incompetent, then guess what? You’re in good company. That self-assured lady at Starbucks sipping her non-fat Cortado as she clicks and clacks away ...

Get On With The Life God Has For You

Our first year of marriage wasn’t all rainbows and roses. Of course, we were newlyweds in love. But, like many freshly-baked marriages, year one was like a cake with an undercooked, wobbly middle. Back then, though, I hadn’t the faintest clue that your relationship could go from idyllic to irritating in a nanosecond. Or even if ...

God Is Not Interested In This (At All!)

Here’s something you should probably know about me, especially if we haven’t met in person. It’s a fact that is intrinsic to my personality. Something that is difficult to overlook. On a good day, with my three-inch heels on, I hover at about five feet high. Or thereabouts. Being “fun size” comes with its share of good things ...

The Strange Way God Draws Us Back

The husband and I tied the knot 17 years ago. I wonder why we use that particular phrase—tied the knot—for weddings. As far as I remember, the only thing in knots was my stomach. And the only tie that mattered was the one the groom wore without consulting me. Our wedding was back when the ...
MEET SUSAN

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