While the holidays are a time of cheer for many, there are others who dread the holidays like the plague. Depression often worsens during the holiday season. People who are lonely often feel even more alone during the holiday season. More suicides occur in January than any other month, because of the emotional fallout that remains after a tough holiday season. I debated whether or…
Day 22: Be Present Some people suggest that a good way to deal with stress is to step back for a few minutes and imagine a place that is peaceful for you. Today’s blog assignment is to describe such a place so here goes. I drop my flip flops by the pier, and smile as I feel the warmth of the sand between my toes….
Ok, so perhaps you are like me and you are thinking what in the world is ekphrasis? This means that I am supposed to write about another art form. So, I found a Flickr Image in Creative Commons that inspires me and I am supposed to free write about it for fifteen minutes without editing the post. Here is the image and here goes my…
Ok, so today’s post is supposed to be a funny story… When this happened, I wasn’t laughing, but when I look back on it, I crack up. A couple of weeks ago I went to McDonald’s before class and got breakfast and coffee. When I got to work and was walking up the front stairs of the building, I stumbled. Not wanting to spill my…
Today we were challenged to re-post from our blog’s archives. I originally wrote this post for a friend’s blog (I encourage you to check out Melody’s blog by clicking here), but I later posted it on mine as well.At least once a month I meet a Christian who struggles with depression and feels guilty about it, because they are a Christian. So, what does the…
I don’t know about you, but there have been times when I’ve wrestled with the verse about God giving you the desires of my heart. The desire of my heart was for my husband to be healed from bipolar disorder, but God chose not to heal him, but instead allowed him to take his own life. I thought I was delighting in the Lord at…