• Happiness,  Life,  Spiritual

    God, Grace & Gratitude Gets the Focus

    You’ve probably seen this picture before if you are not new to the blog. I saw it in my photos and decided it was a perfect focus for this period of time in my life, and also for the start of this blog post. Each week is a struggle for me, a battle. As a person who feels too much and pushes it down (or writes about it), and a person who analyzes too much (and still doesn’t come up with an answer for life), and a person who seeks joy, but rarely finds it (because of the previous two things), I find that this simple quote brings me peace.…

  • Beauty,  Psyche,  Self-Help

    Sunshine in My Soul

    Two nights ago as I lay in bed in prayer and conversation with the Lord having heaviness in my heart and depression in my soul. He promised me I would awake a new person Sunday morning and would be filled with joy, beauty, and enjoy living again. He promised there would be sunshine in my soul again. Sunday seemed to be a transition day when I awoke. A day of acknowledging, purging, letting go, forgetting, and cleansing. And today when I woke up the image of a sun brighter than this sunflower was in my head as clear as if it were shining right in front of my face. Try…

  • Family,  Life

    Is There Life Out there? Let Me Know! LOL!

    It’s another blog day again. I sit unsure of what to type. This has not been a problem much before. I am just tired and perhaps at the tail end or tail spin of depression. The end of the week and many things to do. Hamster on a wheel. I’m starting to feel for the first time in a long time that I am not excited to blog anymore. I want to just go back to back and sleep. And I am starting to not care about anything anymore. I just get up and go and do the day all over again. I’m teetering between “I think I can” and…