Circular argument. Another one of those terms I never knew until I lived it. I mean, there is no conversation with a narcissist in the traditional sense of the word, in which we … discuss. Like, for example, I would just love to say, I don’t think our daughter’s school is working out. I think we need to consider a different school. And then he would respond like a mature…
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A Chicken and Egg Story
Y’all…. I HAVE CHICKENS. Which no doubt comes as a complete and utter shock to those of you who have been following my blog for any length of time, on account of how you’ve always known me as a hip and sophisticated person. Yep, I DO still live in the city, mere blocks from downtown. But I have also gone country, back to my roots, at least a little, with…
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Pretty
A man died this week. A man who, by all accounts, was a blessing to all who knew him… at least all who knew him during the twenty years that I knew him. He had been my Sunday school teacher and neighbor during the early years of my marriage. His wife is a Facebook friend of mine, and she made a post asking for stories about him to be emailed…
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Hiding
“Did something bad happen to you and it made you hide? I had a stalker, and it made me shut down my social media.” I’m sitting at a convention and our speaker just said those words and I felt the floor drop out from under me. Yes. Yes, I’ve been hiding. My ex-husband reads every word I write here and sends me hateful, vile comments on every post I write….
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Seen
Miracles have always happened for me. I won’t tell you ALL of them just yet, because you’d really think I was some kinda crazy religious nut… but there have been a bunch of them in my lifetime. I’ve always had this hunch that I’m one of God’s favorites for that reason. And not ‘favorite’ in an arrogant, I’m special and better than everyone sort of way, more of an in…
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Some Humans are Crap
Well, it’s that time of day in which I sit down and write for fifteen minutes, and in the absence of anything especially lovely or encouraging or even entertaining to write about, I’ll go with what’s been on my mind and heart all day long. Soooo. I’ve turned into one of those conspiracy theorist people, I guess. I have dived down deep into some rabbit holes, and those rabbit holes…
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Let Mercy Lead
Let mercy lead, let love be the strength in your legs, and in every footprint that you lead, there’ll be a drop of grace… Rich Mullins Rich Mullins lyrics have always spoken right to my heart, and I’ve been stuck on this song lately. I even printed these lyrics out with my label maker and taped them right to my desk so I see them every time I sit down…
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In Defense of Mansplaining
Throughout the 14+ year history of this little blog, a LOT has gone on behind the scenes of my life. I mean, that’s an understatement. If you were to rate my life on the Holmes- Rahe Stress Scale I should be dead by now. I won’t go into all that. If you know, you know. I’m a lot older and a lot wiser now than I was when I began…
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Lack and Abundance and Marketplace Sofas
I almost bought a couch yesterday. But I didn’t. I saw it on Facebook marketplace, which is my favorite source of nearly every furniture item (and, um, everything else) in my home since I became a single mama with a house to furnish. I mean, I had furniture before, but I’ve made a deliberate effort to not bring anything into this home that was contaminated with some sort of negative…
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A Good Man.
Susie recently celebrated big birthday number EIGHT. This is SO hard to believe, since I documented her birth story on this blog here like TWO WEEKS AGO. We had a party. She got some gifts. And seeing as how my mama taught me good Southern thank-you note etiquette, I have, naturally, taught my girls the same. One thank-you note in particular was written to a certain gentleman friend who has…
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I Know
I know. I know that You reach down from on high and take hold of me and rescue me from the deep waters. I know You have never let me drown. I know that You gently lead those who have young. I know that You are my Shepherd and I SHALL NOT be in want. I know that I have never been in want. I know that I can be…
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Patient and Kind
I’ve been reading The Love Dare for Parents lately, and I tell ya what…. I’m only four days in, or maybe five ~ I lose track on account of how I’ve gone back and re-read the chapters two or four times each, ~ and it has gutted me. Patient and Kind… These words are stuck in head lately, and it’s because of this book. This book has hit me where…
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