Who’s in Your Circle?

by | Sep 14, 2023 | friendship

A while back I met a few people for tea.  On the way home, I was feeling..…odd.  Discontent.  Judged.  Invisible.  It was really weird.  I felt like I had been an unnecessary person at that table, 90% of the talking being done by the others, and when I was asked a...

Stop Letting Me Down

by | Jul 20, 2023 | difficult marriage, divorce, friendship

Question: “I’m kind of disappointed. People keep letting me down when I need them the most. What gives?” I can relate. I recently sent an email to a friend sharing the latest goings-on in my life and I didn’t get a response. So here’s what I’m learning these...

Enough-ness

by | Jun 15, 2023 | faith, friendship, heart, wholeness

I love certain words more than others. Words like abide. Rest.  Quiet.  Peace.  Be still and know.  Enough. A ways back, I took myself on a little journey. Post-divorce, I thought it was time for me to rediscover some of my men-wounds. Good times. And one of the main...

Digging Around the Past

by | May 11, 2023 | friendship

A friend of mine from high school once told me I was nostalgic. For some very odd reason, I took it as a slam. I think at the time I thought she meant that I held onto the past or lingered back there as opposed to living life in the here and now. I never asked her to...

The Warmth or the Wind?

by | May 4, 2023 | difficult marriage, friendship, pain

I was reflecting on some significant advice I’d been given back during my first marriage. Advice might not be the right word; someone else’s opinion maybe. I was given this same opinion twice, within months, but one was cloaked in harshness, the other in gentleness,...