I really can't figure it out. Is life getting harder, or is it just my imagination? By jasminejennyjen  Fire, divorce, cancer, miscarriages and still-births, lost jobs-- and those are just within my circle of friends, within the past few weeks.  Is it...

I recently took the Myers Briggs Personality Profile, and was shocked to discover I'm an extrovert.  Really?  I told my kids, and one of them said when a sibling called, "We sitting around wondering when Mom became an extrovert."  At first I thought...

I've always loved the American flag. I was born on the 4th of July, several weeks late, and my mom says I was making a statement by making my appearance that day.  Independence and America are both big deals for me.  Growing up, red, white and blue felt like...

Photo by Cyberuly One of the things about being in an abusive relationship is that the longer you’re in it, the harder it is to trust yourself.  When everything you say, think, or believe is discounted, you begin to doubt yourself and rely on other’s opinions to...

I wrote all the names on little slips of paper, put them in a yellow plastic cereal bowl, closed my eyes, stirred them around with my finger and pulled out... Danielle! Congratulations Danielle! You win a $10 Amazon gift card for leaving comments on the 30 Day...

Your heart starts pounding, palms sweating, and you're ready to either kill someone or sprint a 2-minute mile-- all because of... something you can't quite put your finger on.  But it feels dangerous! Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) isn't just for combat...

I found this on John Cusick's blog, and for obvious reasons, simply had to repost.  =) The big question lately has been, what Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?  And the answer is... Everything! I love physics, research, investigation, reading, painting,...

Do you personally know anyone who is not having a hard time in life?  Right now?  Today? If you answered "Yes," I'm going to guess you just don't know them well enough.   by D Sharon Pruitt When my daughter was a freshman in college, a professor of a...

Not long after I moved into my house in Virginia, a woman from church stopped by.  I was scrubbing my walls with a washcloth.  The house had been in good shape when I'd walked through several months earlier on my quick house-hunting trip.  Since then,...

I accepted a challenge today and thought you might like to join in! Let me tell you about it. We were talking about how our thoughts control our feelings and actions.  For example, someone cuts you off in traffic and you can... Think about what an idiot they...