Tag: dysfunctional family
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Supermom
I want to get away from the supermom thing. …go for more other-centered-servant-hearted thinking.
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Ugh 🌼 🌸 🌼
I had an unpleasant argument with Q, our adult mentally challenged offspring…Talked him out of running away again, I hope. Q wants to live in a hut that he pulls behind his bike (!) and be a street preacher. Sigh. Not too fond of reality is our progeny. In all fairness, Jesus was a street…
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Why is there suffering?
Hmmm…good point. Father, help me to focus on You. I don’t understand why things don’t work sometimes. Why have I been sick for seven-ish years? You could heal me in a snap. I’ve certainly asked You often enough. I remember that all You said was: getting sick IS your healing. (However that works ~ but…
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Forgiving myself 🌻
“Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive,” C.S. Lewis wrote. ” I think Peter would have agreed. He knew pontificating about forgiveness was a whole lot easier than practicing it. “It’s the doing that gets tough. “But it’s the doing that should characterize the child of God. To return…
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Things to 💕
Moonlight and Roses, performed by Jim Reeves; played that record every time I visited my Grandma Dodson when I was a kid. Cotton candy stands at the County Fair. I liked the pink flavor. Big band music and warm summer evenings Quiet morning, sunshine, camping, bird song Drive in movies, popcorn 🍿🎥 looking through old…
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Family Destiny 🌷
(Jesus help me say this well. #helpful #courage-building) I just woke up from a dream. (I know, lame-o. But just gimme a minute.) It was multi-racial: I remember that much. Lots of children. There was scholarship awarded–to paint with a master artist.I seemed to be both of my daughters sometimes. (💕one of my daughters doesn’t…