(For the audio version of this blog post, click here) Have you ever felt condemned? What about defeated or misunderstood? Or all the above all at the same time? The more you try, the more pronounced these feelings become? And even if they’re irrational, the fact that you feel them means you experience them. Maybe you have an idea of that one thing that would take away all the hurt found in this miserable place: If only she would say one nice affirming word! If only he would come back! Continue Reading
Grow
(For the audio version of this blog post, click here.) I used to pick up my daughters and swing them in the air with no problem. I used to give them piggy back rides to bed and swoop them up in car seats with ease. Now, we play tag, they walk to bed, and they hop in the car by themselves. Because, one, they are physically capable. And two, they are now heavy. What changed? Their weight changed. They grew. The force pulling them towards the center of the Earth, namely gravity, is stronger Continue Reading
Pray
(For the audio version of this blog post, click here ) Have you ever wondered how it is that you can place a pill in your mouth, swallow it, and your aching back stops aching? Or you place a pill in your mouth, swallow it, and you get relief from your itching eyes and runny nose. You can even place a pill in your mouth, swallow it, and return to work freed from your upper respiratory tract infection. How do these pills all enter this one area of our body but have effects on many different Continue Reading