Tag: relationships
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Community Builds Confidence
This week, while I was away with my family, there was a number of drug overdoses back home, two of them within my circles of life. Addiction has become a dreadful epidemic that deeply affects so many of us. This may seem a bit off-topic for my typical blog, but in actuality it is not…
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Finding Confidence in Knowing You are not Alone
Do you ever feel like you are completely alone because no one understands you? After a few years of working full time as a hairdresser I began having back problems. Here I was in my prime of life ending each day in excruciating pain. I felt like such a wimp! My co-workers and clients thought…
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Holy Hug
I remember the guilt like yesterday. I remember the crime as well, but twenty years later it hardly seems like something to have been so ashamed of. I was a single mom struggling with depression. I wanted to be happy and cheerful but it took a conscious effort to be pleasant–and that day I had…
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Are Cliques Bad?
Cliques. Nobody likes them unless they are them. Girlfriends who are having a good time together can (purposely or unmindfully) snub those around them, and if you are the one left out of the fun it can make you feel like an outsider. While these kinds of situations can rock the confidence of some women…
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Expecting Love on Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air–or at least it should be–it’s Valentine’s Day! What are you expecting today? Most of us want to be in a strong and romantic relationship with a perfect mate who gives, says and does exactly as you want him (or her) to but this seldom our reality–even in a happy marriage.…
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Free to Feel
I am so proud of my daughter. Since Christmas she has been learning to play the guitar. She’s a Dramatic and has always taken good care of her nails, but has had to sacrifice their length for her new passion to play the strings. After having long nails for so long, the tips of her…
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Confidence Secured by Salvation
A bad-hair day is not the only thing that will rock a girl’s confidence. I can think of many other confidence conflicts, how about you? You make a great accomplishment and no one seems excited for you. You don’t make the team/ get the job/position you worked so hard for. You are totally misunderstood and…
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Freedom of Forgiveness
This was about 10 years ago now, but I vividly remember the day I made a $20,000 mistake in my husband’s business account. It seems like he has forgotten it. He has never brought it up; neither have-I until now (why not put it on the internet, right?). There are not many relationships where I…
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Silent Night
Silent Night, Holy Night; all is calm, all is bright ‘Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace We’ve all heard the song. We sing it with reverence as we think about Baby Jesus sleeping soundly in a manger while His sweet…
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What’s in Your Mirror?
You are who you believe you are. If you do not know who you are, your confidence will waver. If you believe a lie about yourself (like you are ugly/weak/unwanted), you will be self-conscious, and no matter how beautiful your image is, you will not give others confidence in you. Sometimes what women see in…
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Walking on Water
Oh, what I would do to have the kind of faith it takes to step out of this boat I’m in, onto the crashing waves… Maybe you remember the popular Christian song, “Voice of Truth” by Casting Crowns? It was always one of my favorites, especially after watching two of my children do human…
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Needing Others
When a child suffers or dies, caring people are affected. It doesn’t have to be your child, or your family member for you to feel the grief. If you care, you hurt. Of course the pain is far more substantial for the parents and those who love the one afflicted, but somehow difficult stories become…