Mastering YOU Monday...when life happens

When life throws us a curve ball and discouragement, hopelessness or depression hits -and don’t let the world fool you- WE ALL have gotten bit by that bug before. No.one.is.immune! When they hit, like the water in the throat of a drowning swimmer out in the waters wailing for his life…we can do one of two things. Let the waters of the residue of this life overtake us, or fight with all we have until that “out of nowhere” rescuer comes to our aid. At those moments we have to make a split decision as to what

Doing YOU WELL Wednesday #43 and a Thanksgiving recap

Hi everyone!! I've definitely missed you guys! Hope you all had a wonderful time enjoying your families for Thanksgiving...I sure did! I'm so thankful for my family and all of you(my lovely readers)! I really love and appreciate you guys!! :-) And to everyone who's comments I have yet to respond to...please forgive me! I'll be doing so soon and visiting your blogs as well. Please hold it to my head(well, my lack of time and busy schedule) and not my heart! ;-)

Throw your hands up, throw your hands up!

Sometimes we have to sit down, take a breath and regroup. Especially when we find ourselves starting to complain and gripe about our lives…where we are and what we are or aren’t doing. If no one else will say it, I will. In general, we as women tend to do this more often than men. I don’t know why…but we do. Single women want to be married, wives want to be single. Working mothers want to be at home with their children, stay-at-home moms want to go to work. Where does it end? When we start to

Throw your hands up!

When you’re frustrated because you’re dissatisfied or discontent, with where you are in life; all you have to do is “throw your hands up”, not out of your frustration, but out of your thankfulness to the Lord! When we find ourselves getting into that “ornery mode”(some of us more than others…and YES, that includes Believers) ;-)…you know, that  mode when we’re grumpy and ungrateful and no one can talk to us, lest they get their head chewed off. It’s during those times when God has a funny way of bringing back to our remembrance ALL the things we should be