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Anxiety, Stress, and Life's Roller Coaster

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                                          Photo by Me. Woodbury Covered Bridge So life lately has given me Anxiety and Stress. This life feels as if I am riding a roller coaster. I am not sure if life is up or down. If it is good or bad. If it is coming or going. I used to think I was in control. That I could handle anything, but honestly God can handle anything and I do not want his job, but I find myself turning to him more and more. If you have been with me a bit you know I lost my mom in November 2023. This has been the biggest struggle for me. I have not, am not, and probably will not, handle this well. I have read the books I have talked to others, and I have found support, but I feel at a loss without my mom. she was my number one supporter. She was with me my whole life and no one else has been and to lose that person shattered and devastated me.  Add to the list of stresses we all have, work, spouses, friends, relationships, and anything you deal with here. We are all trying o

Marriage And The Lies We Were Told!

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                                                         Photo by  Zoriana Stakhniv  on  Unsplash  Marriage. Wedded Bliss. You found your forever after and you believe all your problems are solved. You found your spouse and now everything is coming up roses. Life will get easier, better, and happier by finding your spouse. We have all been fed a pack of lies.  Married life now means you have someone living with you. Hopefully happy and in love with you, but know that life will not magically turn into a bed of roses. Marriage is work. It is a full-time job. It is not fifty-fifty.  Sometimes you will give 60, your spouse will give 40, and sometimes you can only muster 20.  Life is hard at best, a struggle to survive it at its worst. There are days when you want to growl at your spouse and days you want to just hold them and kiss them and snuggle close. There are days when you both have struggled in the world and just need to order out and be ok with that. Marriage is a give and take and