It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It

I feel lonely and trapped.  I know many stay-at-home moms experience these feelings from time to time, but today I feel more justified in these feelings than usual.  I am literally trapped.  My car got stuck in the driveway as I was trying to escape...

A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed!

I have been doing a lot of thinking about friendship lately.  As a therapist, people come into my office with a variety of issues.  One of the questions that I ask at the very first meeting is about their “support system.”  It is important to find out...

What If You Did Win the Powerball?

All of us at some time or another have daydreamed about what we would do if we came into a large sum of money, if we won the lottery or received a large inheritance. We talk about all the things we would buy or the things we would do with that money, and how life...

Breaking the International Language Barrier

I have found that when I travel to a foreign country there are a few key words that are good to know.  “Hello, good-bye, please, thank you, and do you speak English” to name a few.  And, the most important phrase of all, “where is the bathroom?” Before...

Fire Hazard

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.” Revelation 3:19  Recently a friend shared how these words caught his eye as he read the message to the Church in Laodicea. He pointed out that when disciplined, we often apologize, but do we...