Dear Diary- I cannot get this quote out of my head— “The intimacy of marriage, more than friendship or work, makes it hard to do two different things simultaneously: to have a solid self and to connect deeply with another person.” Mind blown! I keep seeing this...
Dear Diary- It is a unique experience to go through life as a therapist. (There were plenty of other words from the word bank to insert here. Could have been interesting, heavy, a privilege, a burden, fulfilling. I had to pick one for the sake of being concise, but...
Dear Diary- May is always crazy for us. With 3 birthdays (ok maybe 2.5 because we all know mom’s isn’t made a super big deal), baseball, and the general transition into spring (yard clean up, gear switching, etc) It’s enough to make someone crazy. It’s even crazier...
Dear Diary- The power is out for the 3rd time in recent history! And I’m about to blow my lid over it. The first was that 36-hour marathon when the house dropped to 48 degrees. The only actual causality was the fish but other contenders were my sanity, my sense of...
Dear Diary- I came across a quote from Harriett Lerner in the form of a social media post that said “Authenticity is not about telling all—or telling all at once. It’s about making wise decisions about HOW and WHEN to tell WHAT to WHOM”. Um, come again?! It doesn’t...
Dear Diary- My devotional today emphasized how worry, doubt, envy, etc are all a human’s natural bent. This is normal. Faith, however, is unnatural. It’s not our human nature and therefore it can feel like an elusive state I can never quite attain. I think it also...
Dear Diary- Why is it so damn hard to go home on Sunday? No matter where I’m going, where I’ve been, or what time it is, I feel this dread wash over me. A combination of sadness, loss, impending doom. I just had a blast! I’ve got lots of time to decompress. I’m not...
Dear Diary- One of my favorite insights from the series Parenthood connected the storyline from early in the series when Amber, the oldest granddaughter, is in a car accident from a stupid, drunken decision. Even despite her family’s immense fear and concern, and her...
Dear Diary- Brené Brown was the first to teach me about Act 2. In any play or storyline, there is a flow that occurs. Act 2 is the height of the tension. It starts with an event or decision that creates ‘the point of no return.’ The point where the heroine/hero or...
