When you feel hurt over and over again, when your desires are not meet time after time, what do you do? You want someone who is glad to see you when you come home. Someone who buys you a small gift every now and then, it doesn’t have to be anything expensive. It can be a candy bar; just something that says, “I was on your mind.” A text that says I love you. Year after year … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Hurt and Pain Take Up Permanent Residency in Your Home
Let me just say this right up front. This is not a write up to give you all the answers. I can’t do that. Most times, the answers are right in front of us or inside of us. But, we are too hurt to open our eyes wide enough to see the truth. This article is to give you a place to share, to speak the pain and release it. Putting up a front like everything is okay is tiring. … [Read more...]
How Do You Handle Disappointment?
by Tara Pringle Jefferson I probably look forward to Valentine's Day more than the average person. Growing up, before I even knew what it meant to have a "valentine," I used to get presents from my dad every February 14. Sometimes they were teddy bears, sometimes a box of chocolates, sometimes both. Sometimes it was both AND dinner out. My dad went all out to let his … [Read more...]