Category Archives: Pain

Life as a Puzzle

Being sequestered in my home with pneumonia has given me the opportunity to start a puzzle I have been wanting to do. It is entitled Masquerade, by Lynn Lupetti. I have spoken here a lot about the masquerade a trauma … Continue reading

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Full Time Job of Healing

                           Why are you downcast, O my soul?                                WHY so distressed within me? I choose to put my hope in You, God, for I will yet praise You, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I … Continue reading

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Deserving Good?

Deserve. It is so painful just to write that word. Why does it have so much power with all that I have learned and all that I have overcome so far? Today I met with a therapist who specializes in … Continue reading

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Emotional Crash Landing

I’m sorry to say so but,sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you… …You’ll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you’ll be in a Slump. And when you’re … Continue reading

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Filling My God Shaped Vacumn

I have been going to therapy with an excellent counselor who I believe God has gifted to help those who have survived trauma. No question about her truth. I learned this week how I have come to meld my respect … Continue reading

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