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Happy People Can Be Depressed, Too

I opened my eyes, instantly awake and yet not sure where I was. “Mom, you fell asleep on the couch again. What’s for dinner?” Dinner. How can a…

My husband and I have this standing date night. Every week, same time, same day, the babysitter comes, and we leave for a little alone time. It’s…

The sun is shining as I watch my three-year-old at play. It is still chilly outside, but the beauty of the day has beckoned us out the door in our…

I’ve come to realize being a mom means you find yourself in a state of perpetual heartache, while also experiencing unimaginable, overwhelming…

I have anxiety and, because of it, my husband has three wives—and they’re all me. This is not a joke nor a play on words. Mental illness and…

Last year during Wednesday night church activities, our little girl made an Advent calendar. The calendar had 24 vacant spaces to affix…

I am late pretty much everywhere, every day. I genuinely, genuinely with all of my heart want to be on top of things, want to be on time, but I am…

I assume we all know at least one person who qualifies as less than positive. We can call her Debbie Downer or Negative Nelly or other names I…

Joy is such a simple word. Only three short letters, but for a person who has lost a child it seems like a BIG word with a complex meaning. The…

They all knew it before I did. Friends are annoying like that– they often spot your garbage before you even smell the stink. Truthfully, I…