A Fairy Tale Can Take A Long Time (a blog post about 37 years of marriage)
I'm reblogging last year's anniversary post since today is our 38th year together. Happy Anniversary to my sweet husband! Tomorrow's regularly scheduled post will be delivered as usual. I hope you'll visit twice this week.
Taking “Taking Care of Yourself” Too Far (when does self-care turn selfish?)
“Take care of yourself as much as you want to be taken care of.” S. Kim Henson “You have taken ‘taking care of yourself’ too far,” he said. If you’re like me, this kind of accusation can wreck a week. It can happen even when we have a plan – one so important we think nothing can make us stumble. Before the wreckage, we’re stirred and...
My Version of JOY (Jesus, Oneself, You)
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” Katrina Mayer, author of The Mustard Seed Way I’ve attended church most of my life, so there’s no telling how many times I’ve heard and repeated the acronym for JOY. J Jesus O Others Y Yourself After lying in bed with depression, though, I had to decide whether to value my life enough to stay...
What Scares You? (feel the fear, do it anyway)
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anaïs Nin In the series mentioned in my last blog post, Finish Your Book in 2016, Jerry B. Jenkins said, “List your fears so you can move on.” I’m fortunate that blogging is part of my moving on. Even when I’m writing about fear, I am...
What Truly Matters to You? (finding your “why”)
“People lose their way when they lose their why.” Gail Hyatt In the series, Finish Your Book in 2016, author Jerry B. Jenkins talks about finding our “why.” He asks, “What truly matters to you?” It seems I’ve known since I was a little girl that relationships matter and we need each other. Friends and I sit for hours in restaurants and...
Who Am I Writing For? (every Woman who wants her own Life while Loving the People in It)
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” Voltaire Besides asking for qualifications, editors and publishers ask, “Who is your audience?” I figured out my readership when I figured out what I needed to write about. I’m writing for friends like me who struggle to do what we want when those we love...
When’s It Going To Be My Turn? (Getting Your Own Life While Loving the People In It)
"Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it's one thing and one thing only: it's doing what you have to do." Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed, author of the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, had to hike for months to get her own life. I have to write blog posts and a manuscript to get mine. It’s that...
Hi, I’m Kim.
I write about Getting Your Own Life While Loving the People In It which means we live our lives, honor our emotions, and show up for our relationships.
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