by skimhenson | Jun 10, 2013 | fear, living fully, self-destruction
Seeing Max on today’s Google screen reminded me of how I make up monsters, just like in author Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. And my monsters do the same sort of thing as in the book, “And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their...
by skimhenson | Jun 4, 2013 | awareness and action, choices and decisions
Seth Godin would be proud. Me? I’m on the fence about it. Yesterday I shipped a lengthy blog post, one with errors and sentences that made no sense, so I could honor the commitment I made to post every Monday. I have lots of excuses for the post being a mess,...
by skimhenson | Jun 3, 2013 | emotions
Claudia Black, a leading author and theorist regarding adult children of alcoholics, has identified three dysfunctional rules of an alcoholic family. 1. Don’t talk. 2. Don’t feel. 3. Don’t trust. I’m pretty sure these rules don’t only apply to people dealing...
by skimhenson | May 27, 2013 | faith
I sat waiting for friends when I couldn’t help overhearing a gentleman at a nearby table. He dominated the conversation by quoting Bible scriptures, then elaborated on their meanings. The woman and man who accompanied him tried to join in, but mostly sounded like they...
by skimhenson | May 20, 2013 | talent
Cleaning and organizing didn’t fit my idea of God’s calling on my life. A book on the New York Times Best Seller list was more what I had in mind.Scrubbing floors couldn’t possibly be a vocation, anymore than it could bring in enough money to help get on with my...