by skimhenson | Jun 22, 2014 | awareness and action, responsibility
When I say I stubbed my toe, I mean I jammed it going 5 miles an hour into yet another cement block that got in my way. Tripping over one in a Wilmington parking lot is how I broke my nose. I was tempted to excuse the accident with a statement like “God wants my...
by skimhenson | Feb 19, 2014 | attitude, love and grace, self-respect
When the deal fell through, I fell also. On my face. Literally. Which is why in my last blog post I talked about the mom who told her young son, “Fix your face.” Her words reminded me that I couldn’t fix mine, and neither could anyone else except God, and, so far, he...
by skimhenson | Jan 31, 2014 | acceptance, gratitude, writing words to live by
“You better fix your face, young man, and you better fix it now,” said Mom to her son who looked to be about four years old. I turned from the clothes rack where I was shopping to see a little boy shuffling behind his mother. He pulled his hood over his head, crossed...
by skimhenson | Jan 14, 2014 | writing words to live by
Even though I wasn’t especially content with it, a sermon about equations hit a nerve so deep that I was convinced my word for 2014 had to be contentment. Instead of making resolutions, I choose to focus throughout the year on one word. In 2012, my word was...
by skimhenson | Dec 2, 2013 | depression
I recently (in the last four years or so) went through the darkest and most painful depression I’ve experienced. I knew a lot about why, but not much about how to stop it. Since very little of the advice helped from friends or from articles and books they suggested,...