I’m not sure if anyone has ever told you this, but divorce is kind of the worst. There are lots of unexpected hidden gems that no one warns you about. Extreme weight fluctuations that require a new wardrobe, lowered self-esteem, mounting legal bills, the loss of a planned future and your favorite blender, and the sting of losing a partner to do life with all take separate tolls on divorced …
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Recently I saw a meme floating around Facebook comparing two adult sons of an alcoholic. The gist of the meme was that one was an alcoholic while the other had chosen another more respectable lifestyle. “See? Alcoholism is a choice!” the meme declares with an air of smug judgment. I found myself feeling somewhat discouraged, because it is based on faulty thinking. Not only does it perpetuate the belief that …
Music has been hard for me for the past year or so. I know this seems strange coming from someone whose career is fully entrenched in worship, but at some point it simply stopped bringing me joy and singing started to feel like work. Music – the medium from which my very soul and essence were molded – no longer brought me alive. I drove to and from work in …
