Train Yourself to Expect the Best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVT2tMZTZs&t= Can you expect the best, even in the worst? Can you expect the best all the time? Is it possible to retrain yourself from a "glass half empty" mindset to a "glass half full" mindset? Yes, it is. I lived through incredible tragedy, my husband's addiction and a seizure disorder, but I found a …

I Lost Everything…And Got It All Back: We Survived America’s Opioid Crisis

Five years ago, I didn't have a future. I had an addict for a husband, chaos for a life, food stamps for groceries, and three small children. I had dreams, but they seemed impossible given all those other things I just mentioned. When I asked my husband to leave, I lost everything...again. For the three-thousandth …

Rising Strong, Rising Again, & Raising Each Other

There's information all over the internet about how to overcome challenges, how to be successful, how to stay motivated, how to cope with loss. But, they're sanitized, and often aimed at some sweeping happy ending. Our uncanny inclination to focus on the positive often glosses over how do we actually, step by step, get up and rise again after a fall? I think what we need more of is seeing behind the curtain, behind the facade. What are the real struggles our friends and family face? What do they wrestle with daily? What challenges do they face, and how do they get through them?

The Big News (Finally!)

Hello there, blogging slacker reporting in for duty! In my last post, I told you there would be a BIG announcement coming soon. It perfectly explains why I accidentally took a pretty long hiatus from the work I've been trying to do in the world here on this blog. I was reading an article in …

Dear Blogiverse: Hello…and Congratulations

Hello,  Nice to meet you. Thank you for greeting me so warmly. I've recently begun my own WordPress Blogiverse journey, and find myself to be quite content here in the WordPress hemisphere, because, well, you guys are awfully nice. I love meeting bloggers from all sides of the globe, and I'm thankful for my "homeroom" WordPress …