Category Archives: Growth

Well, one of the kittens died. I know, it was grey and ugly, the product of its homely, drab, tabby-striped, alley-cat, pregnant feral mother that someone dropped off on our property. The morning she gave birth we all looked at … Continue reading →

Posted on June 20, 2012 by This Woman Writes | 9 Comments

Conquering Fear

Posted on June 14, 2012 by This Woman Writes

My vivid imagination, in conjunction with a Type Triple A, drive-it-to-the-ground personality, means that I conjure up all sorts of dire and dreadful scenarios for any given set of actual facts. The less probable the outcome, the more likely I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Humor, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Random, Relationships, religion, success, Uncategorized | Tagged Bruce Willis, conquer, dream, fear, inner city chicago, limited edition prints, parent, vivid imagination | 7 Comments

Forgiveness

Posted on June 6, 2012 by This Woman Writes

A friend and I have developed a coping mechanism for forgiving reprehensible people in our lives who have hurt us. It goes like this: Forget about trying to love these people. The warm fuzzy feelings just aren’t there and we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Random, Relationships, religion, success, Uncategorized | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christianity, coping, enemies, forgiveness | 4 Comments

Reality TV Shows: Your Real Life Is So Much Better

Posted on May 9, 2012 by This Woman Writes

I’m sure that you’re all very nice people, but please don’t be offended if I say that I’m not interested in watching your lives on a reality show. You certainly don’t want to see mine. Like now — I’m sitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Entertainment, Family, Growth, Humor, Life, Lifestyle, movies, News, Personal, Random, Relationships, religion, success, Uncategorized | Tagged life, ordinary, people, reality, TV | 10 Comments

Something Different: a Community of Independent Thinkers

Posted on May 3, 2012 by This Woman Writes

I know it’s frustrating when people say this to you, but it’s actually a good sign: “No one else has ever had a problem with this.” This tiresome phrase, calculated to squash you down and shut you up from whatever … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Business, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Education, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Humor, Job, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Politics, Random, Relationships, religion, success, Uncategorized, Work | Tagged church, community, educational, global, work | 5 Comments

Facebook: Sometimes I Like It, Sometimes I Don’t

Posted on April 17, 2012 by This Woman Writes

So many people want me to like them, I feel as if I were back in high school or junior high. Thank God I’m not; once was enough. This time around’s a little different though. Instead of being accosted in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, blogging, Business, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Economy, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Humor, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Politics, Random, Relationships, Social Media, success, Uncategorized | Tagged Facebook, gas, government, Like, Social Media | 12 Comments

The Artificial God

Posted on April 10, 2012 by This Woman Writes

In one of those genie-in-a-bottle stories, a poor man wishes for a million dollars, and he really should have been suspicious when the genie acceded so, shall I say, genially? to his request. Sure enough, the hapless hero receives one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Life, Lifestyle, Personal, Random, Relationships, religion, Uncategorized | Tagged father, God, Jesus, prayer | 5 Comments

What Does It Take to Be an Expert?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by This Woman Writes

I have no letters after my name. Okay, officially I have a B.A., which in today’s climate stands less for Bachelor of Arts as it does for Buy Additional — credits, tuition, college time — leading to more letters (like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Education, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Humor, Job, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Relationships, success, Uncategorized | Tagged breastfeeding, education, expert, teenagers | 8 Comments

The Aggressive Christian Woman

Posted on March 29, 2012 by This Woman Writes

If you’re not part of the evangelical Christian community (I’m a survivor of it), then no doubt you look at the title and think, “Aggressive Christian woman? They’re all aggressive, male and female. Look at the tea partiers.” I’m sorry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, Growth, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Personal, Random, Relationships, Uncategorized | Tagged Christian, evangelical, gentle, submission, woman | 41 Comments

Dirty Talk, or, Compost Conversation

Posted on March 22, 2012 by This Woman Writes

You know, if you limit your conversation to non-controversial topics, you’ll never talk at all. And considering that these days people get pretty sensitive about a wide variety of subject matter — not just the Big Three of Sex, Religion, … Continue reading →