Tag: Self-Discipline
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Procrastination Can Be Helpful
My husband is the adult in the house who cooks. I can cook and I am good at it. He is better. I bake, so cookies cakes and pies are my thing and he cooks most meals. I had to step away from writing. I am going through a bit of a writer’s block. I…
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Video Games are a Time Suck…
and maybe that is what we need right now. Maybe the diversion will help us get through this social distancing desperation. Listen, y’all. I do not play video games. I have seen friends become just as addicted to video games as others are to alcohol and drugs. Yes, that is a moral reason not to…
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It’s Grief and it’s Real
I miss our crazy busy life. With three teenagers and two preteens, a full time job, writing part time, and a fur baby, my husband and I were always doing something or going somewhere. All of our schedules went in many different directions. We also had an active social life. There were friends at our…
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To Each Their Own and Be True
It is no secret that I am a Christian. I do not often say that out loud or write it because it sets preconceived images of who you think I am in your head. I am not a traditionalist. I often say that I practice no B.S. Christianity. You might be exposed to several different…
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Thank you, Elders
In this crazy world that we find ourselves in today I am thanking my grandparents. My mother’s parents in particular today. They taught me how to live well on very little. My grandparents grew up in rural Alabama in an age where if something was broken you fixed it. They grew vegetables, baked bread and…
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Luck? No, Thank You.
I believe in human free will and initiative. If you want something to happen make it happen. I hear those who know me asking, “What about prayer? You believe in prayer.” Yes, I do. I believe in thanking God, by whatever name you choose to invoke, for things you need and asking if it is…
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People > Things
We have lots of things. Rooms full of things. We can have all the things we want. No one will stop us. That is fine if you have space for all the things. What is not fine is putting the importance of things above the value of people. Spending time with things and ignoring the…
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No Just No
As much as I know you do not what to hear this also know that I hate this lesson, this truth too. Sometimes no is the answer. I hate it when I want to do or go or have or not do and the answer is flat out NO But why? My human inner and…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 