Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “worry”
When I was a kid, every scrape, cut, bruise, and bee sting got the same treatment. My mom used something called “black ointment.” I don’t know if you’ve ever used it, but … it’s pretty gross. It’s like Neosporin, but instead of being clean and clear looking, it looks like it’s been scraped off the bottom of a stagnant pond. …
The Reality of Lent, #ParklandShooting By Beth Demme On Ash Wednesday 2018, fourteen teenagers and three coaches were savagely murdered in a shooting spree at Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We, as a country, have a routine after a massacre like this. It’s a routine I don’t much care for. We break into sides, camps, parties, teams, tribes, or …
I just celebrated the third anniversary of this blog! Woo hoo! Let’s eat cake! In honor of this “birthday” of sorts, here is a post from way, way back in the beginning (April 2014). As it happens, I needed to hear this today. Maybe you do too? Do You See Yourself Clearly? By Beth Demme Do you ever look in the …
By Beth Demme I spend a lot of time in my mini-van. My garnet Honda Odyssey is only a few years old, but I have over 99,000 miles on it. I don’t know where my Odyssey has taken me, but apparently we’ve gone there a lot. Last week the van told me it needed an oil change. I ignored it …
By Beth Demme I was standing at the stove the other night boiling water for spaghetti. As I stood there mindlessly watching the pot of water, my mother’s sweet voice rang through my mind, “a watched pot never boils.” It’s an old expression about the passage of time and how everything seems to take longer when we’re waiting, but lately …
Living Expectantly, Part 3: Is It Okay To Complain? By Beth Demme How many choices do you think you’ve made so far today? Maybe it’s early enough that it’s been simple: Coffee? Yes! Decaf? No! Maybe your day has been longer or harder and you’ve already conquered a full buffet of choices. Unless you’re a hermit, you’ve probably made decisions …