Posted by: Becca on: June 23, 2011
Don’t worry about the past in trying to make full sense of it, or trying to use it to assume the future, trying to understand me. Your past has given you knowledge, and you can apply it without obsessing. I am bigger than what you can understand, and far more complex the the earthly things [...]
Posted by: Becca on: July 5, 2010
So much of our life is about perception. What if everything is okay, right now, always? What if we’re missing it the whole time because of how we’re looking at it? What if nothing was not okay? What if our expectations, standards, and perspectives are the only thing making things not okay? What if we [...]
Posted by: Becca on: June 15, 2010
I will never fail you nor forsake you. (Heb. 13:5) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wing’s as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31) I’m leaving you with a gift: peace of mind and heart! [...]
Posted by: Becca on: June 6, 2010
Sometimes, a lot of times, writing is the only thing that makes me feel powerful…it’s empowering…it’s active…I don’ t know why I just don’t write sometimes. I should write all the time, but it’s like there’s some block…not writers block, something else. And it’s not just with writing, there are the walls I hit, far [...]
Posted by: Becca on: June 2, 2010
Dear Natalie, It’s been while since I’ve written you a letter (the others are in a yellow spiral notebook on the bookshelf in the computer room, not that they’ll be there forever, but that’s where they are right now…) As a mother, I know I don’t always do everything right, but I am doing the [...]
Posted by: Becca on: May 6, 2010
Growing up in a Christian church, there was always a lot of talk about putting God first, making God a priority, and about denying ourselves our “selfish desires”. I think these two things contradict themselves for someone who has accepted the love of God into their lives. If now, God lives in me as love, [...]
Posted by: Becca on: April 15, 2010
Why won’t you let me be magnificent? Why do you keep putting something worldly first? Why do you let other’s standards freak you out, hold you down? Why do you wake up dreading the day? Why aren’t you trusting me to take care of you? After all this time, you still worry…Why are you so [...]
Posted by: Becca on: March 29, 2010
I’ve had a hard time lately. Harder than some others maybe, not as hard as many, I’m sure. But still, hard. I’ve always had a had difficulty with having perspective on my own struggles, with allowing myself just the right amount of wallowing and encouragement. I have a hard time ever talking to anyone, or [...]
Posted by: Becca on: January 22, 2010
I’ve been thinking lately, about poetry, about writing, about my sanity, my mental health. Now, being in mental health as a profession, it makes sense to think about mental health. What I’ve been thinking is that everyone could have a diagnosis. There are so many diagnoses, we could all be diagnosed with something. I think [...]
Posted by: Becca on: January 21, 2010
I’d like to start this by stating that I don’t think I’ve ever actually used the phrase “Oh Snap”, but it popped into my head when I was thinking of a title, so, there it is. This week, after participating in a forum held at a church regarding the “resignation” of a popular preschool director, [...]
