by authorglendashaw | Nov 6, 2023 | Abuse, God's plan, Holy Spirit, Joy, Mother
She was highly skilled at manipulation, gaslighting me was another form of her abuse. Hugh Stonelan — iStock.com Have you ever been “gaslighted? Perhaps you know someone who has. Gaslighting is also called coercive control. Historically, it is referred to as extreme...
by authorglendashaw | Oct 28, 2023 | Becoming Better People, God's plan, Marriage, Memories, Memory
Little by little, I let my writer’s imagination overpower my morals. Skynesher-iStock But isn’t that the way of Satan? To feed you a lie and make you think it’s okay, it’s just a little lie. I can hear him mockly even now. “But you enjoyed this escape into...
by authorglendashaw | Oct 17, 2023 | Becoming Better People, Enjoyment of Life, Joy
Do you ever wonder where your day went? Photo by Elliott Blair on Unsplash How do we spend our time? Even retired, I have asked myself that question many, many times. Writing that question, I think of a TV commercial asking, “Can we do better?” Yes,...
by authorglendashaw | Oct 8, 2023 | God's plan, Holy Spirit, Learning to live by Faith
Why should I? After I chose sterilization. Kinga Howard — Unsplash Sterilized — deprived of the ability to produce offspring. Doesn’t that sound strange? The same word that means made free of bacteria. We chose this safe method of birth control. Yet, it sounds like...
by authorglendashaw | Sep 22, 2023 | Becoming Better People, Joy
It’s getting easier as I adventure away from the years of pain. Corinne Kutz-Unsplashsh.com What triggers your memories? Is it a song or a smell? Or is it a voice? Maybe it’s a place. Once activated, those memories will be good, right, and peaceful. Or can be...