by authorglendashaw | Dec 22, 2023 | Becoming Better People, Enjoyment of Life, God's plan, Holy Spirit, Joy
What do you write? Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Most people will ask what I write. I’d like instead to tell them why I write. I think it’s a more interesting conversation to have. So, why do you write? Is it to empower or inspire others? What do you want to...
by authorglendashaw | Dec 5, 2023 | Joy
How do you choose your words? Photo by Emile Perron on Unsplash Words surround us every day, but it’s how we use them shows our character. As the Scrabble board words say above, using people never works because people are God’s greatest asset....
by authorglendashaw | Nov 19, 2023 | Celebrate, Joy, Memories
With a few simple tips Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash What is it about Thanksgiving? Do you think Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on God’s grace and blessings? I think it should be a time of gratitude and of praise to our Lord. It can be...
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...
by authorglendashaw | Sep 9, 2023 | Becoming Better People, Joy
Should we begin at the age of three or four, when their curiosity is at its peak? Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Have you spent time in the company of a three-, four, or five-year-old child who didn’t ask, Why? or How? or What? Over and over...
by authorglendashaw | Aug 27, 2023 | Becoming Better People, Joy, Marriage, Memories, Mother
She showed me what Motherhood and love looked like Author’s Photo JoAnn was cut from the rugged stock of Appalachian mountain people. She was wise beyond her formal education. Wise in knowing how to raise a family with little money but lots of love. She knew how...
