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  You can visit Sandra and join HHM HERE                             Hello, beautiful friends! I hope you are all enjoying your summers!            *** The weather in my neck of the woods***     Monday  -  Sunny and 74  😍  Tuesday  - Sunny and 77  😍  Wednesday  - Partly cloudy 85 Thursday  - Partly cloudy 93 🔥 Friday  -Thunderstorms, 87 ☔ Saturday  - Rain, 82  ☔ Sunday  - Thunderstorms, 83  ☔       *** Things that make me happy *** Planning for my vacay Up North next month. Journaling.    *** Book I'm reading ***    I'm currently reading: You can read my full weekly reading update HERE The Iliad - Homer  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty White ***I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!**** Let Them by Mel Robbins Discerning the Voice of God - Priscilla Shirer Bible - Book of Isa...

  Hello lovely reader friends! Happy Sunday! I cannot tell you how much I love the weekends. I spend so much time filling my well with creative pursuits!  Today in Detroit it is cloudy and 77. I was hoping for sun, as I am in love with reading out on my balcony! I try to get out there for at least 30 minutes every day.  Today I am linking up with :  The Sunday Salon: Deb @ Readerbuzz The Sunday Post @ caffeinatedbookreviewer  It's Monday!  What Are You Reading?   Stacking the Shelves @ Reading Reality *************************************************************************** WHAT AM I READING THIS WEEK:    I am reading so many things and finished none of them! I've decided to put a couple of them on hold until I finish something! I am absolutely crazy like that and end up taking on too many things in every area of my life.  * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty White (about 35% complete) How have I not read this before? Oh my goodness! S...

  I wanted to get this posted before my job sucks the life out of my soul for the day. 😔  Every weekend I have such high hopes that I'll fix my entire life and enter into Monday as a new woman. Am I alone? You'd expect that thinking this way for over a decade and not seeing it come to fruition would deter me - but no. I can't tell me nothin'.  So, what I'm going to do each weekend, if not become a brand spankin' new woman - is plan things that will spark joy in my soul. I encourage you to do the same.  FRIDAY: (74 and sunny) *On my lunch break (yes! It's close enough to the weekend that I can count it if I want to) I am going to read my current read "A Tree Grows in Brookly" (highly recommend btw!) outside on my balcony. In case you didn't know. I've made my balcony into a peaceful oasis in the middle of SW Detroit.  *After work (God-willing I still have the desire) my sister, daughter, and I are going to a local park to take a walk. We w...

  Being a woman of faith, mental illness can be a tricky subject. I have a horrible habit of blaming myself for not being "good enough" for God to heal my depression and anxiety. I feel like if I tick all the boxes: Bible study, Praise and Worship, watching Joyce Meyer and Priscilla Shirer, praying, and doing things that align with my calling that God will SURELY "fix me." And you know what? There are people who find healing through faith, and I love that for them. But it isn't for me to know why my anxiety remains.  Today, I'm going to start looking into some behavior modifications and changes I want to make to see if my anxiety over certain work tasks will make me less miserable. Because I don't want to lose my job or leave my job - but I also don't want to feel dread in my gut at the thought of signing in to our systems each morning either.  I have spent the last month reading and watching Mel Robbins, Priscilla Shirer, Ryan Holiday, and Chrystal ...

  I have been having a lot of trouble with anxiety. It's not the first time in my life, and I'm sure it won't be the last.  Being a woman of faith, there is a certain amount of guilt (for me) that goes along with anxiety and depression. I feel like my faith along should be enough! Every morning before work I read the Bible and do some study. I prayer journal, put on the full armor of God, watch a sermon, and listen to Praise and Worship. If all of that isn't helping to get rid of this anxiety - I must not have enough faith. I must be doing something wrong.  There are a lot of areas where I have adjusted my life to simply avoid the anxiety. I don't go out much. I never go to crowded places, ride public transportation, go anywhere I feel "trapped" - like the center of an aisle or elevator. While this may not work for everyone, I've resigned myself to the fact that I'd rather be comfortable than fight my fear and go more places to be social.  This sol...