March 2011
1 post
January 2011
4 posts
a short pause
I want to take a quick moment of silence to note the fact that, if you peek at the top of this page in my blog subtitle, I just went from “family therapist, wife, student, Christian…” to “family therapist, wife, Christian.” The student is gone! It may be temporary (or permanent, who knows at this point!) but for now it feels good to say I am NOT in school for the...
One Little Word: Embrace
I try to resist making New Years Resolutions, because I don’t like to set myself up for failure. I’ve made them over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever kept one. Last year, I thought I was shooting low enough and also choosing something that is important for my current age & stage in life. I got some good Mary Kay skincare products for Christmas, and my resolution was just to use them...
Reflecting on 2010
2010 was a big year for us. Jonathan and I each turned 25, and we graduated from our Master’s program! 2011 promises to have a lot in store as well—including the first semester ever in our lives that we haven’t been in school (since we were 5 at least), choosing a path for a doctoral program, moving across the country (they’re all far away!), and beginning the next (and...
November 2010
6 posts
Amazing Giveaway! →
Gina Miller Photography is having a wonderful giveaway with contributions from many designers. Check it out!! :)
October 2010
10 posts
Encyclopedia Entry: I is for iPhone
Ode to My iPhone: (Tongue in cheek, really!)
iPhone, my iPhone, how I love thee… Probably more than I should love any electronic device. But I just can’t get over the way you know me so well. You keep my organized, you know my favorite songs, and you connect me with everyone important to me. Before I had you, I longed for your combination of work and play, all there in the palm of my...
Encyclopedia Entry: G is for Growing Up
Growing up…
We covered our limbs in daddy’s tube socks and went behind the sticker bushes in our front yard to explore.
I ran down the street in the middle of a storm because there was a Mary Kate & Ashley movie (the one on the cruise ship) that was showing when the power went out, and my best friend Katherine had a tv with bunny ears in her room that we finished watching it...
Encyclopedia Entry: G is for Grandparents
If I had to sum up the reason I’m fortunate to have my grandparents in one sentence, I’d say this: These four people set a legacy of faith and family in motion that continues to define my life today.
On my dad’s side, my grandparents are Mamaw and Papaw—Gwen and Jim (James). We were fortunate to have them live in the same town as us for much of our growing up time. I...
September 2010
6 posts
Cheeseburger Stuffed Bread
I made up a recipe! It’s a spin on a breakfast that my mother-in-law makes. Turned out very yummy and super easy!
Ingredients:
1 lb hamburger
1/2 onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
Seasonings (salt, pepper, steak seasoning, worcestershire, steak sauce, etc.)
1 cup of cheddar cheese
1 can Pillsbury French Loaf Dough (You could use the Rhodes frozen white loaves and just...
Encyclopedia Entry: E is for Engagement
Jonathan and I got engaged on October 31, 2005.
A few weeks before that, we were sitting and talking, like couples do, and Jon got a strange look on his face. I asked him what was going on, and he said, “I want to marry you.” I said that I did too, of course—we had talked about getting married, but always in the future sense—as in, someday. “No,” he said,...
Encyclopedia Entry: C is for Carolla
Oh my Carolla. 1998, black, with a cute spoiler on the back. My parents bought it used in October when I was 15, 2 months before my 16th birthday.
The day I got my driver’s license, my daddy had washed it and got it all shined up for me. Was I so grateful? Did I ask him to go for a drive for me in it? Nope—I ran off to show my boyfriend. Oh, 16 year old me… Thank...
August 2010
12 posts
Encyclopedia Entry: A is for Apartments
As I posted before, I’m working on a scrapbook that is called “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life” in which you make pages with each letter of the alphabet telling something random about your life. I’m going to be posting the journaling here that I will use on the page, both as an idea for blog entries and so that I will be moving ahead on the project, even though I...
Give and Get is Here! →
Love this program! I chose Big Brothers Big Sisters as my charity. Give and get people!
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
I love to scrapbook—digitally. But sometimes I have trouble deciding what to make pages about. We don’t have kids yet, and our life together mostly consists of school—which can be pretty boring! But I read a good idea to do an album called “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life.” It’s based around pages that have subject matter for every letter of the alphabet,...
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”
– C. S. Lewis
Menu Plan Monday
This week I’m keeping it simple, but also trying a new recipe!
Sunday: Hamburgers, French Fries Monday: Free Chic-Fil-A (ours has a deal where you bring in a church bulletin and get a free sandwich!) Tuesday: Healthy Chicken & Guacamole Tostadas, rice, black beans Wednesday: Clinic Night (aka Lean Cuisine… No time to cook!) Thursday: Clinic Night again Friday: Steak, rolls,...
“Forever is composed of nows.”
– Emily Dickinson
The PIE Approach to Handling Emotions — Simple... →
From a therapist’s perspective, I think this mom gets teaching emotional regulation to kids exactly right.
Parents as Teachers: The PIE Approach
Parents can effectively teach their children to manage their emotions by helping them toprocess, identify and appropriately express their emotions. I call this the PIE approach. Over the years, I have found it to be quite helpful…
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...On Being Like Jesus in Therapy
(from a book report on “On Being a Therapist” by Jeffrey Kottler) Kottler writes that
“the ideal therapist is comfortable with herself and appears warm, tolerant, sincere, serene, tranquil, and self-assured. This quiet confidence is counterbalanced by a contagious zest for life. Passion. Excitement. Electricity. Enthusiasm. She radiates from body and soul” (p. 36).
If I could write...
July 2010
11 posts
this month...
it seems this month has been time for…
leaving on a jetplane to north carolina where we will beach bum and raft white water wishing best of luck to a friend as she moves grabbing lunches with girlfriends hanging out with my brother wrapping up clients at pcys cooking more at home our fourth anniversary hosting california girls final rose ceremonies processing peaches research meetings...
“If our God is for us, who can be against us?”
– Romans 8:31
“Grow old with me! The best is yet to come.”
– Robert Browning
Hello Summer!
It finally feels as if summer has arrived. Our June class on Human Sexuality is ended, so I now have more than 5 free minutes at a time stringed together! What to do what to do…. Research. Oh my.
The June class was the last academic class of my Master’s degree. Now all I have left is clinical hours (97 to be exact!), an extensive capstone presentation, and research. Right now, I...
Independence Day
I always post pictures, quotes, and snippets of things I like, but I’m going to try to put more of ME on this little blog as well.
We’re going to my granny’s house for July 4 this weekend! I am excited to see all of our extended family that is going to be there. On my mom’s side, July 4 is second only to Christmas is its traditionalism… Or maybe it’s more...
