Have you ever been secretly scared that if you stop worrying, the very thing you’re afraid might happen most definitely will? That somehow the energy generated from your fretting is the force field keeping the dreaded outcome at bay, and if you lower the force field for even one minute … Blam. Annihilation. Devastation. The ...
Listen to the Birdies Teach
This morning on my prayer walk, I happened upon a pair of cardinals on the ground at a neighbors house, apparently shopping for a nice grass seed breakfast. They were so busy pecking here and there, they didn’t notice me or my nosy dog approach. But Fenway sure saw them. He began straining at his ...
The 5 Faces of Fear (Part 2)
This post concludes The Five Faces of Fear, so be sure to scroll back to Part 1 so you’ll be up to snuff before continuing. I previously posted the first two of my five basic fear categories, Spurting fear and Saturating fear, from my new book, F3. Here are the final three “S” categories: Savory ...
The 5 Faces of Fear (Part 1)
Do you find yourself hocking up anxiety over and over like a Guernsey regurgitating her cud? Does worrying about the what-ifs suck the joy out of your soul? If so, you’re not alone. My goal for my new book, Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate, is to introduce a few simple but effective tools ...
Appearances Can Be Deceiving. Or Not.
Think he’d react if I gave him some pit sugar? Stoic. Unresponsive. Stone faced. That’s the way some people appear. But appearances can be deceiving. Take this fellow with the red plume, for instance. His job is to be stoic … unresponsive … stone faced. But he’s not as out of it as he appears ...
A chocolaty good Easter story
A worthy winner of my Choc-OUT contest If you’ve followed my books, you know I’m a loyal Cadbury girl (Cadbury milk chocolate with almonds is one of my all-time faves!). With Easter rapidly approaching, amid the lavish presence of the seasonal Cadbury Cream-filled Eggs, I thought it fitting and proper to share with you this ...
You, Too, Can Be a Showstopper
Deb hoofing it through England I was recently speaking to a mixed group of men and women of a church denomination rumored to be the “frozen chosen.” And sure enough, they seemed to be. Frozen. The kicker is, I’m a humorist, and so the point of my talks is to draw a smile from my ...
Do It With All Your Might
A mighty banyan tree – love ’em! I rushed into the women’s restroom at the Plant City Strawberry Festival last year with five minutes to spare before my girlhood swoon faves, Air Supply (now grandfathers with gray hair but still singing just as swooningly), were to go onstage. I noticed right away that this restroom ...
I Want to be Like Her When I Grow Up
Okay, so it’s a week after Valentine’s Day, but love never goes out of style, right? I just had to share with you this awesome story I ran across about a 108-year-old lady who really rocked. It ties in well to the chapter in my new book, Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate, about ...
Top 10 Fears Women Face (part 2)
Photograph by Marian Crawford *Be sure to scroll down and read the first part of this post if you haven’t already. The top ten fears listed in my book Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate are based on a survey I conducted of 500 women between the ages of 18 and 80. Okay, got ...