by DB | Oct 5, 2020 | Emotions, Suffering
Merriam-Webster’s Thesaurus lists the following words related to alone:unattended, unchaperonedforlorn, friendlesscloistered, disassociated, hermetic (also hermetical), insulated, isolate, isolated, remote, retired, secluded, withdrawnquarantined, segregated,...
by DB | Sep 14, 2020 | Emotions, Friendship
Her words stung. No, they cut. The cut was deep, probably because the part of my heart she tore at was already raw. I was about 6 weeks postpartum with my first child. My mommy-heart was breaking at the thought of going back to work and missing a single moment with my...
by DB | Aug 3, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Emotions
When I saw the post, my face fell. My husband, seeing my expression, immediately thought something bad had happened.“What’s wrong?”“Nothing.” I crammed the phone in my pocket. I needed to load the kids in the car and get them to my brother’s house to eat lunch. I’d...