Not my Mother’s Favorite Child:

Difficult Mother-daughter relationships Were you your mother’s favorite child?  Did you delight her?  Some happy children grow up knowing they delight their mothers.  Often these children have very similar personalities and languages of love, like their mothers.  The mothers of these children understand and easily relate to their offspring. Often these daughters grow up to … Read more Not my Mother’s Favorite Child:


Love Languages: love preferences

             * this post follows 2 others on personality (“No favorite child” and “4 Greek Temperaments”) and builds on those 2 posts. Love Language (love preference) is another area where gals differ from one another (and from men).  When we learn how people express their love differently, we can better meet their needs and have … Read more Love Languages: love preferences


Four Greek temperaments

                              * this post follows one on personality (“No favorite child”) and builds on what I discussed there. The Greeks believed our bodily fluids influenced our temperaments.  While we now know bodily fluids do not influence our temperaments, these four styles are another way for a person to see how she is like others or … Read more Four Greek temperaments


Deny yourself or forgive yourself?

As I read a verse from the amplified Bible, without my reading glasses, I mistook “forget” for “forgive,” but my mistake reminded me of a truth about bringing our pain to God.  How can we heal and forgive ourselves of what we forget or deny we suffered? Here is the amplified verse: “Jesus…said to them, … Read more Deny yourself or forgive yourself?