Author Archives: Nicki
Who’s In control?
I sometimes have trouble admitting when I mess up. I’m a perfectionist. I pride myself in being trustworthy and dependable so my first reaction is to cover up my mistake. I rationalize that what’s done is done and no one really needs to know about it. I tell myself it’s best to just do what … Continue reading
Cruise Anxiety – Part 2
To read “Cruise Anxiety – Part 1″ click here. Prior to leaving on the trip, I talked with my psychiatrist about my fears concerning the cruise. At the time, I was already taking Xanax XR twice a day. He wrote me a prescription for the “regular” Xanax and said I could take it, in addition … Continue reading
Cruise Anxiety – Part 1
A year ago today, Rob and I were scheduled to leave home, get on a plane, fly to Florida, board a ship, and take our very first cruise. Everyone kept telling me how amazing it would be. They said I wouldn’t want to come back. They said that once you went on a cruise once, … Continue reading
Panic Attacks and Spiritual Warfare
Are panic attacks caused by spiritual warfare? What about depression? General anxiety? Mood disorders? Bi-polar disorder? ADD? Those are complicated questions and ones that actually, I’m NOT going to talk about today. The reason I’m NOT going to talk about that is because regardless of what the cause was; Satan will see these disorders as … Continue reading
What To Do About Obsessive Thoughts
Normally, I am a very logical, practical person. Sometimes too much (sometimes it’s good and healthy to be impractical). If what I’m doing or thinking isn’t bringing about a positive change, then I see no point in doing it. And I don’t….. Usually. People who have a brain that doesn’t work the same way as mine, who … Continue reading
Oh God, You Are My God.
I just came across something that I wrote almost exactly a year ago. I wasn’t into blogging so much back then so I wrote it in a facebook “Note”. But hardly anybody really reads facebook notes. As I re-read what I’d written, I was blessed, thinking about the journey God has brought me on, and … Continue reading
The Importance of Rest AND Productivity
Last night, New Year’s Eve, I was thinking about my day today. I have the day off from work and my husband is working most of the day. Being the planner that I am, I was deciding what my “game plan” for today should be. In the end I decided that I wasn’t going to … Continue reading
Quietly Christmas
I was just sitting here, at 12:10 am on Christmas morning, feeling a little sad. I felt like something was missing because here it is, 10 full minutes into the day that we celebrate our Savior’s birth, and I am only just now realizing that IT’S CHRISTMAS!! It’s now officially the day we celebrate Jesus’ … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Thankfulness
I sat down to write a blog post about something other than thankfulness but it just didn’t seem right. I don’t want to write about thankfulness the day before Thanksgiving and risk having people think that the only reason I’m writing about being thankful is because it’s the day before Thanksgiving rather than because I actually am … Continue reading
Grace for Life
I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately: How do I live a successful and content life in a world that is not how it was meant to be? Life in the garden before the fall was peaceful. I’m pretty confident that Eve did not spend her days before the fall running from one … Continue reading
Grab My Button
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