personal growth

Guilty.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, February 22, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I’m guilty. I don’t always share my problems, because I don’t want to be a burden to anyone. I don’t want them to think I’ve lost it or that I’m making excuses. Guilty! I keep things to myself, because “they’ll blow over” or “I’ll just...

Wildfire

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, February 20, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Two thoughts this morning: Life happens faster than I can sometimes keep up. God is a wildfire. Evidenced by my bedroom piled with clothes on the infamous chair, the laundry piles on the floor, and the laundry overflowing from baskets in the wash room, life...

If my friend told me…

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, February 18, 2022 • Leave a Comment

If my friend told me she was lonely, I would offer to come see her, meet for lunch, or suggest opportunities to get out of the house and be among people. I might just listen. She might not want to be fixed. If my friend...

Playing Catch Up

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, February 17, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all, it’s been a minute. It’s hard to maintain a blog when you’ve had the Covid, the flu, and the Covid pneumonia. Yeah, I decided to do that all at the same time about two weeks ago. It’s hard when you’ve been working like mad....

I want you to be happy. Really.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 17, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all notice the “support other women” movement happening over the last few years? It’s louder than ever. You can barely scroll any social media outlet twice without seeing posts, verses, and memes about women encouraging women. I don’t know where the sentiment comes from and,...

Who I am intended to be…

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 7, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I made a blog post this morning about “boundaries”. Go check it out, if you missed it. And in response to a comment, I mentioned that I hated to be late to the party on learning about boundaries but was sure glad I had at...

“Boundaries” is not psychobabble to me.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 7, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I did not like the word “boundaries” before now. The great Dr. Laura Schlessinger (I’m a fan.) has always considered it what she calls “psychobabble” (a word overused by mental health professionals instead of just cutting to the chase). I tended to agree. Psychology words...

Therapy: Everybody needs it.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 6, 2022 • 2 Comments

About a year ago, I saw an ad on Facebook for something called BetterHelp. I stopped scrolling, because some girl was talking, and all the comments were about how soothing and beautiful her voice was. This, I had to hear. I didn’t have my sound...

This is scary…but thanks!

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 4, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I read the other day that people are longing for “real” online. Social media is so full of “fake” that people are yearning for authenticity. The perfect farmhouse kitchens inspire us, the filters make our skin look smooth (I ain’t even mad at the right...

New Year…and my name is Wes.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 3, 2022 • Leave a Comment

“My name is Wes. I ain’t in this mess.” Keith and I heard somebody say this a few years ago (I think on TV), and it stuck. We’ve used it occasionally since then, mostly in jest, but lately, it’s become sort of a mantra. And...