Women have a complicated history with fat. I still meet lots of women who are borderline phobic about consuming it, convinced as they are that a low-fat diet is the most healthful one. It all started back in the 80s, when the federal government starting issuing all sorts of low-fat and no-fat messages and the [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Go Ahead…Get Fat!
Posted in Bible, depression, food, God, holistic, medication, natural, nutrition, positive, supplements, therapy, Uncategorized on August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can see it in my eyes
Posted in Bible, church, depression, encouragement, exhaustion, fun, God, husbands, LAB, laugh, positive, postpartum, rest, stress, therapy, thoughts, tired, Uncategorized on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a picture of me last summer. A family from church gave us a week’s use of their cottage on the lake so that we could have our first ever family vacation.I was so incredibly low that entire week. My husband tried to take pictures of me smiling, or having fun, but I didn’t [...]
“My child refuses to eat_____”
Posted in control, encouragement, parenting, Uncategorized on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have a picky eater? Does your baby spit her green beans right back out at you? Gag on baby cereal? Refuse to eat anything but hot dogs and French fries? Below is some fascinating information about how children eat from Dr. Pam Popper of the Wellness Forum. Dear Dr. Pam: Do you have [...]
The husband’s point of view
Posted in depression, encouragement, husbands, pdd dad, positive, stress, tired, write on August 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My wife asked me to guest blog on LAB. I’m the husband, father of three, creative director (at a church) with his own bouts with depression. That’s just a bit of a background before I begin because it might help to know all of that. Having babies is fun. Having a wife who just had [...]
Lessons from the diaper bag
Posted in Bible, God, Uncategorized on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ll never forget the trip to “register” at Babies “R” Us before our first baby was born. Just having the scan gun in your hand seems to instantly turn one into a greed monster. I think the lengthiest discussion we had was over the diaper bag. Not just a pouch of pragmatism, but also a [...]
Sunday Rest
Posted in Bible, church, encouragement, God, lift, positive, resource, rest, stress on August 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Although you may not suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, like the author of the article from Rest Ministries below, sometimes parenting can seem to have many of the same exhausting symptoms. Read and be encouraged. Then take a nap. When exhaustion takes over. One of the hardest things in which to adjust when one is [...]
Intrusive thoughts–can’t get ‘em out of my head!
Posted in depression, LAB, postpartum, resource, stress, thoughts on August 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
My husband and I were at a friend’s house for dinner one night when after a stressful, messful eating experience with our kids, I made a very inappropriate comment about how I’m afraid one day I’ll get so frustrated I’ll “go all Andrea Yates” on them. I had crossed the line. With them. But in [...]
Grace Like Rain
Posted in encouragement, God, positive, thoughts on August 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It has been raining today, very hard, the kind of rain where you get instantly soaked simply by stepping out of your car. I love this kind of rain because you can’t help getting soaked, so you might just as well laugh and run through it. I saw the rain when I was going downstairs, [...]
Book Review: The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression by Tracy Thompson
Posted in book, depression, encouragement, postpartum, resource, therapy on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I read The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising, Children and Struggling with Depression about a year ago during a time when I felt like the only thing that was getting me through each day was clinging to books and stories of others thinking (or not thinking) and feeling (or not feeling) the same things [...]
A FREE seminar invitation
Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
HEALTHY SNACKS AND LUNCHES FOR KIDS Learn more about whole foods that are great to feed to your kids at this practical seminar. Monday, September 10 7-8 p.m. FREE at Taig Family Chiropractic (5510 Cascade Rd. Suite 280) in collaboration with Natalie Bauss from Blissfield Farms RSVP: hammondh@gmail.com, (616) 285-0921
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