Pausing With God

I could hear Charlie Brown yelling in my head as I was watching the news broadcast about the mayhem that happened on Black Friday.  “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?”    From the time of its first telecast and every year since December 9, 1965,   Charlie Brown has been yelling this from the rooftops.  Poor Charlie Brown, the materialism and commercialism of Christmas had him depressed.  (This treasured holiday special usually airs the first week of December,  but to be sure check your local listings).       Lucy encouraged Charlie Brown to get involved and direct the school play.  Though he was reluctant and struggled, he learns the true meaning of Christmas.  Who says we can’t learn from cartoons…there are so many opportunities available for us to help others get in the proper mood: How about doing a walk through the Yellow Pages and picking out a few people to send a card to ( DO NOT put your return address on the card and sign from Your Heavenly F

Pausing With God 'HOT FLASH'               contest winner! Age Ain't Nothing BUT A Number                                                        I've been "HOT" since I was twelve. ..... Those 6 1/2 years of hormonal balance spanned from the beginning of my first pregnancy to the end of my last. Getting pregnant gave my body an opportunity to understand and attempt the balance it was supposed be in all along and to be perfectly honest I felt so very good pregnant that I made other pregnant moms sick. But things change and sometimes they change drastically ... I had a tubal when my last child was delivered and within a month or two I was experiencing   ALL   the symptoms that had started when I was a young teen. It didn't take long before the hot flashes and night sweats were accompanied by insomnia, thinning hair, depression, water retention, mood swings and headaches as well as issues with my memory and concentration. Needless to say, I've had a

Age Ain't Nothing BUT A Number         (Part 1 of 2) I've been "HOT" since I was twelve. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be vain or even funny, I'm actually talking "hot flashes." I've been experiencing them off and on in varying degrees of severity for 26 of the last 33 years. I was 12 when I had my first hot flash and like any child of 12, I had no idea what was going on. One minute I felt fine and the next I was hot and there was nothing I could do to cool myself off. Just as soon as it passed I was cold. It went off and on like this all day so I figured I was probably getting sick. That was just the beginning. They started happening pretty regular after that. I would be totally comfortable and suddenly find myself flushed and hot from head to toe. If it stayed long enough I'd start sweating profusely. It was as if someone else had control of my internal thermostat and was bumping it up and down as they pleased. Then we