Single at Christmas

Tis the season to get engaged!  Fa la la la laaaaa la la la laaaaa. Being single during the holidays is always… special.  It seems like everywhere you turn there are couples canoodling. Each time you check facebook, there is a new “HE PUT A RING ON IT” status.  And to top it off, every […]

Unmet expectations

My life doesn’t look like I thought it would. Pretty much every heart-to-heart conversation I’ve had over the last month could be boiled down to this sentence:  My life doesn’t look like I thought it would.  Most of the time, this was said in a negative sense. I just finished my freshman year in college […]

How do I keep my heart open?

“After all the heartaches and breaks, how do I keep my heart open?” We’ve all been there.  After one too many heartbreaks, we don’t know how to keep our hearts open any longer.  It’d be much easier to put up walls, become calloused, bitter, and unwilling to let another person in, to really care for […]

Go to counseling

I have a sweet friend who is experiencing PTSD from something that happened a few years ago.  I have another friend who just learned her parents are getting divorced.  I have another friend who’s mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.  I have another friend who is suffering from chronic illness.  I have another friend who […]

This guy is pursuing me & I’m not sure I’m into him.

“This guy is pursuing me and I’m not sure I’m into him.” We’ve all been there.  For some of us, this is our norm.  We want the guys who ignore us and can’t conjure up attraction for the guys that actually do pursue.  So what’s a girl to do? 1. Give it a little time.  […]

I can’t get over him.

  ” I can’t get over this guy. I’ve tried everything in the book to distract myself and I’ve prayed asking God to take the feelings away but nothing changes.” Oh sister. We’ve all been there.  Whether you’ve been pinning after a guy who doesn’t know you’re alive or trying to get over someone after […]