“Are you happy?” my sweet husband asked while we were lying in bed last night. I paused… “Well that said it all…” said my husband with a look of defeat and disappointment on his face. My heart sank…”Of course, I am happy!! I guess, I was thinking, what area of …
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” —Theodore Roosevelt Last week I wrote about how and why we should stop comparing ourselves with other people. One of our proposed ideas here at Flannels and Heels is to spend two to four weeks on a particular subject, coming at it from different …
“Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.” —Unknown “I don’t know if I’m good enough to do this. She seems to write a beautiful sentence effortlessly, all while sitting in a room full of people, and …
It is a beautiful day here in Washougal as I sit and write this. I’m between night shifts and I couldn’t sleep. UGH!! If you have never worked night shift, not sleeping during the day makes me a dangerous driver in the morning. I think even more dangerous than if …
So what is Flannels and Heels Personal Encouragement? What’s our purpose here? How can this blog help you? Let us start by saying what we’re NOT. We’re not people sitting with our heads in the clouds unable to relate to life’s hardships. We’re not impossibly positive. We don’t discount or …
What a battle insecurity is (picture me shaking my head). I, for one, have and continue to struggle with feeling insecure. And there isn’t just one thing or element that is a part of feeling insecure. Insecurity shows its ugly little head by developing from all sorts of emotions and …
