Tracie Miles

Have you ever had one of those days when you only have one little nerve left, and your child steps on it? Or your baby spits up on it? Or your teenager’s disrespectful words break that last nerve in half? Or when the stress of raising kids in general is making you a stress case?…

It started out as an exciting project, but turned into one that is not only giving me gray hair, but making me want to pull out those gray hairs. One by one. It’s a project called home renovation.  If you’ve ever been through it, you probably feel my pain. It seemed like a simple goal…

In last week’s blog post, I talked about how our thoughts are powerful and the importance of keeping them under control. Reading through all the comments that were left last week, apparently I’m not the only one who has struggled with that! Oh how moving it was to read each and every comment, and catch…

I knew they were there, but I tried to deny them. They controlled how I felt when I woke up in the morning, and when I went to sleep. They dictated how I reacted to a situation, and often steered conversations into a ditch. They often caused me to feel easily offended, hurt or angry…