https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/creativekingdom/Christian writer, disabled 44 year old mother to 5 teenagers. Extremely disorganized, messy sort. No one else can make sense of my chaos, but I know where everything is. Want to torment someone with OCD - send them to me. They will be in a looney bin by the end of the week. Explosive and reactionary when confronted with abuse and injustice. I’m working on this. My mantra is “respond don’t react.” Many improvements over the years, but I still have some work to do. I can understand that one catches more bees with honey, but I still get a degree of pleasure about browbeating a jerk into submission. I still have a ways to go with regard to spiritual growth, but I’m getting there. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/creativekingdom/614931‘But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.’ Matthew 19:30 As I sat in the back of the arena of a Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference in Columbus, OH May 29, I never considered the scripture above of late. My group of friends settled in our seats thinking it doesn’t matter...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/creativekingdom/501103Ground Hog Day Wake up; eat something; watch multiple episodes of Law and Order for the twenty-something time; read a book; try to get something for dinner; go to bed – repeat: Ground Hog Day for the infirmed Pajama Queen. My mother made a good point as I complained about just laying around and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/creativekingdom/500375Circa 2004, disability from Rheumatoid Arthritis landed me in bed for eight months. While somewhat mobile, I never regained my former ambulatory abilities, and have been forced to remake my life given my new reality—to search for a new purpose. At first, a person in my position goes through...