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Midlife Mood Swings — What Helped Me Tame Them

Have you ever replayed a moment in your head and physically cringed?

The face you made.
The vicious comment you fired off.
The anger or aggravation that came out way bigger than the situation deserved.

You remember the look of surprise on the other person’s face. But what lingers longer is your own surprise — that split second afterward when you think, Did that really just come out of me?

If so, were you born in the 1900s?

Because if you were, you may recognize this kind of moment. The one where the reaction feels outsized and uncharacteristic. Not because you didn’t know better — but because it happened faster than you could stop it.

And girl — I’ve been right there myself.

I’m somewhat patient and usually avoid confrontation — with the same urgency I use to avoid the cell phone guy at Sam’s Club. But when I entered midlife, my moods became sporadic, and they often bent toward the unpleasant. I didn’t always recognize them coming, and I didn’t always have time to intercept them before they showed up out loud.

It wasn’t constant. But in those moments, I didn’t even like myself.

And to be honest, there’s one moment that keeps coming back to me.

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Thank you so much to everyone who entered. This one was truly fun, and I can hardly wait to do it again!

All Is Well

Some days, “all is well” feels easy to believe. Other days, we may wonder.

This reminder isn’t pretending that life is simple or pain-free. It’s anchoring ourselves in something steadier than circumstances.

Galatians 4:5 tells us:

God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. (NLT)

Freedom doesn’t always look like everything going right. Sometimes it looks like belonging — even when things are messy, uncertain, or unfinished.

Being adopted as God’s own means we’re not measured by how well we hold it together. We’re held.

So when the day feels heavy, when faith feels tender, or when you’re standing somewhere between trust and questions, this truth still stands:

All is well — not because life is perfect, but because we are not alone. No longer slaves, but children of the maker and keeper of the universe.

If you need this reminder today, you’re not weak. You’re human. And you’re deeply loved.

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Save for the days when reassurance matters more than answers.

A Little Treat for Your Eyes — or Your Amazon Cart! $25 Gift Card Giveaway

A Little Treat for Your Eyes… or Your Amazon Cart

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From Big Red to Big Grace

My testimony doesn’t start with rock bottom—it starts with me hitting the candy display while my mama wasn’t looking.

The Christmas Walking Playlist I Use to Feel Better (120–140 BPM)

So here’s something you probably don’t know about me yet: along with a GLP-1,