This is healing...
And it isn't pretty. It's hard. It's sad. It just plain hurts sometimes. And yet, I am so grateful for healing because with it comes the...
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Ginger Bliss
Nov 16, 202310 min read
Life's Like a Hike...
Sunday afternoon I enjoyed hiking a trail nearby with the goal of finding the lookout point I'd been told about with a view of Lake...
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Ginger Bliss
Nov 5, 20234 min read
Lost can be the best place to be...
After I went to church this morning, I was driving around listening to the end of the Chiefs game and decided to drive into East Jordan...
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Ginger Bliss
Nov 2, 20234 min read
Lost Cause...
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the P!nk concert in Kansas City. When my daughter mentioned wanting to see her more than six...
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Ginger Bliss
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Purpose and pain...
On October 11, 2021, a family I know and love lost their 21-year-old daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and cousin. Others lost their...
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Ginger Bliss
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Hidden beauty...
I spent Thursday driving from Kansas City, Missouri to East Jordan, Michigan. I left at 10:30 a.m. CST, stopped briefly three times...
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Ginger Bliss
Jul 31, 20233 min read
Home is here...
In late April after unexpectedly losing my job, I decided to put my house on the market so I would be ready to move out of the area if...
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Ginger Bliss
Jul 20, 20233 min read
Some people do...
A few years ago, I heard a very touching song, Some People Do by Old Dominion, and eventually saw the music video. This song really...
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Ginger Bliss
Jul 4, 20233 min read
Fearlessness and freedom...
Independence Day reminds me of the bravery of soldiers, but I don't equate that with fearlessness. To me, fearlessness is not allowing...
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Ginger Bliss
May 28, 20234 min read
The power of new beginnings...
I recently took a walk early one morning when there was a gentle, cool breeze, and the sun was shining brightly in a perfectly clear,...
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Ginger Bliss
May 12, 20232 min read
Motherhood moments...
This is a photo of one of the Facebook Memories that appeared this week. I couldn’t mean these words more if I wrote them today. In the...
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Ginger Bliss
May 2, 20233 min read
Getting real...
From the time I started writing about my journey, first on Facebook then through these blogs, I have been struck by the comments about...
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Ginger Bliss
Mar 29, 20235 min read
The clarity of gray...
On my flight to Phoenix early Monday morning, the new PINK song, Turbulence, was playing as we began our descent and started...
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Ginger Bliss
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Heal thyself...
Recently, I saw the following video and was very moved by this man's story. When I thought of what to title this blog, the phrase heal...
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Ginger Bliss
Mar 5, 20234 min read
Stand by you...
Well, that's a wrap on birthday week and it couldn't have been any more fabulous thanks to so many wonderful people who blessed me in so...
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Ginger Bliss
Feb 26, 20235 min read
Birthday Week
I have always loved celebrating other people’s birthdays. I carefully select the perfect Hallmark card, think about what gift to give...
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Ginger Bliss
Feb 14, 20234 min read
Red, pink or white...
This morning I took a moment and sent a text to a few friends wishing them Happy Valentine's Day. One of them responded and said,...
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Ginger Bliss
Jan 26, 20233 min read
Break down here…
As I think back on it, I have had to break down to break through so many times in my life, yet each time I hesitate as if continuing to...
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Ginger Bliss
Jan 12, 20233 min read
Choose your hard...
When I'm exercising, I like to get hot, sweaty and feel like I've worked really hard and given it my all. When I injured my knee on...
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Ginger Bliss
Jan 6, 20235 min read
Is it true?
I have had a Notes entry in my phone since September 2018 that has a paraphrased version of The Four Questions from The Work of Byron...
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