Turn It Around
My husband, Sam, was in respiratory failure with Covid Pneumonia. Having been an ICU nurse many years and I have personally witnessed cases of respiratory failure that resulted in death. … Continue Reading Turn It Around
Re-mothering a new generation of whole, healthy and happy grandchildren.
My husband, Sam, was in respiratory failure with Covid Pneumonia. Having been an ICU nurse many years and I have personally witnessed cases of respiratory failure that resulted in death. … Continue Reading Turn It Around
As we approach the season of Thanksgiving, we always look for reasons to be thankful. To have an attitude of gratitude should be a minute by minute, hour by … Continue Reading Merry Thanksgiving!
This week we are presenting woman number three of four in our series on the Four Women of Love, in February, the month of Valentine’s day and love. This week … Continue Reading 4 Women of Love – The Woman Caught
Here is the second installment of Four Women of Love, these stories of how they loved, and how they were loved show you how shape your world. These four articles … Continue Reading 4 Women of Love Series
5 Indicators Mom & Dad Are Ready To Take Children Back By Debra Susan Bowman Who knew how life changing T-ball could be? We were raising our five … Continue Reading Anthony’s Journey Home
From Goals to Gold. Here’s nine “P” ways to get from setting goals to living the gold. Live this in front of your grandchildren and they will live it too!
By Debra Susan Bowman As the new year approaches do you see it with dread or delight? Your attitude could very well impact the results. Only Scrooge would declare to … Continue Reading The Happiest New Year Ever
Eight Ways to Have A Great Vacation This Fall, Right In Your Home With Your Grandkids By Debra Susan Bowman A friend with a heavy heart asked how she should … Continue Reading Spectacular Fall Scenery In Your Living Room
Permanent link to Debbie’s Declaration: I Am Overwhelmed With Love"Overwhelmed is good when something good overwhelms something bad!"
By Debra Susan Bowman
Some days when I think of all that needs to be done I get totally overwhelmed and then I just want to quit. My to-do list was long: Anthony needed schools clothes, I needed to do housework and cleaning, I needed to promote my book, do laundry, get the car repaired and I have things to do in the office for Sam. Life can be overwhelming.
But let’s think for a minute of overwhelmed in a new way. Overwhelmed is good when love overwhelms loneliness. Overwhelmed is good when blessed overwhelms stressed. Overwhelmed is good when rest overwhelms the test. Overwhelmed is good when action overwhelms passivity, when joy overcomes depression, when forgiveness overwhelms brokenness. Being overwhelmed is always good when it produces faith, energy, the hope, the love to move on, to push through. Take time out this week to sit before God, to contemplate Him and his awesome promises, to be overwhelmed by His presence. Think of something you need to overcome this week and ask God how he would like to overcome that. Then write it down, think on it, pray over it and say it until victory comes. It is always a good thing to be overwhelmed with God!
I was working in the kitchen cleaning out the pots and pans area when Anthony came in and said, “Let me do that!” I knew he would love playing with the pots and pans, what little one doesn’t, but what five year old wants to help clean and organize? He went to work and cleaned and did a great job. I was overwhelmed by this small gesture. In his little hands I could see a God’s big hand at work and my overwhelmed seemed to shrink in this picture of His love.
The declaration of the Word: Isaiah 43:2
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you.”
Here are 5 awesome tips on how to turn I am overwhelmed into I have overcome by Samuel and Debra Bowman
6 P’s That Turn A Sore Throat Into A Positive Note – What to do when both you and your kids are sick Anthony just started kindergarten and the first thing … Continue Reading 6 P’s That Turn A Sore Throat Into A Positive Note
Not that it’s something we long for in life, but dust is inevitable and it can even be a good thing. How is that? Perspective. Perspective is powerful in helping … Continue Reading Dust Can Be A Good Thing
A friend of mine, Janet, has been raising her grandchild since infancy and now the child is in kindergarten. She sees all her friend’s mommies meet them at school and … Continue Reading Reject Rejection