Cloud of Depression
January 27, 2010
Filed under Christianity
My apologies to my faithful viewers who have been dissatisfied with my low number of posts so far this new year. I’m finding that I just do not have the time to post as frequently as some of the top-viewed blogs, and if I were to try to keep up a set number of posts per week (as I have done in the past), it will be to the great disappointment of my son, who understandably whines at me to play with him when I start to get tunnel-visioned in my writing. So I’ve been making a choice, in favor of motherhood, and to the detriment of my writing, but that’s ok. So hang with me. I will find a way to create more hours in the day, and will be back with more regular blog postings before long. Thank you for your support!
In the meantime, I would like to post an article that I wrote for a Caring Ministry at my church. It is on depression, and it is something that, I believe, could touch the heart of a lot of people, especially now that the excitement of Christmas has passed and the routine of a new year has set in.
The Christmas trees are down. Families and friends have flown home. The delicious food that we indulged in now sits, maybe not so comfortably, as a few extra pounds on our hips and stomach. W…
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Cloud of Depression
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