– By Lori Benka Have you ever been torn down by the words of another person? Maybe it was a friend who betrayed you or a loving spouse who spoke in anger. Something happens to us when someone speaks negatively over us. The words are like daggers penetrating the recesses of our hearts. I remember a Continue reading

– By Lori Benka I love going to Lake Erie and searching for beach glass. It’s always exciting to find something that was once so broken to become a treasure I seek after. I have three containers filled with pastel shades of green, white, aqua, blue, and brown. I proudly display each container in different areas Continue reading

– By Lori Benka Do the feelings of fear, anxiety, inadequacy, or discouragement ever bombard your mind and take hold of you like a vice-grip? In my last blog post, I wrote about how my German Shepherd deals with debilitating fear and anxiety due to the fireworks. (You can read about it here) I mention that he Continue reading