Over the past several years I’ve had some amazing, on-a-high, joy-filled moments.   But I’ve also had others that were dark, where I wondered how I would even keep going, sprinkled in amongst many that were just average, and kind of “meh”. And I’ve learned that on these more difficult or average, no-spark, feeling like […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Three-Things-To-Remember-When-Youre-Feeling-Behind-In-Life.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I was hanging out with some friends recently, eating pizza on the floor (you know, the usual), and commiserating over the ways that our lives haven’t turned out as planned. To give you a picture of what I mean, in this […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/When-Your-Friends-Arent-Available.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I’ve historically been the type who would rather miss out on something altogether than show up by myself.   Anyone out there feel me? I always felt I needed someone there to depend on, to have the experience with, and I […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Three-Purposes-Of-Dating-No-One-Ever-Told-Me.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Let me add a quick disclaimer to this post: I hate dating a solid 70% of the time.   Some days, its 100%. So if you’re reading this and thinking the same thing, I’m with you, and I’m not here to […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/My-Marriage-Isnt-Needed-Yet.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “God’s still getting him ready for you”   I’ve heard this, or some variation, time and time again as a single person. Sometimes it’s that God is still getting my husband ready for me, other times, its that I’m not ready, […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Copy-of-Thats-Life.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “That’s life.”   I used to hate that phrase. It’s usually offered with a shrug after something far less than ideal has happened to someone who had a very different plan in mind, as if pointing out that life is out […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Finding-Yourself-When-Supposed-To-Happen-Didnt-Happen.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Are you just looking at pictures of yourself on Facebook again?”   That’s what my roommate would say whenever she caught me in the act. Just flipping through photos of myself. Sheepish and red-cheeked, I would put my phone down. How […]

I have to admit something.   I’m ashamed, and a little embarrassed but…I have to tell you that I just turned 29 and, according to this article online, I have just not accomplished anything at all in life so far. By the time I’m 30, apparently I’m supposed to have traveled to all seven continents, […]

When you turn 18, you become an adult. You can vote, you can fight for your country, your parents are ready to send you off to college or maybe just give you the bill for the last 18 years and send you on your way. You’re supposed to be grown up. Well, its been ten […]

Man is life hard sometimes.   I’m sure you’ve noticed that by now. I don’t think its a realization that anyone escapes. We all hit a rough patch, or two, or hundreds. And sometimes even adjusting to the most tremendously wonderful parts of our lives can be hard. I mean, have you ever met a […]