It's Thankful Thursday again and our theme is courage. Laurie of Women Taking a Stand is our hostess and you can link there to visit other participating blogs. I have to confess that I'm not all that courageous. It's one thing to appear courageous. But what I way too often feel inside is ... FEAR! It figures that this painting was done by a Norwegian. What happened to the courageous Vikings? When I trust in myself ...I am fearful and not very courageous. But, I'm so thankful that I know where to run when my courage is gone. I was sitting next …

Have you ever had one of those days? You wake up expecting to accomplish your list of things to do. But life gets in the way. I was greeted with this message on my blogger acccount: Blogger had Heart Choices listed as a possible spam blog! Can you believe it? Of course, I reviewed the Terms of Service to see if I'd inadvertently violated something. No; I hadn't! Notice that I was unable to publish new posts until the issue was resolved and ...my blog would be deleted within 20 days unless I requested a review! So, of course, I requested a review. Bu…

This is my first time to host "In Other Words Tuesdays". It's a great way to get a variety of opinions on a quote for the week. I love to visit all of the participating blogs to read their take on our weekly quote. Maybe this week we might have a few new blogs participate. All you have to do is write a post and link below. Here's the quote I chose for this week: Do you ever stop and listen to the messages you say to yourself every day? I'm not talented. I can't speak in front of people. I can't help it. I just have a short fus…