Insane in the Membrane (Too Tired to Think of a Better Title)

This has been a rough week so far and it's only Wednesday. I've been full of angst and feelings of inadequacy which is seldom like me. This morning, I received an email from my friend, Susanna, inviting me to read the blog that she has started, 40daysuntoothers.blogspot.com. Visually, it is beautiful -- which caused me to shoo off another round of feelings of ineptitude. Reading it, I found a certain peace that contradicted all my emotions from earlier this week. Without a doubt, her blog has inspired me to look closely at how I can better serve God, have a closer relationship with Him and allow Him to shine through me in my relationship with others. But more on that later.

Susanna can consider her deed done unto another for the day. Although she lives around the block from me, we have rarely spent any time together -- we don't have a deep, tell-each-other everything, daily-phone-call type friendship. She's the woman who has it all -- great kids, good husband, faith, kindness, talent, brains out the ying yang, etc. It would be hard to believe that she ever has any of those same feelings I had early this week. But what I discovered is, she's just like me. Even though my life may be a little different, I have all that too. And just as I am entitled to throw myself a pity party every once in a while, I'm sure she does too -- while flipping through her People magazine, stuffing her mouth with Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs and washing it down with a nice, cold glass of Chardonnay. I, on the other hand, will be strolling through my bookmarked list of favorite online shopping sites while downing a glass of Merlot and licking the chocolate off my fingers.

Read her blog. You'll be inspired too.