The Lonely Monster

Lately I've been getting visits. Not the kind of visits with a dear friend that my heart yearns for. No-these visits are from the Lonely Monster. You know, that Lonely Monster? Maybe you don't, but I sure do. I used to have lots of friends, and we hung out all the time. Now I have very few friends, and we're all so busy that we barely see each other. Oh and my really great, truly stick-with-you-through-anything-friends? We talk almost daily. They're my sisters that I just never had. 
It makes me sad to be visited by the Lonely Monster. I don't understand why. Like I don't understand why some people say they want to be your friend but they never call or get together with you. (Preaching to the choir here!) Do I take initiative and call them? If they wanted really truly to be my friend wouldn't they make an effort? So do I not call and just whine about it? What have I done wrong to make all these people I long to be friends with not want to be friends with me? Where did this Lonely Monster come from, and why now? What can I do to make him go away?! I need him to go away. Desperately. I'm tired of being lonely. I'm tired of guessing why people don't want to be my friend. It makes no sense to me! Please-what have I done? And it's totally wrong of me to be a tad jealous when other people hang out with the ones I want to be friends with. I'm praying about this. I want and I need God to make me content with where I am in life in regards to friends. I'm tired of this Lonely Monster in my life. Always telling me everyone's too busy or I or my kids aren't good enough for them to be friends with. I need God's peace. 
Maybe I have done this to myself? Maybe I've cut myself off? Maybe I don't try hard enough to get together with people I want to be friends with. Maybe I need to put myself out there. 
How and where do I go from here?
What makes the Lonely Monster go away for good? 
I know I'm good at hiding this. I know I may not seem like a girl that needs friends, but I do. 
I'm lonely. 




-Originally written September 23, 2011

Sweet 'N Spicy Sweet Potato Chunks

I made these awesome Sweet Potato Chunks (equivalent to sweet potato fries) the other night with dinner.  My hubs wasn't interested in them. I ate them ALL...No, not all in one night, but over the period of about 4 meals...Yeah. They're THAT good!

Sweet 'N Spicy Sweet Potato Chunks

• As many peeled, cubed sweet potato's as you'd like (I used 4 and 1 regular redskin potato, feel free to add as many other potatoes as you wish!)
• Enough Coconut Oil to coat all your potatoes 
• Sea Salt
• Fresh Ground Black Pepper
• Couple dashes of Ground Red Cayenne Pepper
• 2 Tbsp Organic Cane Sugar (1 Tbsp when tossing, 1 Tbsp after you lay the potatoes out)
• Toss the potatoes really good to mix up and distribute everything
• Spread on some sort of baking sheet or Stonewear piece

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until the edges start getting crispy and they look done.

EAT. ENJOY.  

Guest Post

Hi All!

I recently did a guest blog post for a sweet friend, Beka I've only ever met through Blogging & Facebook. I really like her! (0= She's a child of God, cute, real, honest, crafty, talented, creative, etc etc...

Please go read my post here and be sure to check out the rest of her blog!