Category: Bethisms

EverybodysLost.com Beth Terry, CSP 0

When Good Enough is OK

Sometimes Good Enough is OK and it’s all you need The desert air hurts in July. When Phoenix temps soar above 111º with humidity hovering below 10%, our famous dry heat assaults our nostrils, lips and cheeks with a heavy fist. Around 4pm when the...

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Death of a Policeman

Police have families too I was married to a police officer. I recall vividly how I stayed awake most nights when he was on Third Watch, praying he would come home safely to me and his four daughters. Whenever people look for scapegoats or targets...

Fathers ©2016 Beth Terry, CSP 0

Fathers – Roots and Wings

He held my hand All the way to the Kindergarten door kissed my nose and he set me free. He guided the pink-bedazzled bike down the driveway, sent me sailing alone and he set me free. He put my feet on his in that nursery...

You are Enough @Beth Terry CSP 0

Are you Enough?

Enough-ness and Gratitude A young man was explaining to me why his life sucked. He told me he couldn’t succeed until he had “enough.” That’s a relative term. What is ENOUGH? And why aren’t you enough? It sounded like an excuse to me. The real...

Plant what you want to grow, Beth Terry @EverybodysLost.com 1

You Get What You Plant

Do you plant happiness in your Life Garden? “Why are you surprised at the way your life is today? Did you think you could plant self-pity and blame and harvest happiness?” My grandmother said that to me one day when I was a teenager. I...