by Debbie Boyce | Jan 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the past months, I have been unsubscribing from lists that are local to New Jersey. Two were community chat lists. One was a newsletter from my gym, where I am no longer a member. Each time I hit the “unsubscribe” button, I have registered tangible feelings of...
by Debbie Boyce | Nov 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
I have just finished reading Abigail Shrier’s second book Bad Therapy: Why the Kids aren’t Growing Up. One review of the book summarizes its message as “an investigation into how mental health overdiagnosis is harming, not helping, children.” Shrier is a journalist...
by Debbie Boyce | Nov 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Back in 1989, when we moved to 36 Jefferson Road, the parsonage that God provided for our family while we worked for Princeton Christian Fellowship, I wondered if I should order stationery. I mused that I had no idea how long we would live in that house and if it...
by Debbie Boyce | Oct 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
I am writing a series on lessons learned from our recent move to Colorado. This post is a meditation on friendship. I learned a song as a child, “Make New Friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.” I realized recently that I learned that as a girl...
by Debbie Boyce | Oct 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
I am writing a series of posts about moving, and more specifically about my recent move. I have a strong desire to acknowledge how the Lord has helped us in big ways like life guidance and in small ways, like helping us sort our possessions. Today, I want to tell...
by Debbie Boyce | Oct 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
One year for my birthday, my son gifted me a self-help book called The Hoarder In You: How to live a happier, healthier, uncluttered life, by Robin Zasio. He gave it to me, rather unceremoniously, saying, “You’re not going to like this.” I did not resent his gift...