Debi Fronczek

When you are down in the dumps, it's hard to see what you are missing in life.  You are in a dark place and your vision is limited.  I've been there more times than I like to admit.   Discouraged, depressed, down hearted ...and all the other "d" words that get you "down" have often filled my mind and the result is a dismal life.  But I've discovered a few other "d" words that has helped me tremendously.  They are decision, determination and destiny .  Our lives are made up of a lot of mini decisions.  The result of those decisions determine your destiny.  Every person has control of their own mind.  Even when you are held captive and coerced to do things you don't want to - your mind still belongs to you.  Nobody can think for you. Even when someone tells you what to do, you decide if you are going to do it or not.  Everything starts in your mind.  I have read stories of people who lived through the horrors of the holocaust an...

Kathy's husband has a bad habit of locking doors.  Every time he passes a door he locks it.  He has locked her out of the house while she was on the patio flipping burgers, or when she went to the garage to get a soda out of the extra frig they keep in the garage for drinks.  They have gone round and round about it but the last time he locked her out, they almost came to blows. It all started when several of Kathy's friends took her out for dinner to celebrate her birthday.  It was at a restaurant where on this special night they was karaoke and the staff coaxed Kathy to get up and dance when they sang to her.  Well, somehow, she twisted her foot while doing a little dance and when she sat down at the table she mentioned that she thought she had hurt her foot.  The girls were sympathetic but Kathy didn't seem to be hurting too bad so they finished eating and chatting.  When Kathy got up to leave and put her weight on her foot, she knew instantly th...