Long Story Short-2020

2020 was a walk through the refiners’ fire for me. My husband was sentenced to 4 years of prison for a crime that I had no idea had taken place. I was left a single mom of my 10-month-old baby. I was […]

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Getting Out of The Boat

You may be familiar with the story in Matthew 14 about Peter walking on the water. If not, I’ll give you a little explanation. Jesus had just ministered to a multitude of people. At the end of the day, he sent the […]

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Loving Anyways

 People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway.             If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  Be kind anyway.             If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.  Succeed anyway.            If you are […]

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New Year, Big Shift

Happy New Year! This year, I have come to recognize the importance of “shifts” in my life. I moved into a new place (for like, the 7th time this year), and I could not get it to feel like it was MY […]

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All I Want For Christmas

Spoiler alert-This post does not coincide with Mariah Carey’s hit Christmas song. I’ve come to realize that Mariah Carey and I have different ideas about Christmas. 2nd spoiler alert-It’s not a hippopotamus. I was thinking about all the people I want to […]

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Time To Pivot!

ERRR, Rewind! I am so excited to make this pivot. A really dear friend of mine that deals with grief in her life that is different than mine said she had been reading my blog. She then expressed condolences for not being […]

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Brighter Days Are Coming

My son and I were able to celebrate a couple of birthdays in November. My son absolutely LOVED the birthdays! When he saw the candles light up on the cake and then get blown out, he was so intrigued. He kept looking […]

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Life Lessons From My Christmas Tree

“Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, You’ll ever be unchanging, a symbol of goodwill and love!” My husband brings all the holiday cheer into our home. He loves to set up the Christmas lights outside, each year we get a few more […]

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The Hope And The Faith Melt The Bitterness Away

How? Because I trust that this will all be for my good. So why would I not be grateful? Here’s the thing-I wanted one blessing out of this life. Just one. I set my eyes on it and I will do everything […]

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A Heart of Thanksgiving

Let me start off by saying YOU CAN DO THIS! You’ve got this! You have conquered every day before this, you will conquer this one too. You were not put on this path to fail. You were not put on this path […]

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