Dearest Readers: As you may well know or maybe not--I have moved to Chattanooga, TN to pursue a leadership role as a Program Director of a new faith-based leadership program called Cubed Living. This post has everything to do with my new goals and focus, and I hope that as adventurers through this decade with … Continue reading Learning Leadership 101
**Warning: This post is female specific--and not suitable for anyone who has not experienced the joy of puberty... ___________________________________ Today. Today was a Doozie. AND not the cookie type... There’s nothing else to call it. It was quite possibly the worst day I’ve lived through in the last 2 years. I am SO glad it … Continue reading TODAY, WAS A DOOZIE: 2/27/17
Before I EVEN begin this post---please for the love of all that is inspirational—watch this movie trailer... The Legend of Tarzan (2016) (NOT the cartoon version) https://youtu.be/aA9eTnJS03s "A normal man can do the impossible to save the woman he loves. My husband is no normal man." O.M.G we love it! So——after seeing this movie, I … Continue reading You Tarzan, Me not Jane…
Originally written: 2/11/17 First off---watch/listen to this awesome inspiration!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVkcfI6E6Vw Exactly one week ago, I decided to ask the teacher in the classroom next to mine if she would go to a Premier Jewelry spring fashion show with me in Houston. I met her my first year teaching, but then she left, and now … Continue reading Divine Appointments: Are we Ready for Them?
Safety. Security. Simplicity. Soft pillows. Sex. Salvation. Skittles. Shelter. Sanity. Solitude. Saturdays. Strudel. Sandwiches. Steak. Skating. Strolling. Strollers. Soccer. Satellite. Sweets. Selfies. And Seclusion. Some of these things seem fine. Yes. But too much of any one thing can be our undoing. For some reason, as I awoke today my thoughts were simply … Continue reading A Life Full of S’s: 2/6/17
I loved this post by Amanda Cox, I look up to her as a writer and have found guidance in her words. I myself, am struggling with this very same concept, and hearing from someone who has been married longer than I, and has a family to tend to in the process gives me someone to look to as a mentor of sorts. This post comes highly recommended (as it brought tears to my eyes, and I am not an easy cryer.) Read and Enjoy!
I’ve been discussing the difficulty of change lately. Challenges, barriers, complexities. Today, I want to take a moment and remind us all of the simple elements of change, the power of consistency, and how small things become big things.
So the question is, can a cup of coffee change your life? Some of you know the magic of coffee. That first sip, and you go from death to life. Your brain works again…
My typical morning involves all three of my children, jumping to the floor and running to my room, firing on all cylinders. “Mom! Mom! We’re hungry! We’re hungry! Can I have_______?” Fill in the blank with three different, equally unacceptable breakfast choices. I stumble into the kitchen, trying to make sense of the little hooligans doing a circular tribal dance around me. “Mom! Mom! Mom!”
I probably agree to things like cookies, ice cream, and candy for…
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Welcome! I recently turned 30 on December the 6th, and strangely stumbled upon an amazing blog for men called, “Become Good Soil” written and maintained by Morgan Snyder. He began his blog at the beginning of his 30’s and after reading one post, at random, my husband and I both bought in to the message … Continue reading Welcome Wanderers 2017
Hebrew: “Cognate: 2676 katártisis (a feminine noun) – properly, a particular brand (type) of adjustment – overcoming "mental dislocations" brought on by arrogance (refusal to repent). It is used only in 2 Cor 13:9.” “We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored … Continue reading Catharsis: A Feminine Noun 2/5/17
Ever feel like there is just NOT. ENOUGH. TIME? Not enough time in the day, not enough time in the week, not enough time in the morning, or before bed. There’s not enough time for pooping—alone, or showering— alone; much less for “me time”—alone!?!?! Heck, there’s barely any time left for reading this dang blog post!! … Continue reading Conservation of Time: 2/4/17
Have you ever seen someone and just known that they were sad? And I don’t mean 5 year olds either—I mean someone who may actually be trying to keep their emotions to themselves, but are simply failing to do so because the enormity of their situation. Okay, so you may need to think about that … Continue reading You Have What It Takes: 2/3/17
More Than Rubies 