“Remember honey, you are not an island unto yourself” Sitting at the breakfast table I repeat the same silly phrase I’ve tried to pound into his hard head for over forty years. Then as if on cue my husband sings a couple lines from the familiar Simon & Garfunkel [...]
The mistakes of your past will forever define your future. Is this the lie you believe? You will never lead only follow! This lie has screamed in my head for years. You will only be a helper, a companion to those who are TRUE leaders! I have constantly passed the [...]
These are uncertain times we are living in. Fear has gripped our minds and all we can see is the dark. Darkness has chased me from childhood to adulthood like a spooky shadow ready to pounce the minute I let down my guard. Maybe that’s why I have always run [...]
You can’t go around it. You have to jump in the middle of the muddy puddles of your life. You have to sit in the messes you’ve made. You have to scream at the top of your lungs, for what seems like eternity. It’s the way you get it out, [...]
Anxiety, it makes you hurry or it stops you dead in your tracks! The All or Nothing monster has chased me for most of my life. “You need to slow down” a friend would say. “Stop sitting around and sulking” my mama would scold. One minute I would trip over [...]
Feeling the warmth of my cozy blanket. I sit in silence, listening to the voice of my Father. “Don’t get too comfortable” I hear Him whisper. “This is not your true home.” I was the youngest daughter, in a ministry family. My dad was a pastor. One thing ministry families [...]
It was his birthday! Smiling from head to toe, he picked up the ice cream cone dripping with sweetness. Licking his fingers he was determined not to let any of it remain unclaimed, It was his right, given to him by those who loved him! Everyone watched in amazement as [...]
Grabbing the box and tucking it under my arm I found my way to the checkout line. Smiling at the clerk I noticed her eyeing my jeans. “Those are nice jeans” she said Leaning in, she bravely attempted to finish her sentence with a secret whisper “Ma’am, the label is still on [...]
Anxiety is a close cousin to fear and I've struggled with it most my life! Anxiety, you know that feeling that starts in the pit of your stomach and stops in the middle of your throat, all because someone you trust, and love says some things about you that hold [...]
So much of my life has been spent in a box. You should look like this, sound like that, talk like this. I believe the box is the enemy's greatest weapon. If he can keep us locked in it, we will be his prisoners for life. Never doing anything great [...]
