Day 21 – ‘What year would I time travel to?’ Any year, any moment, any time that I can experience life at it’s fullest is game for me. I am blessed to be able to feel – feel those emotions that remind me that I am. I am a woman, gentle yet fierce, flawed yetContinue reading “That Year – That Moment”
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Get the Picture?
Day #20 – Favorite picture #Bloganuary2022 One of my favorites – Brooklyn, NY in the 90’s. Don’t know why – Sometimes we just yearn for what was. Life was just simpler. Get the picture?
A Mystery
Day 19- Write about something mysterious. #Bloganuary2022 A wise king once reflected on this in the book of Proverbs: “There are things that amaze me…things I don’t understand… – How a man loves a woman.” [Proverbs 30:18-19] How the heart does what the heart does. That’s mysterious. #bloganuary2022
Challenges and Lessons Learned
Day 14 &15 – #Bloganuary2022 ‘Still I Rise – Above it All” ‘It is in the crucible of affliction that the flawed me begins to be refined. To look more like the ONE who loved me enough to lead me into the fire. He knew I would stay committed to the process'[4.4.21]. I penned theseContinue reading “Challenges and Lessons Learned”
Doing Life Boldly
[Day 11 #bloganuary2022] As a flawed human being, I am fully aware [most times] of the things thatmake me perfectly imperfect. At times, these private frustrations can becrippling. Even at times evoking responses in me that are anti my core values.Preventing me from living life to the fullest. My take on living life boldly isContinue reading “Doing Life Boldly”
Gratefulness
Day 10- Five Things I am Grateful for Today #bloganuary Gratefulness is a wonderful garment. It looks good on whoever chooses to wear it. I find that it takes effort (being intentional), especially when we are walking through challenging seasons. Our tendency is to invest our energy and time, completely focused on all that’s goingContinue reading “Gratefulness”
The Pink Door
Did you have one of these in 2021? No…I don’t mean a literal pink door. Let me unpack this a bit. This pink door ended up in my home in 2021. Don’t ask!! I hated it -still do. For me, it represents things that I had to deal with (or live with) even though IContinue reading “The Pink Door”
I was ‘that girl’!
In November, I shared part of my journey as a teenager in the post titled ‘That Boy’. The story of ‘that boy’ who occupied my heart as a young girl and how I walked through that season. A comment made by a reader prompted me to reflect on another of my ‘buried treasures’ and theContinue reading “I was ‘that girl’!”
Us Girls – Them Boys
In my book Girls Like me, I mentioned the importance of ‘going back’ to correct wrongs of the past when we can. This is necessary in the recovery and restoration process. The past can also be a place to recharge and refresh, if visited in a healthy way. Sometimes ‘going back’ also means revisiting thoseContinue reading “Us Girls – Them Boys”
That Boy…
As I have decided to unpack some of my ‘buried treasures’, I also felt the need to reflect on some of the lessons I learned through the years. I will begin at a point when I first remember ‘walking through something’. As a young teenager, I met a boy who captured my heart. He heldContinue reading “That Boy…”
Restored Hearts 