Knowing Your Worth Have you ever walked away from a situation, a job, a relationship because you could not stomach the way you were being treated, spoken to, or just they way they did things? Have you ever asked for way more than you thought an employer would give because deep down you knew that... Continue Reading →
The Survival Paradox Surviving is good, right? I mean, we all want to survive difficult situations, emergencies, events. But what happens when there are more than one or two events you need to survive? What happens when it seems your life is one crisis after another? When does survival mode become a problem and no... Continue Reading →
The Power Of Prayer Did you know that when you speak kindly to water, it creates beautiful crystals when the water molecules freeze? Or that plants too are affected by words positively or negatively. Countless experiments have been done in this vein. My own children brought home plants, rice, and other growing things and either spoke kindly,... Continue Reading →
Unexpected Blessings The sermon on Sunday was about unexpected blessings. It chronicled the Acts 3 healing of the lame man at the gate by the Apostles Peter and John. The man was simply expecting a few coins in his cup but ended up literally walking away from the situation a healed man. He was astounded... Continue Reading →
A Place For Everything When I was a child, my mother could often be heard finishing that statement in a sing-songy type voice, “A place for everything, and everything in its place!” She always finished triumphantly as if the conclusion of the saying was some colossal win for the world. It is true; our apartment... Continue Reading →
Work I'm tired today. It's been a long four days. In speaking with someone earlier, I expressed the fact that there never seems to be enough hours in the day. If I ever wanted to engage in some self-care, it would be difficult to schedule. So many of us run from job-to-job or job-to-responsibility without... Continue Reading →
Who Do YOU Say You Are? Weird question, right? I mean, don't we usually concern ourselves with how others perceive us at any given time? I don't really know a lot of people who go around asking themselves who they are. But maybe we should. Actually, we shouldn't be asking - we should be telling... Continue Reading →
On New Year's Eve, I will turn four... if life really does begin at forty that is. It doesn't seem possible, I was 18 only yesterday. What an odd existence! I know what you're thinking - so... what have you learned in that time? Weirdly, my life has actually taken a dramatic turn in the... Continue Reading →
I have always loved Christmas. It is a holiday which has been shrouded in awe, majesty, music, and love for as long as I can remember. Right around this time of year ten years ago, my mother had a stroke and eventually died. Since then, the holiday season has also been a time where I... Continue Reading →
You've changed. She confessed. You used to own it! You owned Albany, You owned AP, everything you touched you owned because you're brilliant. But... now... you sound defeated. Your confidence... it's... you never gave a shit about what anyone said or thought because you were so good. You need to remember who you were three... Continue Reading →
Sometimes looking back is a great way to see how far we've come. I hope you enjoy this repost 🙂 "I need to get away from it all!" My mom's generation will likely remember, "Calgon, take me away!" We are all familiar with the urge to find geographic "solutions" to our problems; there's something quite... Continue Reading →
The rose has many thorns. To pluck the flower, you must bear the thorns, But the rose is more lovely and more to be desired For the thorns which grow upon it. -Poetry by a... Continue Reading →
