I’m going to miss you when you grow up. I say this to my babies often as I give them tight hugs or stroke their hair. I can’t wait to see the young men and women they will be. I can’t wait to see the successes they will have and things they will accomplish and… Read More

I spent the last 30 days sugar free.  No sugar, honey, agave syrup, etc.  Seriously, not even one bite of my kid’s ice cream and I thought I would share some things I found: 1) it’s not as hard as I thought. The first few days were for sure tough but once I started seeing… Read More

“There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens…., a time for mourning and a time for dancing.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 4 CEB   As a wannabe writer, one of the worst things I can do is abandon my social media. Social media is an incredibly important tool for… Read More

Note: I want you to imagine with me something that will be difficult to hear so I want to disclaimer this by saying if you have dealt with a verbally abusive relationship (from a spouse, partner, parent, etc.) this might trigger you.  So please guard your heart here and do what is best for your… Read More

We’ve all seen them. Those fabulous “before” and “after” shots on Instagram or Facebook that share someone’s weight loss results, or fitness journey, or hair color change, or makeover look. We see an okay “before”.  And an amazing “after”. The “before” picture looks kinda sad.  The “after” picture looks wonderful. We look at these dramatic… Read More

“Your situation is not as important as your interpretation of it.” – Steven Furtick (Note: Go watch this sermon by Steven Furtick – The Power of Interpretation.  Because it’s amazing.  So definitely watch it.)  So I don’t know about you but I have done this like 547,342 times: Someone I know is acting weird around… Read More

“Now, in the crowd that day was a woman who had suffered horribly from continual bleeding for twelve years.  She had endured a great deal under the care of various doctors, yet in spite of spending all she had on their treatments, she was not getting better, but worse.  When she heard about Jesus’ healing power, she pushed… Read More

When my first baby was born, every day, at some point, I would sing to him “You are my Sunshine” and tears would well up in my eyes as I held my little blue bundle that I had dreamed of all my life. As more kids came along, I would sing the same song to… Read More

Oh HEY!!!!! It’s been a hot minute y’all. Ten months of hot minutes to be exact. BUT I am trying to get back into the blogging game and I decided instead of just trying to write inspirational posts I will be doing lifestyle posts.  So inspirational will still be there but throwing in other aspects… Read More