It’s hard to wait for anything, whether it is a light to change green or life circumstances to change. I’m probably the world’s least patient person. When I was in high school, I couldn’t wait to go to college where I wouldn’t have to take so many math classes. I don’t know if I really …
Tender Heart
I have always been a very sensitive person. I don’t know how I got to be this way and I honestly wish sometimes I wasn’t. I can remember hearing a song on the radio or a song in church and the tears would just flow. It’s always been like I feel things more than most …
California
For the bulk of the last 10+ years, I have not traveled extensively far away from the Southeast. I’ve limited my journeys to Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. I’ve not really had the desire to travel much outside of this comfort zone. I love sweet tea. I mean really LOVE sweet tea …
Tripping Over My Own Two Feet
If you’ve ever tripped on your own two feet, you sometimes just can’t help but blame yourself for being so clumsy. I haven’t fallen on this trip, at least not yet thankfully. But the feeling of tripping over my own feet reminds me of how I have been holding my own self back. For years, …
Lord Have Mercy, I Think I’ve Lost My Spark
The last speaker of today’s part of the conference was a motivational speaker. He talked about how the pandemic had increased our fear and anxiety levels. He also talked about how we have to courageously move forward with a positive mindset and passion. Ooooh, that hit home for me. I taught a leadership class several …
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Seventeen Years
Seventeen years ago today, I was there when my Daddy took his last earthly breath. We knew the end was near so it was no surprise. I actually prayed fervently that God would be merciful with my Daddy and not allow him to linger suffering. God answered my prayer and allowed him to die peacefully …
Decisions & Actions
Today is a day of transparency. I write these posts about hope, dreams, scars, and happiness and find solace in the words. But even the Bible says that faith without action is dead. Faith without being able to put that faith into practice isn't really faith at all. It's just pretty words on paper that …
How Do You Heal a Broken Heart?
This world is full of so many things that break our hearts. It can be something big or something little, but the pain is almost the same. The biggest thing with a broken heart is how long it can persist. The pain will come in waves and there will be days that are really good. …
Scars
In 2010, I was getting ready for work when I went to open my shower door and literally heard my finger break. At first, I questioned what had just happened because it seemed highly improbable that my finger could have broken by just moving a shower door. But, I knew something wasn't right because for …
The Fear That Shapes Us
On the last, rainy day before leaving the beach, I ventured out and did a little bit of shopping. The clouds weren't especially ominous but the weather forecast predicted heavy bands of rain to make their way through the area. In one of the stores, I saw three employees huddled together discussing the weather prediction. …
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