Several months ago during one of my many trips to pick up a prescription for Mama, I was sitting in the Walgreens drive thru just wailing. There were cars in front of me and cars behind me. I didn’t care. I was in the absolute fire and it was hard. I was listening, almost feeling …
Tilling the Soil
My Daddy always had a garden when I was growing up. It started off as a small garden but over the years he expanded it down towards the woods by our house. It eventually became two large gardens that intersected one another. Every spring and fall he would pull out his old Snapper walk behind …
Villains and Victors
When I think about the times in my life when I’ve been hurt the most by another person, it’s not the kind of person most people would imagine. It’s not a monster of a person, skulking around in the shadows ready to throw a crowbar into your forehead. No, in my experience it has been …
Prayer Circle
Those that know me know that I like to cook. And, not just any kind of cooking. The things that I like to cook are just as much diva as I am. Therefore, when you need something like truffle oil and you're just too tired to make a grocery run you do the next best …
Threadbare
When I was a little girl, I had a yellow blanket that I slept with every night. The blanket had, at one time, been a heated blanket because there were little pockets where the elements must have been. It had one of those satin ribbon edges and I absolutely loved rubbing the satin edge on …
Do It For Yourself
There are times in life when we have to do things for ourselves. We have to put the work in and wait for the results. Really, for our own happiness. We have to value that kind of happiness enough to make consistent steps toward that end result. It may sound selfish but if we don't …
The Battle is Not Yours
Revenge can be so tempting. The urge to hurt those that hurt us can be so overwhelming, especially when people kick us at our most vulnerable. I've been there. I've wanted to have the last ugly word, the last snarly laugh, and the last dig. I've wanted to give people an ounce of the mess …
Trust
I'm the kind of person that looks both ways on a one way street. I look both ways when my light turns green before pulling off at an intersection. It's safe to say that trust is something that I lack in a big way. It's no wonder, then, that I have a hard time handing …
Why Not?
There are going to be some folks who are in shock when they get to Heaven. There will be people there they never would’ve imagined. People who don’t look like them, maybe people who didn’t even act the way they thought they should act. But that’s the miracle of Jesus. He loves regardless. And so …
If Not for CeCe Winans
Over the last fourteen months I've been on a journey. A journey to find my healing, to find my peace, and to find my purpose. I am not ready to tell my entire story and I'm not sure I will ever be ready to share that part of my life with the world. But, I …
Messpot Diaries 