What causes you strife? Is it smoking and drinking? Talking too loud? Do you boast and brag when you’re in a crowd?

Allow me to take the time to apologize for this being my first post this year. Losing Mom took way more of a toll on me than I could ever have imagined. I had to simply take the time and go through the process of grieving.

I cannot be the only mother who cringes each time the news comes on. We carry our babies and think long and hard day in and day out about how to be everything this little baby or these little babies are going to need. We want the right crib the right socks the right diapers the right baby wash.

In this life, so many things can take every ounce of our attention. Most people spend way more time on their cell phones or social media than interacting with their families. My question for you is if you are spending way too much of your day focusing on any and everything else who in the world is loving the person that you see when you look in the mirror.

The amount of time spent in prayer reflects in the choices that we make throughout each day. We tend to act like the people that we spend the most time with. So it is only natural that if we spend a lot of time speaking to and studying about God that we will begin to take on the personality of Christ.

Joy radiates from a connection with your inner self. We as Christians believe that our inner most being yearns to be deeply connected to Christ.

Living a healthy lifestyle means that you eat right exercise get the appropriate amount of rest that your body requires as well as take the time out to do the things that bring you peace and joy. For some that can be music, writing, laughing with friends and family or just being able to take a long hot bath or shower.

The cares of this life can often keep us disconnected from what love really is. Every time I have had the desire to give up on real love’s existence in this world the laughter of a child would pierce through my dulled senses and begin to reignite my hope and bring me so much joy. Think about it an innocent giggle from a happy baby, a reach down inside your tiny little belly laugh of an exuberant little child. 

As yet another year comes to a close are you ready for the challenges tomorrow will bring? I have lived on both ends of the spectrum. Life is extremely challenging. What will we eat? Where will we live? Will my children be safe there?

Writing has always been my voice. I grew up in a time where children were seen and not heard so I had to find a place to let my true thoughts out. I always preferred a beautiful pen and various types of notebooks and pretty journals to let my words run free! Who knew one day I would honestly enjoy the opportunity to write, travel, sing, dance, and speak about how Love lifted me from the depths of desperation, risky behaviors, sin, and shame.

I want to walk through the door cause I'm tired and just ready to get to a place of peace and rest. Instead, I pull into the driveway and it's pitch dark, no porch light on, and earlier my husband killed a snake in the front yard near the door. did I mention I'm terrified of snakes?

2017 literally was yet another one of the roughest years of my life. Mommy's condition changed drastically. Migraines began to plague me almost incessantly from Dec of 2016 through March 2017. I missed my daughter like crazy. 

I felt so many people's pain last night as I tried to sleep. Please continue to pray for all of the families that were affected by the bus crash in Chattanooga. I can't even begin to imagine life without my children. Not only continue to pray for them but all of those who have lost loved ones this year.

I fell asleep in pain again last night. The dream that followed was interesting. I position myself America has become so unrelatable. Is that even a real word? Oh well, let me explain to you what I mean by unrelatable. There is no genuine concern for others.