Breathe. When you’ve done so much but it never feels like you’ve done enough. When your head is spinning as you’re standing still. When you’re living to do and not living to live. Breathe. When the lists get longer and longer. When you feel smaller and smaller. When you don’t know where the tasks start … Continue reading Just Breathe
From purchasing our first house to making it a home, this past year has been more than frenzied. But I’m so excited to start this clean slate of a new year getting back into the things that I love, and this post will be a friendly reminder to myself as the year goes on.That’s what … Continue reading A Clean Slate
Life has been wonderfully busy these past few months and even before then – but definitely these past few months. In a previous blog post, I spoke about the busy months I was having. And so the busyness continued to the point where my personal writing, reading and vlogging fell to the wayside. But I'm … Continue reading I Have Huge News!!!
Photo by Sebastian Voortman on Pexels.com You See Me Thank you, God, for seeing me For meeting me where I am and surrounding me For searching the deep depths of my heart and fine tuning me For loving me unconditionally and choosing me For giving me a purpose and sticking with me Thank you, God, … Continue reading You See Me
It feels like National Novel Writing Month flew by because it's halfway through. The last time I spoke to you, the manuscript was around 25,000 words. Now, it's at roughly 32,000 words. I started Nano with a 19,000-word manuscript, which means I've added 13,000 words in just two weeks. I'm super proud of myself for … Continue reading Week Two NanoWriMo Wrap Up
At the start of the first week of NanoWriMo, my YA Contemporary novel was sitting at about 19,000 words. Now at the end of the week, my manuscript has 25,000 words. I'm 2,000 words shy of where I wanted to be by now, but I'm happy with the progress I have made. I'm in the … Continue reading Week One NanoWriMo 2021 Wrap Up
During this month of pride, I came across a post from an influential person in the media that struck me deep. This influencer is a wonderful human being who loves God and is constantly spreading love and encouragement to people around the globe. What shocked me was not the love she showed the gay community … Continue reading Hollywood and Flaming Christianity
Having a relationship with God is just that: a relationship. And one thing that holds true in relationships is they require sacrifice. Dictionary.com describes sacrifice as, "to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else." The ultimate example of sacrifice is when Jesus Christ died so that … Continue reading It Takes Sacrifice
To be honest with my fellow readers, I didn’t want to post about this. As a black woman, I grew up with a clear indication of the history that came before me. And it’s not something that was taught to me in school because as many others can vouch, black history isn’t taught in a … Continue reading It’s Not Just About You
Memorial Day is so much more than just a holiday for folks to kick their feet up and relax. There are freedoms that we are blessed with that were paid with a price. And this price just so happened to be death. Many men and women have put their lives on the line so that … Continue reading There Is No Greater Love
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