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Writer's Block

Writer's Block

I stopped writing. I started consuming. I was reading. I was watching. I was crying. I was working. And I was thinking a lot about writing, what ...

Girl Squad

There is something magical about hanging out with your girls. There is a sense of community and rejuvenation. Girl squads come in different forms...

Mindful Eating

Essentially our whole life experience is created and affected by the thoughts we think, and the perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors that are est...

You Are My Sunshine

There was so much more, I watched him build a business of his own, with his hands, working with wood. I was able to help with my mom evenings and ...

Hurricaine

"The Hurricane" is my favorite movie, for a number of reasons. I support kindness, diversity, helping the underdog and rooting for the one that jus...

Beyond the Noise

Individuality is a concept that I hold dear. As I have stated many times before - we all have worth. We would not exist if we did not have purpose....

A Mother's Beauty

I looked up at her, curling her long, sandy blond hair in the bathroom mirror and breathed in the scent of the canned hairspray and felt so…..safe ...

1st Runner Up

As a young woman I never had much respect for second place. A win was a win and a loss was a loss. You didn’t almost win coming in second place. I...

K K

K K Not a conventional mom name, but this is not one of those stories. This is a story all mother figures. Because mothers come in so many ways to ...

REBOOT

There are signs of this everywhere. Most of the people in this world do good and kind things. Many are afraid to be kind, afraid to show their vuln...

FEAR LESS

Some of us have lived with fear our entire lives and let it stop us from so many things. Things that the world deserves to have from us. I think fe...

Value Life

Funerals have a way of reminding us that we all will transition from this world. The sorrow and angst of the tradition of bidding your loved one f...

God's Messenger

Like a baby trying to catch your finger while you attempt to keep them quiet during church service. Like the child who continues to as...