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This Little Girl
A few weeks ago I was going through some pictures and admiring how much my grandchildren look like their dad’s, when I came across this picture of myself. I’ve swiped by this picture many times but this swipe seemed to be a little different. It pulled on my heartstrings this time and I saw something…
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Hey Everybody
It’s been a a few weeks. I’ve got a lot of projects I am working on so I haven’t been in the right space to check on you all and see how you’re doing. Calm down I know somebody said “well what’s the projects?” Nope I can’t share just yet but it’s coming. So what…
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Wine Tasting
So Friday I decided to take a well deserved day off from work. (chile I am tried, has anyone come up with a better work week plan?) While sitting here watching nothing on tv with my feet up my phone rings, “who is this calling me in the middle of the day knowing I’m at…
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Night of Activation
A couple weeks ago my cousin and I went to The Revolution Tour with Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts. Before the event got deep, we got the chance to laugh, and sing and we did a little two step right quick, just enough to let our defenses down. Then out comes Pastor Sarah for an introduction…
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When Two Become One
A few weeks ago I was honored to be a guest at a wedding of a very close friend that over the course of 26 years has now become family. The wedding was held in Georgia, you know the state where it feels like the sun shines so much brighter than the rest of the…
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Our own book of regrets
The Midnight Library-Matt Haig, is the book I just finished. I have a cousin whom I admire and I noticed he had a copy, then it was suggested by a co-worker and the way she was excited when talking about it, it peeked my interest. I try to refrain from reading the book reviews from…
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The True You
Do you ever wonder if we’re just who we’re around in the moment? – Mae Morton, The Photograph, February 2020. Many years ago I had a friend who was dating a gentleman who was much older than she was. She would never bring him around the family gatherings. When one day she announces “he’s coming…
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The Death of Fear
Have you every had something in your life that held control over you? It could be something physical, emotional, or even mental. No matter what form it was, it still held you back from being your best you. If you search the wonderful internet you will see all these sites telling us that F.E.A.R has…
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Sky Priority/First Class
I’ve traveled by airplane for as long as I can remember. My brother and I flew as unaccompanied minors each summer when we would visit my dad. We sat pretty close to the front because the flight attendants needed to keep their eye on us until we got to out final destination. We flew at…
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Different directions
“When you’re a kid, you see the life you want, never crosses your mind it’s not gone turn out that way.”-Monica Wright, Love and Basketball, April 2000. As a little girl I had a clear picture of what I wanted my life to be. I knew I was going to be a lawyer or a…
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