moving forward

  • Be Brave!

    Be Brave!

    A few weeks ago I was struggling with a decision and its circumstances, and in that conversation I was told just be brave. That lingered in my psyche for a while. Why was I struggling so much with this decision? I realized it wasn’t about me, it was about the unwarranted judgment that was going…

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  • What are you doing?

    What are you doing?

    What are you doing right now? Are you doing what you want, need to, and have to do? Are you doing what you LOVE to do?  Are you doing what moves you forward? If you are to do anything for yourself… Do what moves you forward! Do what gets you towards your goals. Do what…

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  • I thought I was done…

    I thought I was done…

    Three years and over 100  blog posts, I thought I had written enough, said enough, encouraged enough, brought enough insight, and it was time to wrap my blog in a beautiful, pretty bow. I didn’t believe that my weekly blogging had many legs left, and this was going to be my last post. BUT GOD!…

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  • Folding and purging and my epiphany!

    I learned that just as I was letting go of “things”, I needed to let go of hurts that had crept into the closet of my heart.

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  • Take off the mask…

    Take off the mask…

    Depression: “feelings of severe despondency and dejection.” I was depressed, and I didn’t even know it. I never liked the word “depressed.” I said I was at peace, but I was actually numb – The hurt was so grave I didn’t know what else to do but to mask it with what I called peace,…

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  • Relationships…they’re complicated..but they are necessary!

    Have you ever met someone and thought, where have you been all my life?  Or say, I am so glad that you are a part of my life and I couldn’t do this without you. Folks come into your life, sit at your table, break bread, and then BAM! They are gone!  One disagreement, one…

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  • She’s my friend…with no judgment, I think!​

    Growing up my mom had a very best friend…her name was Mery.  They couldn’t be more different.  My mom liked fancy things, Mery was simpler in her taste. Mami loved jewelry and makeup, and Mery only wore her wedding ring and a watch.   Even with their extreme differences, my mom loved her and defended…

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  • When the Year to be Brave…becomes a Blanket of Blessing…​

    It was January 8, 2014. Robert and I were enjoying dinner, in the city of Miami.  I felt to tell him that things were going to get challenging. I felt it in my spirit.  At that time I thought it was only about his mom’s cancer battle, little did I know that when given the…

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  • “51……”

    “51……”

    “The only time she looked back was to see how far she came.” YES!!! The cover of this journal confirmed why I journal and how I choose to live my life! It was an AHA moment, an epiphany, the sweet whisper of God into my spirit letting me know the following… “The unhealthy relationships of…

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