"Holidays can bring about a hollowness...... even if you may not feel it, I think many can identify with my words. We see those sentiments regularly reflected on social media sites, reminding us to pause and reflect upon those whose hearts may be heavy over special holidays we have just celebrated........ we remember those who are missing...... nothing can fill the voids."
Read moreSecrets are coming.
"Guilt says you did something wrong....."
Read moreAn Altered State of the Heart.
I find myself coming out of a several year "heart coma", meaning a "state of deep unconsciousness, usually due to an injury or traumatic event."
Read moreFill the Gap.
"My strength has been a bonus, having to walk this journey my feet have been placed upon. Holy and sacred, yet hard and sobering at the same time. Being "strong" didn't just happen; it is built, grown, and established by letting the heart of heaven shape me."
Read moreAll the single ladies.
"This one may be more for the women to glean from; however, guys feel free to take a glance also! "
Read moreWeight and Worth.
Just cause you can lift three hundred pounds Doesn't mean that you are strong. Cause the fact of it is that if you felt the weight of life that so many other people have. It'd crush and break you and your spirit. Strength doesn't come from anything physical. It comes from dedication to belief.
Read morePush.
As a teen, I used to be a quitter. I could not will myself not to give up. Only in the arena of competitive indoor volleyball, would I find my passion to persevere. I say I have the heart of an athlete, even through my personal choices in life do not reflect my passion. I married a man ten years older than I, and I was 19. I began birthing my seven children at age 20, four of them survived. The last one was the hardest to lose.
Read moreOn Fire
They tell you where you need to go
They tell you when you'll need to leave
They tell you what you need to know
They tell you who you need to be
But everything inside you knows
There's more than what you've heard
There's so much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words
Poetic Psalm.
Life, death, and addiction: I act how I want the world to see me. But is that who I am Or who I want to be. I don't know anymore. I might as well just lay on the floor. It's not like I'm anything special. I'd tell everybody that listened that this isn't the life I envisioned. We all had a purpose everyone had a mission…
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