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Every year, my son plays basketball through the Upward program. Upward is a church based sports program. The kids are taught Bible lessons and verses along with basic mechanics of the game.  For the younger kids, they don’t keep score, and the focus, instead, is meant to be on sportsmanship and teamwork.  But, as we […]

The afternoon fatigue was setting in one day at work. You know that feeling you get a couple hours after lunch? I was grateful for the few minutes I could sit down. The questions automatically came out of my mouth as I talked to the young girl in the room, and I was laser- focused […]

I don’t know how to start this post; I don’t even know what to say.  The events of the last month compounded with the atmosphere of this entire year have made my soul restless. As I watched the stories unfold and the riots ensue, I was filled with tremendous sadness. George Floyd could have been […]

Fresh out of my training, I started a new job with much anticipation. After getting over feeling nervous, I caught onto my new routine. I couldn’t have asked for better colleagues.  Since I was the youngest one on the team, they obliged every time I needed help and took me under their wing. We had […]

It was a milestone birthday for me. My husband tried to keep the details as much of a surprise as possible.  Family and friends were called, the food was ordered, the house was impeccably clean, and of course, the special cake was ordered. The party never happened. The morning of the event, my husband’s father […]

My brother and I used to do this to each other all that time…  We would do something mischievous, get caught, and get a one on one lecture from one of our parents.  If we felt like the other deserved a lecture, in passing, we would say “Mom wants to talk to you.” And send […]

This was the day I became a parent. I had somewhat of a clue of what to expect, but almost a decade later, I can say it was very little.  And that’s my husband in the background, enjoying a burger.  Don’t think he knew, either. This past Sunday, I began to reminisce about that day […]

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is when Jesus heals the demon possessed man at the Gerasenes.  This man is legitimately crazy.  He lives in a graveyard (naked) and is so insanely strong that chains can’t hold him.  I picture him with crazy hair and covered in filth.  You could probably smell him […]

I figuratively hit a wall last week. Last weekend, after cooking my 6th meal in a row, I almost lost it.  It really wasn’t the cooking that did me in.  It was the prepping, cooking, eating, and clean up which only left me room to do a load of laundry before this cycle started all […]

This is me, walking down the aisle toward something that was uncertain. I mean, I had never been married before.  In fact, I had just really gotten to know the man at the end of the aisle for less than a year.  And I was about to make a life-long commitment.  It felt a little […]