Grace On A Very Good Friday.

Courtesy of Powerline Photography

Hello, Readers! Happy Good Friday to you. I am writing to you today to introduce you to my mother, Rhonda. She is the most spectacular woman I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, and I am still amazed that I get to call her 'Mom.' She came to me a few weeks ago having written down her story for the first time - that I've known of - in my life. I thought that her writing would make a befitting … [Read more...]

Hope & Community

community

  I started to write a post on hope the other day and it fizzled in my draft folder. I went back to re-examine it today to see if I could breathe in some new life and it occurred to me why it had so difficult. I usually get blocked when I'm writing about something near to my heart but not being really honest with myself . I was talking about the hope of finding a community group... … [Read more...]

Diary of an overweight girl in the back of the aerobics class

face

I told a couple of friends about this post and they were a little dismayed with me once again putting way too much out there- "you aren't overweight!" they kindly said, BUT, although I AM healthy... the government's standards of height to weight puts me in that category. Anyways I'm working out, so who cares what a flipping number says on a scale RIGHT?! until... I realize that I REALLY am the … [Read more...]

amazing simplicity

bear

15 minutes. "ONE, TWO, THREE... GO!" and he makes the sound of a gun going off as he runs across the house, thinking he's  as fast as the bullet. "LOOK MOM!" Everything is loud and passionate, Bear does everything in a big way, wanting to be noticed. Bug just watches him, copying every move. "MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY!" and he jumps off the couch while Bug face plants in the same place seconds … [Read more...]