Sometimes I look at you and I am overwhelmed with emotion. My eyes well up with tears and overflow like the ocean. The urge to protect you is so strong… praying that you always know you belong. When life becomes a raging storm, I hope you have the courage to go against the norm. I
If you want to know the meaning of resilience, take your child to a roller-skating rink and watch all of the young kids who are just learning to skate. My daughter and I went today. She is a beginner, having only been once last year. It was beautiful to watch the evolution from the time
I love my yoga studio, but I do not love the parking lot. It’s in the middle of the city, so it is a blessing that they even have parking, but their lot is tight. One car packs in behind another and it’s a challenge to get out because one wrong move and you either
This morning on my way to drop my daughter off at school, she requested that we listen to our “Happy Melodies” playlist on my Spotify account. It’s a bunch of silly songs that make me laugh or remind me of my happier childhood memories. These songs can brighten up even my worse day because they
I’m a firm believer that when you ask, you usually receive although what you receive isn’t always what you’d expected. As I’ve been seeking more opportunities to be of service lately, my eyes have been opened to the # of people in my immediate circle who are hurting and in need support and love. Some
This morning while eating breakfast, my 6-year-old daughter proceeded to tell me that she “accidentally touched another little girl’s vagina at school yesterday.” I stopped chewing and found myself in a bit of uneasiness. I asked in a matter-of-fact tone, “What do you mean you touched her vagina on accident?” She then told me that
I don’t enjoy my child… especially in the evening when she’s been with me all day like a cling on and then wants more from me. Children are draining, I’m convinced that they continue to suck your life force from you until they are adults. It isn’t just during the nursing time frame, but well
It’s funny how perspective shifts throughout your life. Recently, my fiancé and I played hookie from work and went to Six Flags for the day. It had been years since we’d gone and in an effort to be spontaneous and do something different and exciting we decided to take an hour and a half ride
Is the self-help industry really helping anyone? I finally wake up and ask myself. It’s an industry fueled by the perceived void that exists within humanity as a whole. Those of us who have taken an interest in becoming the best possible versions of ourselves are well versed with many of the materials and groups
My daughter has been obsessed with this pea plant that she planted at school. Since she’s brought it home she has been consistently asking me to water it everyday and I keep explaining to her that it doesn’t need as much water as she wants to give it because it will drown if we water
My child is great! However, she drains the life out of me sometimes and I find myself being really irritated by her incessant persistence to get more. It’s always… 2 more minutes… 5 more minutes… of whatever it is she is doing. She just can’t accept that her original timeline is over even though we
If you’re familiar with my work, you’ll know I firmly believe that when we ask, God always answers. The most recent example of this in my own life is pretty interesting. I took my mom out for her 60th birthday to a murder mystery dinner with my fiancé and her partner. At the show, you
Lately, I’ve been feeling rather uninspired and it may very well be because I haven’t been working toward progress when it comes to this project (ironically entitled Work4Progress) for a bit and it’s leaving me rather discouraged. I had set a date for releasing this project and on the eve of the scheduled release date,
Life… who dictates whether it is to be? I am torn this evening as I consider the recent bills passed in Alabama and Missouri. I’ve seen many of the posts about this topic on social media and find myself feeling a little divided because of my spirituality. I know that the church wholeheartedly agrees with
Recently, I came across a flyer at my yoga studio for a retreat to Rishikesh, India and it has really been on my brain since. I’ve been pondering whether I want to sign up and put a deposit down and have noticed the resistance that has come up for me around this. It’s become quite
Relationships can be challenging. I’ve been working through my feelings around a certain person within my life these days. This is a person that I’ve been really close to in seasons of my life. When you’re close to someone it’s hard to watch them go through things that are beneath them. Sometimes it’s hard to
My fiancé is in the process of gutting and rebuilding an old decrepit home for us to move into. As he goes through the process of removing layers and building new ones, I can’t help but to realize how similar homes are to living and breathing organisms. So often we don’t think about everything that
I just finished reading “Wayne Dyer’s book, “Your Erroneous Zones” and overall I’d say it was an amazing book that has the ability to help it’s readers become more inner centered rather than outer oriented. As I was reading some parts, especially the chapter on dependency, I could see how some of the information could
I attend church every Sunday and this year, my grandfather has been accompanying me. Usually I pick him up, but the past couple of weeks, he’s insisted on meeting me there with his own car. I find this slightly odd, but haven’t asked about it. As we were waiting to go into church this weekend,
Time heals all wounds is a fallacy, is only something people say when the cut was just skin-deep Unknown Why is it that people long for confirmation that they are “normal”? I’ve had so many conversations with people throughout my life that contain the sentence “Is that weird?” or, “I thought I was the only
Be shepherds over the flock God has entrusted to you. Watch over it as God does: Don’t do this because you have to, but because you want to. Don’t do it out of greed, but out of a desire to serve. Don’t be rulers over the people entrusted to you, but be examples for the flock
We live in a fast-paced world. If you are a working parent, you realize that there is barely enough time to spend quality time with our children before they go to bed when we are putting them to bed at a reasonable hour to ensure their physical health and mental acuity for the next day.
We’ve heard it said that we should bless our enemies, and I want to emphasize the truth within blessing the hell out of people. An eye for an eye doesn’t change anything, it simply adds to the # of hurting people out there in the world. I believe we literally can bless the hell out
Something rubbed me the wrong way the other day after my yoga practice to the point where I went from peaceful bliss to increase blood pressure because my blood was boiling at the audacity of the yoga instructors “teaching” after class. I almost got off of my mat and walked out and had an awfully
Movie night with my family led us to watch “The Lorax.” I’ve often spoke of how I enjoy children’s movies more than adult movies for the sole reason that I believe they speak to the soul more deeply with spiritual lessons. I’m enthralled with Dr. Seuss and convinced he was an enlightened being that graced
Courage… it’s an odd thing. So often we think of courage as some sort of “hero” quality, and it is. However, we discount the “hero” that lives within us that enables us to step up to the plate in small acts of bravery every day. For instance, today I celebrate my bravery of this week
Yoga is really interesting because some days you have a really steady and strong practice where you walk away feeling like you are on top of the world. Other days, you are off balance and your negative self-talk creeps in. Both days are progress, though the off-balance days can feel off-putting, sometimes I feel there
“Hell is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What You Are and failing to experience that. It is being less. That is hell, and there is none greater for your soul.” Neile Donald Walsch – “Conversations with God” God’s in the recycling business of turning trash into treasure. From
I’ve just gotten home from church and it’s really trippy how my writings wind up coming out of my pastor’s mouth. There are plenty of topics to choose from in the Bible and yet my pastor and I seem to be riding the same wavelength for awhile now. It seems that I have an inspired
This evening, I was snuggling with my daughter as I usually do for about 10 minutes every night and a quote that I’d read the other day hit me, “At some point of your childhood you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time, and nobody knew it.” This quote has