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  • Staying True to Yourself

    Photo Courtesy of Rahsaan Patterson’s Facebook page This week was an aggravating but at the same time fulfilling week for me. It was hectic, frenzied and full of unnecessary issues that had to be addressed. The week was centered around preparing my awesome wrestling son for a big tournament in…

  • The Friends Who Wound aka Frenemies (Authentic Friends Blog Part II)

    Image courtesy of http://quotesgram.com I had planned to not write anything additional on this subject, and simply repost my blog “Why Can’t We Be Authentic Friends“.  I am so frustrated with people who do not know the meaning of friendship, so unfortunately you have to deal with me talking about it once…

  • The Epitome of a True Friend

    At the age of 39, you would think by now you wouldn’t have to describe and point out the qualities of what a real friendship should entail.  You would also think that you wouldn’t even have to address issues with people you barely know but such is life.  I generally…

  • Sometimes you just have to let go…

    Letting Go Image Courtesy of http://www.realmoney.areavoices.com Lately, I have been making more of an effort to study the word and discern when the Lord is trying to tell me something and the direction He wants me to take. No easy task mind you but I remain faithful. We all struggle…

  • Accepting My Karma…

    At the risk of sounding arrogant, the one thing I can appreciate about myself is that I have no illusions about my shortcomings. I willing admit that my expectations of others can be high and sometimes even unrealistic, but for myself, I really just want people to accept me as…

  • The Struggle to be Unconventional

    ; Lately I have been having very deep conversations with some close friends that are going through some tumultuous times. At one point, I asked my husband what advice I should be providing and he stated tell them what they need to hear and what is the right thing to do.…

  • The Five Stages of a Committed Relationship

    I have spent the past couple of weeks researching marriage topics. Part of it is for research for my upcoming novel and part of it is for my own marriage. I came across The Five Stages of a Committed Relationship and was very enlightened. When you are in a long…

  • He speaks to me and He speaks to me in every way…

    This week has been an extremely trying week. It has been one full of stress, heartache and drama. People always say hardship happens in three’s. Well I can say with absolute certainty, I have experienced my three this past week. At times, the hurt, disappointment and stress from the situations…

  • Perception is far from reality

    This week I learned the importance of not accepting perception as reality. We lost someone to suicide this past week. We lost someone who on the outside, seemed to have it all, yet chose to take their own life. We never knew this person was suffering from depression. Out of…

  • Generating your own path without apology

    I don’t have a long message for you today. Something I read sparked me to say to all my readers this simple fact: In life, we must generate our own restrictions. Of course, people in life will always have expectations, form perceptions and try to bend you to their will.…