Three months ago, before the world turned upside down, I decided to pursue becoming an Enneagram Coach. When Covid-19 hit and we all went into quarantine I thought there was no way I was going to make this dream a reality. However, here I am, stepping into something big and exciting and scary and holding […]
How to Heal During Trauma Anniversaries
The other day I sent out a post on accident. I was trying to share it with my family and oops, it went to the world. But was locked. (It turns out I am not as technologically savvy as I thought. Oops) It is tempting in blogging and social media to bare all for the […]
Why You and I are Never Alone
I’m part of an incredible ministry called Women’s Walk with Christ and one of our core beliefs is that every woman can hear from the Holy Spirit about her needs and her situation. This is a rare teaching in my experience. So often we default to people. I need to go to a friend, a […]
What Inspiration and I Cannot Do
It’s Friday and this week’s Five Minute Friday one-word-prompt is Inspire. Feel free to link up over at www.fiveminutefriday.com! We would love to have you join our writing community. Or read others’ reflections on Inspire! START I have been feeling less than inspired lately. This comes from a month of stress, sadness, disappointments, and, well, […]
The Truth of Who I Am :: Shame vs Love {...
It’s Friday and time for Five Minute Friday again. Kate Motaung has prompted us with the word “Truth.” I could go so many ways with this, but right now there is only one I want to talk about. The Truth of who I am. I’ve written briefly on shame for the past week or so. […]
I feel like a fake! I’m a terrible mom!
Neil Armstrong felt like a fake. Imagine. While in a room full of artists and scientists, musicians and discoverers, he said to Neil Gaiman: “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.” And I said, “Yes. But […]
Dear Tired Mom
This week’s Five Minute Friday prompt suits exactly what I wanted to write about anyways, “Mom.” Here is my 5 minutes of writing with little to no edits (so hard, by the way). First, I want to say I know Mother’s Day is a tough day for many people for so many reasons. I want […]
How to Defeat Shame {An encouraging word...
Shame is a liar. It looks at who we are, the deep parts of us, and identifies us as flawed. Broken. Unworthy. Unlovable. In my worst days, I have believed the lies of shame. I have believed I have nothing to offer, can do nothing right, will never become anything and should not even bother. […]
New Season, Same Song
It’s Friday and time for Five Minute Friday. Every week, writers around the world follow the same one word prompt and write for five minutes. No major edits. No second guesses. This week’s prompt from Kate: Sing. We are entering yet another new season as a family. A season I have feared, frankly. I have […]
The Myth of Enough: Five Minutes on Bein...
It’s Friday again and I want to be more disciplined in my writing so I am going to once again join the Five Minute Friday writing community. You are welcome to join us! Every week we write for 5 minutes on the prompt given by Kate Motaung. This week’s prompt is “Enough.” I’d love to […]