Three steps. The all-important three steps to picking a winning team. People come into your life for a reason, season, or a lifetime… .” “Don’t mix seasonal people with lifetime expectations.” These are a couple of pieces of advice offered to me that helped me with those three steps. Now I am passing them on … Read More
“Divine Guidance never fails to come. As I listen, the Voice within me becomes my unerring Guide. No matter how confused I have let my life become, there is a perfect solution…paths of peace and right action are revealed to me.” ~ Adapted prayer from “Your Needs Met” Up until her 17th birthday, my daughter always … Read More
Fear: “an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.” Six months after turning 18 years old I was boarding an aeroplane for the first time in my life. Terror or at least fear should have been coursing through my body. Looking around at the others, their fear was palpable. They were … Read More
Thief: Are you one? “People who violate your boundaries are thieves. They steal time that doesn’t belong to them.” Elizabeth Grace Saunders I was such a thief! It took all of 40 years for me to be caught, thrown before the courts, and sentenced! The presiding judge on my case, thankfully, understood the journey that … Read More
Grief has touched my life in the most personal and intimate of the way since first writing this. My husband was murdered on July 4, 2020. This article was written in June 2014. With minimal updating, sharing it with you today as I continue to process grief and loss. Read below. ================================================== Experiencing Grief And … Read More
Body fixing, they call it or getting their bodies fixed. It is code for cosmetic surgery. Even in developing countries such as Jamaica, it seems to be the rage among women. Some say they are doing it, no matter the cost because they need a bigger butt or boobs. There are celebrities getting their “bodies … Read More
Christianity. It has been on life support for some time now. At least that is what some think. Wrote about this possibility a few years ago. Today, I am resharing that piece for discussion and conversation. Continue reading ⬇ Will Christianity Fade Into Oblivion? “It’s not just millennials leaving the church. Whether married or single, … Read More
Chase. Only dogs chase moving things, particularly cars. You are not a dog. “You have such long legs!” people would often remark to me when I was a child. The usual follow up would be, “Do you run, do track and field in school?” “No I do not and I wish you all would stop … Read More
Honesty Day is marked in some parts of the world on April 30 of each year. M. Hirsh Goldberg, former press secretary to a governor of Maryland and author of five books, created National Honesty Day in the early 1990s after spending four years researching and writing The Book of Lies (Morrow). This book has … Read More
Disaster? I have experienced one. A few in fact. Let me share with you one that would change how I deal with pregnancy, prenatal care and parenting. 35th Anniversary Of The Chernobyl Disaster On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant catastrophe occurred. Although we were living only 100 kilometres away, in Kyiv, we only … Read More
