This year,  my school’s theme is Grit.  Our goal is to build academic skills through teaching students self-awareness, passion,...

One of my dreams as a single mother was to one day own a home.  When my son was born, I was just nineteen years old and in college.  I...

For many of us, when we think about posting online, we want our posts to be encouraging and positive. Life is too short to fill our...

The dictionary defines family as a basic social unit consisting of parents, their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling...

Growing up, I can remember thinking, “gosh, my life sucks.” As I got into my teens my thinking became, “this is just the way my life was...

A few weeks ago I had the privilege to meet a young woman who had lived a very rough live. She is still in her twenties and has a lot of...

Growing up, what was your dream?  What was that one thing you just knew you’d be doing when you grew up? How many times did you hear from...

As 2016 has come to an end, just like my winter break, I spent a few moments last night and today reflecting on my life this past year....

Why I Pray After spending about fifteen minutes complaining about her life and all that was going wrong in it, she asked me, “how do you...

I have had the same best friend for the past 34 years.  She and I have been together a very long time. We met each other in church one...

The Brighter  Side I was speaking with a friend of mine recently.  She and I talked at length about some personal things she has been...

Twenty-sixteen is off to a great start! Although I am one of those people who set goals for just about everything in my life, I am not...

As 2015 comes to a close, many of us are reflecting on the last 364 days of this year.  We’ll think about what we’ve accomplished, where...

Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right?  No matter how hard or how much you’ve prayed, it seems like God is wearing...

I love my blog!  I don’t get to post to it as often as I like but I still love it!  Like everyone else in the world I work and have a...