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Even At Christmas Time…..It Is The Thought that Counts

We are now at the time of year where innumerable days and hours are spent shopping online and physically in stores, going from isle to website finding the picture-perfect gift. We devote so much time desperately hoping to locate the quintessential token to show our love ones how much we care for them. Contrary to running around playing Santa’s little elves, spending this month’s salary plus the salary for a few more months, the common phrase often heard is “it’s the thought that counts.” And...

My God, I want a Prenup!

So last week, before the launch of the planners, while sitting in my quiet place—yes, I was in the bathroom—I found myself asking God for another prenuptial agreement. And no, prenups are not just for people contemplating marriage. They also can be considered a legal bond and, in my case, one between God and I prior to entering into a contract with each other [at least that is the way my mind defines it, and who am I to argue with my mind]. Now before you get all judgy and tell me how it is r...

I Don’t Want A Fresh Start

With it being the holiday season, a lot of people are already proclaiming [predictably] that they are getting ready for their fresh start in 2019. Past mistakes are all being wiped away and they are walking to the starting gate, ready to jump into the next year with no connection to their previous setbacks or blunders—a clean slate. No insult or shade to anyone, but I do not want a Fresh Start. I don’t want a do-over. I want to be able to take the experiences and lessons from my past with me...

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GOD DOES NOT GIVE US OBSTACLES…HE GIVES US TOOLS

Disclaimer: This blog post is going to get biblical. I am often humbled by the fact that my blog is read by diverse people in so many countries (104 countries to date—won’t God do it!) and I appreciate and love all my readers. With that being said, I also know and respect that I have readers who do not share my Christian beliefs. Thus, this long disclaimer is just to let you know ahead of time that this post is going to be biblical [a little more biblical than previous ones]. Nonetheless, I d...

Episode Two: Forget About The Draw – We Play To Win

This podcast is for everyone who has allowed themselves in their past to settle for average…who waited for someone else to give them permission to live. Today’s podcast removes all of the formality and we come to face with reality.

The time has come for us to know that we were not created to simply survive….we were not created to be average…It is time to forget about the past….forget about the excuses…

Whether it is in our relationships, our careers, business….no matter the area in life – it...

FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP

When we experience failure, we are sometimes left feeling alone and secluded. But failure isn’t an individual experience – it is, in fact, timeless and universal. Holding on to the belief that you are the only person who has ever messed up and/or who has let other people down can be stifling and sabotaging to your rebound. You fell down, you messed up and in time you will get back up. I would venture to guess that right about now you are thinking that life isn’t as easy as just turning off a...

Finding your Unforgiving Purpose

I don’t get much alone time, and recently my alone time to write has been reduced even more. On one of those treasured quiets moments, my eldest daughter came to me to discuss her future [and just like that, my quiet moment was over]. As I found this to be a heavy topic for a fourteen-year-old, I closed the computer and placed my phone on silent. She mentioned how her teachers were discussing colleges, possible fields to major in alternative career paths…and she felt lost. You see, though she...

My Mother’s Day Truth

With Mother’s Day around the corner, I decided to put pen to paper to write about the joys of motherhood. I got all comfortable; even got out some peppermint tea [I write my best stuff when I have my peppermint tea or cake…don’t judge me]. I knew what I wanted to write. I had all the words bouncing around in my mind, ready to jump onto the paper. I was primed to write about the delights of having kids, how easy it was to be a mother and why being a mother was the most fulfilling part of my li...

Loyalty… Loyalty… Loyalty

With relationships, there are always some things we try to hide—as if they don’t exist—in what I like to call our ‘emotional closets’. We do this while telling ourselves how things will get better and hoping for the situation to change. I am here to tell you that this is a bold face lie. Every incident and emotion you have swept into the closet only stays there and rots….and with all things that decay, the stink will come out.

One of my closeted rotting situations concerns ending or demoting...