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October 2018

October 23, 2018

The Power of Choice

It's 2018 and all around us, we hear about how we are free to make...

September 2018

September 06, 2018

Living Means Fixing Your Hair

Yesterday I wrote on my website about life eighteen months after losing my oldest...

June 2018

June 04, 2018

The Snake In My Garden

I feel as if my entire life has been spent watching other people be happy...

May 2018

May 25, 2018

I am Not Only My Motherhood

First, let me begin this with the fact that I am not a theologian...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

The Best Life I Never Expected

The other day I was talking to my husband about how if Anthony were...

April 10, 2018

You Wrecked Me

The definition of Exhortation is "communication encouraging someone to do something." Keep this in mind as...

January 2018

January 22, 2018

Who Am I

I am twelve days away from going through hell. It will be one year since...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Faith After Tragedy

I have had a lot of people tell me that my faith in the aftermath...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Broken

My best friend Candie Flores and my husband do not read books. They just don't....

December 2016

December 06, 2016

Waiting

A few weeks ago I went deer hunting for the first time in my entire...

November 2016

November 10, 2016

The Election, Failure and Where to Go From Here

It has been a crazy 48 hours since the election results came in and Donald...

October 2016

October 11, 2016

Did I Die? Let Me Count The Ways

By now most of you must have heard the leaked tape where Donald Trump explains...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

Being Joyful Through The Pain, Remembering that I am Loved

I have been feeling pretty low lately. I don't feel loved or appreciated by my...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

So I lied to Ya’ll

Awhile back I wrote a blog post saying that I have no parenting advice. Well,...

July 27, 2016

Death Does Not Win

Three months ago I sat by the bedside in a hospice and witnessed the most...

July 13, 2016

What About My Words

As I watched the memorial for the five fallen officers in Dallas yesterday, I was...

July 08, 2016

Will We Let Fear Win

“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Happiness in a Depressing World

I kept reading people's opinions about the Stanford rape case to the point of having...

June 05, 2016

Hotel CaliFacebook

You can log in, but you can never leave. That is exactly how I feel...

May 2016

May 22, 2016

The Root of It All

When I was younger I went to a Baptist Church. I really did come to...

May 11, 2016

Waiting for Redemption

Grief is such a bitch. That’s the only way that I can describe it. In...

May 09, 2016

Lady Gaga, a Cure for the Mondays

I woke up this morning with a picture of Lady Gaga and a priest and...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Things I’m Over

#1 The election Look, Hillary is going to win the election and I've known this...

April 25, 2016

Fear, Discussion and Reality

Yesterday I wrote a post about the bathroom hoopla. It was shared by my fellow...

April 24, 2016

Bathrooms and Pedophiles

I don't care who can use what bathroom, if you let your child go...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

Voting For Trump, Something I can’t Respect

For years I have been told that voting for the lesser evil is the way...

March 12, 2016

The Anger that Looks Familar

I have a lot of opinions on politics which is not really surprising to anyone...

March 11, 2016

The Frustration of Government Assistance

I am typing this after fighting with the food-stamp office for the last 3 1

February 2016

February 28, 2016

I’ve Been Binge Watching Scandal and Other Shondaland shows

I am over at Aleteia talking about my binge watching of Scandal and How to...

February 09, 2016

Fat Tuesday and Preparing for Lent

Tomorrow is Ask Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I don't know if you have heard...