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Broken Crayons Still Color: A Story of Strength, Faith, and Healing
Happy Sunday, dear readers! Have you ever felt like life broke you? Like you were once full of purpose, but now you’re barely hanging on? That’s exactly how I’ve felt on many days. But I recently found hope in a surprising place—a little cactus and a powerful reminder from a book called Broken Crayons Still Continue reading
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Delivered, Not Dismissed: My Last Straw and the Day God Released Me
Happy Sabbath, my friends. Everyone has their definition of “the movie straw.” But unless you’ve lived with mental health battles, unless you’ve cried yourself to sleep trying to hold it together for a job, a title, or your pride, please, sit down and be quiet. Mental health looks different for everyone. It’s silent sometimes. But Continue reading
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The Art of Discernment: Navigating Life with Friends, Family, and a Splash of Wit
How to Improve Discernment in Relationships and Navigate Life with Wisdom, Humor, and Healthy Boundaries Finding Balance, Joy, and Wisdom in the People Who Matter Most Discernment. It’s a word that often gets tangled in philosophical musings or buried in the dusty pages of self-help books. But let’s take it out for a spin in Continue reading
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Happy Sabbath
Rebuilding Memories, One Step at a Time Today marked my second time going to church this year—and honestly, that’s a big deal for me. Why, you ask? Because it hasn’t been easy. I’ve been fighting through one medical battle after another. If it’s not physical, it’s mental. But today felt like a victory. A quiet Continue reading
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Teaching isn’t my job, it’s tied to my purpose.
Let me share my powerful journey from coma recovery to classroom presence, showing how God’s detours are often divine redirections—especially when it comes to our calling. Teaching Isn’t My Job—It’s My Purpose Tomorrow begins a new academic year in my district, and as I prepare, I’m feeling two things at once: excitement and uncertainty. Physically, Continue reading
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Trusting Good in a Physical World
I think one of the most difficult things that a human being encounters is the notion of faith and belief. Because of our human nature and the physiology of the human creation, we are created with senses. We are naturally inclined to hear, smell, taste, touch, and see. The more I mature in my walk with the Lord, Continue reading
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Contract Vs. Covenant
A few days ago I was having a conversation with my son, basically about how someone we both know and love who is unhappily married and why people get married for the wrong reasons. My son said to me “I don’t see why people need to get married, can’t they just live together? why do Continue reading
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Avascular Necrosis (AVN)/Osteonecrosis
Facing Avascular Necrosis with Sickle Cell Disease: My Unspoken Journey Until 2016, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about my disease—sickle cell. But that summer, I learned a hard, painful lesson no doctor had ever warned me about: Avascular Necrosis (AVN). Avascular Necrosis happens when the blood supply to a bone—usually in Continue reading
About Me
I LIVE LOVE LAUGH LEARN – the only way I know how to survive this life! I am a free-spirited, independent, or uninhibited person. I began this blogging journey years ago for sharing my thoughts on everyday life. Since then, so much has happened including me being in a coma because of Sickle Cell with brain damage and extreme trials in life. I am still struggling, but I feel someone can be motivated through my journey, thoughts, feelings, and life.
Phoenix: Live Love Laugh 