My family and I went out for an evening walk as the rain let up for now. We’ve had a very rainy season this year for sure. Winter is also showing signs it won’t be long until our ground covering becomes white like the mountain tops too. Fall awakens all my senses, from the smell …
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Hot Date!
Have you had a hot date recently? I know I have! So far, I’ve had two hot dates this week (and my husband has had one). How can that be, some of you may be thinking? Well, how it all started is really kind of funny! My husband has been having his hot dates on …
What a Wonderful Gift Presence is!
Pause… ………… ………… Listen Hear Be present The voice Of One who does speak Heart Soul Mind Connections Acknowledge Accept Validate Their feelings Their truth Life journey How they come to be With wounds One’s mind May feel Broken Shattered Confused Question… What is The truth Be A good friend One You’d hope for In …
Time For Reflection
“As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.” -Proverbs 27:19 (ESV) Take a moment to pause….be present…. Notice the beauty that surrounds us… Bring your attention to… Silence yourself…Be still… Do you see it? Reflections on the water… Reflections…Life…Beautiful World…Beautiful You! (All of the pictures were taken today (10.22.2021) …
Pause, Listen, Hear
Dark clouds loom Over The horizon Golden rays Shine through In the midst Of The approaching storm God’s love Rings true Turbulence Once filled The sea Anger Rage Frustration The mind Unsettled too His voice Was heard The world Stood still One moment in time Floodgates opened The words Ran out I’m sorry I love …
Acceptance
In moments of despair and uncertainty I cried out to God. What is it Lord, I should do? My heart is hurting. Emotions, larger than life. A pit of pain running deep into the depths of my soul. Help me with acceptance! My circumstances, let me accept them for what they are. This life, I …
He is With Me
Sitting Sunbathing Seated in The living room Light Heat Warmth Penetration Reassurance Of His presence His love Hugging Holding Embracing Every ounce Of His touch
Wake Up to Life
My heart felt heavy, uncertain of whether or not to keep these words to myself or share. Differences in lifestyles, trying to understand, appreciate and accept people for who they are and simply be at peace knowing God is with me and through Him all things are possible. It is Him who gives me strength …
Eye to Eye
My Father He spoke to me As the sun set I noticed Him Looking at me His eye So big So bright So golden The hue Perfect Symmetrical Glowing Pure His presence I saw Him I felt Him I heard Him He drew me near Brought peace Brought joy Brought comfort Unconditional love This night
Simple Things
Golden glow Sunset Wrens singing Flowers blooming Clouds Lightning Thunderstorms Summer breeze Farm smell Deer munching In corn fields Family members Joyous laughing Playing cards Sharing meals Dish washing Day complete
More To Me
On the Inside
Sometimes I speak With grace Poise & eloquence Wisdom That comes From The depth of My soul Other times Frustrated I feel Cry I do Tears Run down My face Emotions At times They Sometimes do Get The best Of Me and you Holding on Staying strong Inside A young child Frightened Scared Wanting Nothing …
Head in the Clouds
Look up At the clouds Stop Wonder Ponder Think Imagine Dream Create Envision Possibilities An image A word A message Wisdom Comes from within When You look What Do you see A cloud Floating In the sky Or Something else A dragon is what I saw Red dragon picture retrieved from: https://dragon-planet.com/chinese-dragon-zodiac-sign/
God Provides
As many of you may already know and believe, God is a provider. He gives us exactly what we need at precisely the right moment. On a rainy Saturday, morning of May 15th we had our neighborhood garage sale. I wasn’t for certain if the official start time was 8:00 or 8:30 and decided to …
Where Do Your Thoughts Lead You?
One and Only You
Sitting down In Solitude Awaiting Anticipating Your presence Your arrival Your energy Flowing through Your peace Your calm Exactly What Is needed Days Nights Life Home Work School Recreation Health Exercise Strife Non-existent Same Goes for Attitudes Me You Spending time With One another Sharing in A meal Smiles Laughter Yes But of course We …
Refreshed
Be Still
Life Happens
Our world Our lives Requires patience Requires time Trials Seasons Storms Life happens Is Happening Now Before Our eyes Seeing Not knowing Trusting In Him Let faith Take over Unwind
There is a Reason
This morning A Different feel The air No worry No fear No anxiousness No stress My dear Tired At peace Calm Sequence of events Woke up Dressed For exercising Perfect way To Start the day Routine My elliptical Machine My steps My distance Didn’t count Wasn’t Working Properly Hmmmm… Weird I thought Kept going ‘til …
Mind
Mind Your business Your manners Mind set Make up your mind Mindfulness Mind’s eye Mind reader Mind over matter Do you mind?
The Way God Intends
Seeing Life
In the Moment
What’s The Hurry?
Gentle Soul
His Child
I Heard Your Voice
God Has a way Of Reminding us Of His Unconditional Love Seeing A family member Someone Whom I love Respect Value Trust Am grateful For Having This person In My life The morning Of 11.8.2020 God My Heavenly Father Spoke Through me He Brought to mind The image The name Of A …
Bubbles
Written in Stone
How is it that I failed to notice God was right before me? His name was written in the cement, on the sidewalk where I had walked many times before. There must have been something about that moment. He spoke loud and clear, gaining my attention in a way He hadn’t done before. My vision, …
The Breath of Life…A New Day
You Are More Than You Know!
Find Freedom Take Flight
Kindergarten…Here We Go!
To honor and celebrate kindergartners starting school Fall 2020, here is the world through my lens, reflecting on my own life experiences. The picture you see Is that of me A kindergartner Yes Indeed Photo taken In 1978 5 years old A little girl Who Was quite shy My memory Doesn’t seem …
Listen to the Sound…
“Jesus replied, “The things that are impossible for people are possible for God.” – Luke 18:27 (ISV)
Peaceful Prayer
Just a Phone Call Away
Hearing the sound of a friend’s voice is much more powerful than one can ever imagine. Yeah, it’s easy these days just to send a quick text message, click on: Like, Love or Care on Facebook, letting someone know you notice them, you care. There is something that changes the physiology within oneself, hearing their …
Soul Awakening
Allow Not Your Heart & Soul to Harden & Run Dry
Breathe Life Into Your Soul
Writer’s Recipe
The World-is- What We Make It
Let’s heal Our world STOP! All negativity All pessimism All anxiousness And Fears GO! Pray Send unconditional love Speak kindness Focus on a brighter tomorrow There is HOPE There is LIGHT There is PEACE There is JOY Think it Believe it It will happen It is real
A Girl & Her Rainbow
On July 14th @ 10:38 PM, I had been sitting on the front porch for nearly 3 hours, enjoying the silence and solitude. Clouds, far off in the distance, hovering over the mountain tops. Never once did I imagine or even thinking about rainbows appearing. Guess what? They did! I had just finished typing up …
He Knows the Time
Grow Where You Are Planted
My family and I, we went out for a morning walk around our neighborhood. Every part of me was very aware, present and at peace. Such an amazing feeling! A beautiful way to start the day. We were over half way around when I noticed something growing up through the cracks of the sidewalk. This …
With Love, God
As I sat out On The front porch To the south My eyes Did gaze Basked In the sun Glorious sunlight Rays Heat Penetrating My soul My attention Brought towards Clouds Up in the sky White Fluffy Light Free Up In the atmosphere Up Where angels sing A …
He Knows the Way
In A world Filled with Noise Distractions Chatter Let us Find The strength The courage The wisdom To focus on To become One With God Our Loving Father Peace Silence Solitude All these things Lead us To become Closer In relationship With Him Learn To be still …
The Cloud in Me
As I gazed Up Well beyond Into The depths Of The blue sky My mind Floated Like that Of Magnificent White clouds Above me Far greater Than The mountain tops As far as My eyes Could see Yearning For freedom Wanting To take flight Weightlessness Beauty …
He is My Rock
Gifted With life Spiritual renewal BECOMING One in Christ THROUGH Seasons in life TRUST In His ways Give life To your days Faith Confidence Believe Good things Are Headed your way
CHICKEN
When you’re in communication with God, looking for guidance and direction in life, you wouldn’t think He would call out, “CHICKEN” now, would you? Well, that’s exactly what happened to me this evening as I nearly made the full loop around the neighborhood. Let me tell you about my experience this evening. God, is a …
Chattering…
Monday, a cloudy, dreary, gray skies and raining kind of day. The sights, sounds and atmosphere was much different than other days. There are some things I noticed this drizzly, rainy day, that I hadn’t noticed so much in the past. When the air is dry, skies are clear, maybe a few passing clouds…okay. Birds …
Brave Butterfly
Most often times, the best roads and paths in life are those that have been left unpaved, less traveled on. Paths, from which to choose offer up a sense of wonder, a choice, an adventure, now it’s up to you. My family and I went out on a hike today (a very last minute decision …
Peaceful Soul
Changing the Ending: A New Beginning Has Begun
Changing the ending To a life event That Keeps repeating Ruminating Broken record Syndrome In My head Not as bad As Days gone by I Have yet To fully release The visions The memory The story In my mind A brilliant idea Came to mind Just The other day A strategy …
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Abundance: Seeing God’s Beauty in Alaska
The only part of the log that had so much color, captivated my heart with His love & beauty! Nature lends herself to beauty In The most magnificent ways I found the wing of an angel before me, resting, while sitting on the ground. Keep An open heart and mind His glory can be …
Positive Messages in Ordinary Things
This thought came to mind when looking at and thinking about positive messages on my socks, i.e. “Happy Thoughts” “Stay Beautiful” words that are written on my shirts, shampoo and conditioner bottles, inside the lids of yogurt, inside of candy wrappers—and other places I may not have thought of at this time. Positive messages Good …
Building a New You
We get weak. We question ourselves, are we good enough, even with all of our faults and flaws? Am I worthy of being loved? How is it that people are looking at me? Can people feel my energy? Maybe other people are mind readers and know what I am thinking. The list can go on …
Thank you! Of course!
Have I been noticing a trend or is it simply my imagination? Whatever happened to saying, “You’re welcome,” after someone has said, “Thank you,” to them? I really don’t mind it. Actually, I have taken a liking to this version, can I say this is slang? Is this a buzz word? This way of responding …
Cherished Memories
The swings were calling Or Maybe it was You My friend I heard you Whispering My name In the wind I forgot The last time I sat down In the swings Spending time Alone With you This day I needed A reminder To feel What it felt like To be In the …
A Reflection on Brene Brown: “BRAVING”
My Christian Women’s Life Coach, Mukkove Johnson, shared a Brene Brown YouTube video with me last week. I spoke briefly of her in my last blog entry from yesterday, and I have since taken the time to listen in even more closely and take note on everything she had to say. Brene had done a …
Lord, With This I Pray…
My heart hurts, my heart aches anytime a family member, a friend, someone is suffering, or is in pain. I feel the pain. I feel the sadness. I know everything is in your hands. I know you hear the cries from my heart and soul. The world, I feel, such weight at times. I must …
Alone Time…Now What To Do?
On October 1st, 2019, this was a Tuesday night. I had 90 minutes to myself to do whatever I like. I tried thinking of things to write or even putting pictures together with my poems. For some reason, that night, the mood, the moment wasn’t just right. To me, this all seemed so very strange, …
A Calling and Preparation to be Something More
I love my professional life, which is that of a preschool special education teacher. There are moments, I feel a calling, a yearning to do and be something more, be someone else in my life. Some days, I can easily feel the energy, the cells in my body, trying to communicate with me. This feeling, …
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He Speaks: A Message of Hope
The Lord called upon me, I answered.. Yes, Lord. What is it that you need me to do? I paused for a moment to listen more closely to what He had to say. He spoke through me, and I wrote the following words: Write down the words I speak. Let all people know how much …
Shame On You!
That phrase just shouts out to you, doesn’t it? How does it make you feel knowing the statement is being said with authority? How we have been spoken to has become our inner voice, which often times leads us to repeat patterns, not using using kind words and loving oneself enough, regardless of the struggles …
Remedies For Pain: Healing The Body, Healing The Soul
Nearly a week ago, I was stung by what I thought was a bee. Instead, I found out that it was a wasp. My hand was swollen the morning after and my hand in pain where the stinger went in. Needless to say, I didn’t use the best method to remove the stinger. My fingernail …
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