There’s been a lot of news in the entertainment industry of overdoses and drug use and things that lead to death. Whether the outcome is intentional or not, it’s brought up a lot of talk about mental health. And as I’m sure most of you know, mental health is very close to my heart. Without…
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If you know me at all, you know that I can be fearful of a lot of things. Spiders, confrontation, humans in general, spiders, staying out after 10 pm, reptiles, putting myself out there, small talk, spiders (I really hate spiders), there’s a lot that can send me into fear. Two of my biggest fears…
Read MoreMy best friend from high school made me a canvas and gave it to me after I graduated from dental assisting school. It sits on top of my bookshelf behind some pictures of my family and next to another canvas. It reads: “It is in Christ, we find who we are and what we are…
Read MoreWriting come slower these days, as I’m sure you can tell. I find it easier to write on my phone that a computer so that I don’t have to add pictures as well. I prefer to hide behind screens and words than to put my face and voice out for all to see. Hopefully, I’ll…
Read MoreI thought of you today, Mama, as I was sitting in a water park watching all of our stuff while the others played in the wave pool. I thought of you because this was what you did for us all the time. I thought of you today, Mama, as little kids were crying because they…
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This weekend has been all things Royal Wedding and this past week it seems like everyone and their sister is getting engaged. Now I don’t know about the rest of y’all single ladies, but it’s really put me down in the dumps. It’s not that I’m not excited for these people, it’s just that I…
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Mothers Day is this weekend. I’m sure you know that, but I have to constantly remind myself that is day is approaching. If it sneaks up on me, and it has before, I’ll emotionally spiral and it’ll be a mess. I dread mothers day every year, it used to just be because mine was gone,…
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It’s been a weird couple of weeks, y’all. I don’t really know how to explain it all either, but the Lord is working in ways that only He can, removing things from my life and drawing me closer to Him all at the same time. Around August of last year, the Lord put it on…
Read MoreAs we approach Easter Sunday, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means for us that Jesus died for our sins. Think about it for a second: the perfect, holy, and sinless creator of the universe died a brutal, ugly, and painful death for someone like you and me. Jesus took on every sin…
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This one is going out to the Mama’s, the babysitters, the nannies, to the ones that care for kids all day long. Y’all have the hardest jobs in the world and if anyone tells you different, send them to me. I take care of kids for a living, it’s what I do and every day…
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Beauty in the Ashes 