Have you ever tasted a bad apple? I have and it left a bad taste in my mouth. But, the crunch and taste of a honey crisp apple is my favorite. One bad apple does spoil the whole bunch in my opinion. Let’s make a connection to our lives. If we never tasted a bad … More One Bad Apple
Sydney woke up this morning and thought she missed the bus. I told her she didn’t have school today in honor of Veteran’s Day. Any other time she would have had a meltdown that she was missing school. Or skipped off to do her own thing. This time was different. Sydney asked “What’s a veteran?”. … More Thank You
I watched her as she picked out her clothes and dressed herself. Including lip gloss. She even had time to paint her nails. After eating breakfast. She cleared her plate and changed the date on our family calendar. Then she waited by the window for the bus. Five years ago, the scenario would play out … More Sydney’s Story
There are things that I will never understand. But that won’t stop me from praying. It’s hard not to live in fear. When we live in a society that doesn’t value human life. When tragedy strikes it makes us all stop to reflect and pray. We may even ask why? It’s times like this that … More When We Don’t Have Answers
I’m at my breaking point. I don’t believe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I can’t tie a knot strong enough at the end of my rope. I’m going to have a breakdown and then maybe people will take me seriously. Sometimes you have to act crazy before people will take you … More Fallen Leaves
Halloween was a scary time for our family. It wasn’t the costumes, the decorations or Thriller. It was Sydney, autism and the unknown. We didn’t have many children in our neighborhood. For Halloween we would go to The Zoo Boo at The Detroit Zoo. The first time wasn’t so bad because Syd was in a … More No Nightmares on Halloween
Have you ever felt like you were knocked down in the last round of a boxing match? Was it stress, life or your own mindset? What had you flat on your back? You were at the lowest point of your life. The only thing for you to do was stay down or fight like hell … More Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You
We all have a calling on our lives. Some of us know our purpose from early on. Others get a calling later in life. Regardless of the timing. What will you do when you get that nudge? That feeling that you have to start a new chapter in your life. Will you listen to your … More What’s Your Calling?
Denial is the action of declaring something to be untrue. We have all been in denial at one time in our life. It is sad when some of us live in denial. We may think that we are helping ourselves or the ones we love. Really, we are causing more harm than good. I was … More Stop Living In Denial
There was a time when I didn’t know what happiness felt like. I was smiling all of the time. But I was far from happy. I became accustomed to hearing bad news, being rejected, and having obstacles thrown at me from every direction. To me that was a part of adulthood. Happiness was the last … More If You’re Happy And You Know It
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