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I'm Stuck...

Title: Stuck: When Fear and Doubt Keep You in a Place You’ve Outgrown I’ve been stuck before, but never like this Not physically, not even obviously—but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It’s a slow kind of sinking. Not drowning. Just…settling. Settling into a routine that doesn’t light me up. Settling into relationships that don’t feed me. Settling into a version of myself…

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This time I will figure out what tumble is for and actually use it…

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Just Here...

Just Here…

I’m not even going to pretend anymore when I disappear because it’s what I need to do for my mental health but I love when I am back.

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Trying to read this last book in the series. Taking some much needed mental health time. Taking time for yourself is so important never put you on the back burner. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv86EwFAqEh5MI94pnSdtHOA-DrCZRNv0ZWEk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bcszjb6xa775

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SMH 🤦🏾‍♀️! What happens when you could have chilled a twist off top but you wanted something else and hubby isn’t here to open the bottle... stuck like chuck https://www.instagram.com/p/Bst3tZrloAgr3mzuowXhfYeDSWIQCGvPTMz0Qs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hf4u2bc4elk4

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This is not what I’m suppose to be doing..... SMH 🤦🏾‍♀️ FML https://www.instagram.com/p/BstH53FlYt5ElxQCOva2-nC8E9EMDdrbMLVhdM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zot770rnpn4g

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True Friends

So this morning, I got a message in my inbox on Facebook from a longtime friend of mine. The subject was a sermon from Pastor @mikesteele about “How Do You Know When You Have A True Friend”? The Pastor listed three things of what the characteristics of a true is:

1) Shows up. Whether you are right or wrong and no matter what you’re going through.

2) They will encourage you to endure.

3) They are…

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Can you change a person...

Can you change a person…

I like to think of myself as a relationship guru… I mean I have been in quite a few of them and I have a philosophy of that I have to learn something once I’ve moved on.

So today I was speaking with a good friend of mine and she was telling me the things she didn’t like about a potential suitor of hers, she said all these things were deal breakers for her. So I asked, have you spoken to him about…

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The Stress we create..

The Stress we create..

Hey guys! I know it’s been a while since I spoke but I still have lots to say and I’m glad to say that I will finally be adding videos!! Yeah!

But let’s get to the life lesson that I have learned.. So about two weeks ago my family and I went through some things and finally we came out with a win. A really big one. Now instead of riding high on the fact that something had finally actually gone as…

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Gun Violence

So this morning we were invited to church with our neighbors of course their church start time is much earlier than ours and we overslept. I blame my husband because waking us up to get somewhere on time has always been job (yes I’m throwing him under the bus) I’m guessing he woke up in the middle of the night to watch tv like he always does and was still sleepy.

When I awoke though there was a…

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Consistency and Patience

If you ever want to be great or have anything in life you must be consistent and patient . I have neither one of these traits. I know I’ve spoken before about my lack of patience but I just realized consistency was also a big part of what I want for my future. Whatever it is you want in life you have to eat, breathe and live it. Even if all of desire is a closer relationship with God. I have all…

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Happy New Years Eve!!

Can you believe that tomorrow is the first day of 2018? I mean this year has flown by and another year is upon us already. Are you ready? I try not to be too preachy in my blog post but this time I’m sorry I can’t help it. This morning in Church the message was all about making your first steps into a New Year, and I’m not talking about making resolutions but about having a clear vision of who…

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I Survived!

I survived Christmas! It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and I so enjoyed myself being with my family. It was totally amazing. I have a confession to make. I don’t know how to truly enjoy living without spending money. This was my first Christmas having to do so. I thought it was going to be awful and I just knew I would spend the day in a funk but it was the best ever. I made all my…

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Christmas Eve

I didn’t have the Christmas Spirit this year. I was literally over it. But today I went to church and my whole attitude changed. Sometimes when we live in a world where we are so consumed by how we think things should be and forget that the world isn’t perfect, we tend to lose sight of the important things in life. I’m glad my attitude towards the day changed because I started enjoying the reason…

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Don’t Forget About You Just wanted to give everyone something to think about. I know how hard it is to love our bodies and even ourselves sometimes, but we can do it! We are all so very special and we never need to forget that.

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For Better of For Worse

I will admit I am an absolute brat. When I got married, I actually had the notion that those words only if anything happened to me. I’ve always been pretty sickly so I knew I would be the one having the “for worse” moments. Until two weeks ago when my husband got sick. He is a very strong worker and always work through pain, sorrow, sickness, unfair hours, anything and everything. I’v never had…

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Sometimes I forget how blessed. I am, my hardest decision on some days is what color pen to use...