Dear Friend,

This time a few years,  I was in the middle of wrapping up my life and moving to a new state. I was saying goodbye to old friends and trusting God that he would bless me with new ones. He not only has always… Read full post »

Driving through the mountains of Eastern TN, I found myself at the tail end of an exhausting road trip hanging on every word of the Hearing Voices program on NPR. Days away from our nation's Independence Day, the program was entitled 'Stars and Bars'. The show opened with…

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“Do you need any help?” I ask as I see my boss begin to dismantle his office.

Without hesitation he says, “Sure, I just need a few able bodies.”

I quickly hop up from my desk, as do four of my peers, because when the CEO… Read full post »

Recently I heard that the wall color in a child’s bedroom could influence their mental, physical emotional development. This got me thinking – what did my pale lavender walls do to me?

As a child, I grew up in a 4-bedroom home, 2 of which… Read full post »

If my life were published in paperback and a bookworm analyzed my character at a Saturday afternoon book club, they would notice a reoccurring phrase used in the last few chapters of my life, "I wish you well." After noticing the frequency of this saying - they would then dissect the… Read full post »

When I was five years old I started piano lessons. Pennies were placed perfectly in the center of my hands. It was my duty (as a five year old mind you) to make sure they stayed there. "Do it again! That didn't sound right," would come barreling around… Read full post »

Traveling along the sidewalk, you stumble upon a vagabond in need. You could A) increase their pain, B) criticize their circumstances, C) walk by in silence or D) offer a helping hand. Most would say the best response would be option D. Options A and B just seem heartless. But… Read full post »

So, here I go again... one more first day at a new job under my belt. Since the age of sixteen, I have anxiously experienced the opening day of over twenty jobs (I dare say closer to twenty five, but I may have lost count). Confucius said, "Choose a job you… Read full post »

The first letter came early on a Friday morning.  Crafted with intention, the folded words waited for me to wake up after a night of anxious sleep, if you could even call it sleep.

My mother stayed up late into the night researching my “disorder” that… Read full post »

Most people read the book BEFORE watching the movie, not this time for me.  True to form, I watched The Help and had no intention of reading the book.  But, thanks to a mantle that was thrown down before me, I borrowed a copy of The Help and went to it...… Read full post »