Brave was my One Word for 2018 and honestly, I felt like Amy Adams in Justice League where Lois Lane told Clark Kent, “I wasn’t brave. You would’ve been disappointed in me.” Last year, brave didn’t look like what I thought it would…what I wanted it to look like. I wanted brave new worlds and […]
CHANGES to my 23andMe Ancestry DNA Report
23and Me added 13 new populations to their database. As a result, my Ancestry DNA Report was changed and updated! There are quite a few changes that I want to share with you below. You can see the old and new Ancestry DNA breakdown below. If you want to find out your Ancestry DNA […]
Book Review: “Stretched Too Thin” by Jessica N. Turner
Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive is Jessica N. Turner’s book specially for working moms. As a single non-mom, I hesitated before reading this book. It wasn’t written for me. Is worth the read? Will most of the content gloss over my head? Should I even bother? […]
The One Thing I Didn’t Think I Had to Be Brave For
Hillary Scott sang, “I’m so confused. I know I heard you loud and clear. So I followed through. Somehow I ended up here. I don’t wanna think. I may never understand that my broken heart is a part of your plan. When I try to pray, all I’ve got is hurt and these four words. […]
Notes From A Hospital Bed
I took the months of May and June to catch up on a writing assignment that kicked my behind, but worth it because I finished a story I had been writing on and off since 2011. Well, the first draft is finished and that counts. On July 1st, I got sick and by the 3rd, […]
5 Blogging Lessons in 5 Years + Giveaway!
This blog is 5 years old this month! I do this thing where I start a lot of things and don’t always finish them. I’m thankful and humbled by God that I’m still writing in this little corner of the Internet that He gave me. I haven’t always been consistent, but I’ve learned a lot. […]
Book Review: “Holy Hustle” by Crystal Stine
Holy Hustle by Crystal Stine arrived at just the right moment for me. I’m in a season of working hard and hustling, only to realize that I need margin in my life to rest and breathe. Finding that margin isn’t easy, but this book is helping me through it. Crystal’s message of embracing a work-hard […]