I turned 35. It feels like a milestone and I should have all these thoughts and feelings, but I really only had one: I’m not where I thought I’d be by now. I’ve had this thought before at different milestones in my life and I’m used to it. That feels like it’s both a good […]
New Year, New One Word
The last year has been interesting for my writing. Although I’ve been very quiet – practically nonexistent – here on the blog, I’ve been writing a lot for the ministry. Every month, I write children’s ministry curriculum and it has taken a lot of my time. I really didn’t like that and I could improve […]
The Year of Brave: Diabetes, Pyelonephritis, and Ovarian Cyst (My 2018 Recap)
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, […]