It was about 5am. My mom came into the room and woke me up. “It’s time to practice,” she said. Ugh! I threw my legs over the side of the bed and sat there for a moment gathering myself. Then I stretched, yawned and shuffled over to the closet. “Oh yeah, forgot to pray,” I…
Since the end of 2013, I’ve taken on the task of choosing a guiding word for the upcoming year. The purpose of this is focus. My goal is to keep a word in front of me which will filter my actions and help to inspire my progress. When I started this process, I shared with…
I didn’t mean to ignore you. I really didn’t. You’re very important to me. You’ve given me the opportunity to express ideas I never thought I could. You’ve allowed me to explore who I really am in ways I may never have otherwise explored. You have taught me that my perspective isn’t the only one…
You’re a writer. Right? Isn’t everyone a writer these days? Well, no, not really. There are a lot of people who think about writing, but they don’t ever get around to it. There are some who start but never actually finish a piece. So, although there is a lot of information around, not everyone’s…
The alarm went off and she hit the snooze button. Then 9 minutes later, it went off again. BANG! One more time…SNOOZE! Then again, 9 minutes later, BEEP! And this cycle went on for about an hour. When she finally got out of bed, she was more tired than she went to bed. She’d spent…
