The Big Ugly Secret Today I learned something that shook me to my core: I am the product of incest. Even typing those words feels heavy, confusing, and honestly—gross. My first reaction was disgust, but then the compassion came too. My mother was just a child in this situation, and when I think about that,Continue reading “My Big Ugly Secret”
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Love
I Love Me Enough to Let Go: My Healing Bible Growth doesn’t come with instant gratification.There’s no applause when I show up as my healed self, and there’s no promise that vulnerability will lead to the outcome I want. That’s why so many people quit before they ever begin. But not me.Not anymore. I’ve beenContinue reading “Love”
Volleyball, not just a game!
How Volleyball Helped Me Heal and Discover My Purpose How Volleyball Helped Me Heal and Discover My Purpose There are moments in life when you don’t realize you’re unraveling until something unexpectedly holds you together. For me, that “something” was volleyball. I’ve loved the sport since I was young—the sound of sneakers sliding across theContinue reading “Volleyball, not just a game!”
Finding Friendship in Unexpected Places
From Corporate Hustle to Community Heart: How a Gym Job Changed My Life On a sabbatical from the grind of Corporate America, I decided to take a leap—a job at a local community center tucked away in a historic part of the city. I was simply looking for peace, balance, and time with my kids.Continue reading “Finding Friendship in Unexpected Places”
Laid back day!
Mister
https://wordpress.com/view/smilingthroughitall.art.blog On sabbatical from Corporate America Lacey decided to take a job at local community center in a historical area of the city. She was falling in love with her job more and more every week. It was more relaxed. She loved community. She loved kids. She loved being involved and engaged with neighbors inContinue reading “Mister”
Where do “we” go from here?
We have all heard it before….Flight. Fight, Freeze! It is followed by the questions, what is the norm for you? Well Lacey was sitting there with her irate ex hurling insults at her at her job. She could feel herself shrinking and shrinking. The anxiety filling her throat. Should she run? Where could she run?Continue reading “Where do “we” go from here?”
My Adoption Story
Based on a True Story: From “only child” to oldest child! Adoption is confusing for most people. The internet defines adoption “as the action or fact of legally taking another’s child and bringing it up as one’s own, or the fact of being adopted”. In my case, that is exactly what happened. I was adoptedContinue reading “My Adoption Story”
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Happy Birthday Mama Rose!
3.03.1911 My grandmother moved to Little Rock, AR after my grandfather passed away. She was a single mom of 4 after my grandfather passed away. She worked in a domestic compacity for years. She moved from a small city of Callion, Arkansas where she was born and raised. The town grew around the Ouachita River LockContinue reading “Happy Birthday Mama Rose!”
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