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“Losing Johnny: The constant flow of tears have dwindled but my heart never stops crying.”
October 2nd, 2005: Johnny: “Don’t forget to call and check on me, okay?” Me: “Okay, I Love You”. Johnny: “Love you too…” October 5th, 2005: The day I lost the greatest gift my parents have ever given to my sister and me, our little brother…Johnny. The final dialogue I had with my 16 year old…
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Humility + Obedience = Breakthrough
via Daily Prompt: Breakthrough “What is God asking you to do?” was the daunting question my pastor asked during her sermon yesterday afternoon. The question that still dwells in the core of my heart and cavity of my brain… I’m aware of what God has asked me to do now I feel like He’s telling…
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Facade: She successfully killed what needed to die…
via Daily Prompt: Facade As an adult she heard a preacher say, “When you feel like you want to kill yourself, something needs to die, but it’s not you”. She only wishes she had heard these words in her difficult teenage years because at the tender age of 17 she tried to commit suicide. Excessive…
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Our Twins’ First Basketball Game: My dream that turned into a perfect nightmare…
It was a busy Saturday morning and my 5 year old twins had their first basketball game at 9:15AM. Boy was I excited as I had dreamt of this moment since the day they were born. I zealously went to wake them up and unfortunately, they were the crabbiest little kids ever!!! In their defense,…
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“I’m Different. Difficult. Awkward. Real. You may get me or you may not. I hope you do. I don’t care if you don’t. Just love Jesus-My Long Winded Intro…
The moment someone meets you, they immediately put you in a social category within seconds of hearing you speak. As you begin to reveal more details about yourself, your beliefs, morals, or simple likes and dislikes you are then labeled accordingly. Everyone’s guilty of this sometimes, right?? Well….what do you say about that person who…