The Full Embrace

Weaknesses, we all have them. We pinpoint them, agonize over them and then focus on turning them into strengths. We’ve made it human nature to want to be up to snuff. We work tirelessly to [...]

In this world we are survivors. We survive the weeks, months and years filled with hardships, trials and challenges that this life brings. Some of us survive our upbringing and abusive [...]

Would she have liked me? The, “me” that is irrational, angry and messy? Would she have been my biggest fan, encouraging me in the things that others never have? Would she have wanted to be around [...]

A man ravenous for his next high is clawing for anything that will bring him closer to the heroin that he uses to feed is itch, his addiction. He gets the bright idea to break into a house and [...]

I recently read an article that talked about ten ways to raise a strong girl in a broken world. This was going to be it I thought to myself. This was going to have the answers that we’ve all been [...]

As we go through our days that are full of responsibilities, errands and busywork we begin to feel like we’re constricted. As if the burdens of everyday life have made it more difficult to do the [...]

My mother was 21 years old when she died from Lymphoma. She was a daughter, sister, wife and mother. I was one year old at the time. On August 15th it will be 35 years that she’s been gone. From [...]

Today as we head out to gather with our family and friends to celebrate Freedom, let’s not forget where freedom comes from who gave it to us. I’m not talking about good Ol’ Herby Hancock (Tommy [...]

Today was one of those days where I needed to love my children from afar. Do you ever have those kinds of days? The ones where you are down before you’ve even gotten up. From the moment they wake [...]

Some days I skip along through life as though everything is as it should be but most days I struggle. Some days are easier to get through while others are crippling. I have a million thoughts [...]