31 Life Lessons in August

Last year, I did a 31-day challenge of celebrating my birthday the entire month and sharing life lessons each day via Facebook and Instagram. Lessons are definitely worth sharing again. Originally post August 27, 2022 A new chapter is just beginning. I’m celebrating my birthday this month. I celebrated the whole month in various ways, […]
My 2022 Year In Review: Wins & Lessons

This year started rough. I wrote about having a “redo” of January because I wasn’t allowing it to define the rest of my year. The last two years were spent in pure survival mode. 2020 was the pandemic, and 2019 was when I lost my baby girl. This year was my coming out-of-darkness year, and […]
Finding Your Voice: Give Yourself Permission to Make Mistakes

Did you know I can hold a note? I promise I’m going somewhere with this. For years, I sang; I sang in my high school’s Acappella choir, All-City Honor Choir, and competed in UIL Solo competitions. I’ve sung in church for years. I even got a voice scholarship to college. But something happened about ten […]
Lessons From Eat, Pray, Love”
I’d heard that life can be gut-wrenching. I never imagined I would experience living while feeling like I’m dying. I never questioned God’s mere existence till 2019 when I lost my daughter. I am still recovering and rediscovering how I fit into God’s perfect plan. I am still learning how to give myself grace. So, […]
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On this day last year, I was going through my first miscarriage. My 32nd birthday propelled me into one of the darkest years of my life. In that place, I discovered there is beauty in darkness.