Have you ever experienced something that left your soul paralyzed? You wake up every morning and put on a brave face, but inside you are dying a little more each day...hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second...feeling your soul and spark slowly fading while waiting for something that is completely out of your control. Six months and ten days I spent paralyzed; living with constant internal fear and anxiety waiting to be told that I was responsible for my child's de

I had planned on writing about something else for this blog, but when the universe is trying hard to tell you something, I have found it best to stop, listen, and decipher what it is trying to say. This week was certainly one for the record books for me. One figurative and literal fire after another. I could choose to throw my hands up, sit and wallow...many people would, and many people would excuse me for doing so...but that is not how I like to roll. I choose to see the be

Everyone's lives go through chapters. I believe that is what makes the stories of our lives so beautiful. Some chapters are joyous and exciting, while others are challenging and sad. Some chapters are involuntary and out of our control, and others are intentional. While we cannot always control everything about the chapters of our lives, they all contain paragraphs where we can choose how we approach and walk through them. I personally am at the start of a new chapter...