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Encouraging words for the journey
Do You Feel Stuck? Here’s One Quick Way to Get Back on Track
Do you feel stuck? My friend, author Kathi Lipp, once said, “We get to decide when we start fresh.” And oh my, did that resonate with me when I was feeling stuck. Read that again, friends. We get to decide! Just because our lives are one way and have been for as...
Imprisoned Memories – A Short Story
While my chosen writing genre is contemporary fiction, I love to dabble in other genres. Short stories are fun to write and a way to hone my fiction skills. I wrote this short story for an NYC Midnight Flash Fiction contest. In these contests, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time...
Goals: Know What You’re Working Toward
There is a video game called Ravenhill that I like to play. Several different activities ask the player to make color combinations to move objects, break blocks, explode rockets, or pop bubbles. Sometimes the list includes...
The Time God Gave Me 6 Kids: When God says, “not that, but this”
Do you ever wonder how God decides which prayers to answer? You know, when you’ve poured out your heart to Him. Your prayers are for good things that line up with scripture. There’s really no reason God shouldn’t give you what you ask. No earthly, human reason anyway....
Turtle Girl: Loving the Unlovable
Once there was a girl who had been hurt by one… two… a lot of people. She tried to grow a shell, thick as a turtle’s, to keep out the hurt, but the hurt lived with her inside the shell. The hurt mocked and taunted her, and she searched for ways to drown it out. She...
The Game of Life – A Short Story
Life behind bars wasn’t as bad as I had heard. The people loved me. I made them laugh and wowed them when I raised my hand to greet them with a big high five. I was spoiled and pampered. It really was a pretty cool time. I knew the time would end at some point, so I...
Duck, Duck, Goose: A Wee Bit of Encouragement
“Duck, duck, duck…” Her back rigid, the little blond girl stared straight ahead, lips stretched thin. Each time It came near, her eyes shone with hope. Each time the tap came with a duck her head dropped a little further. Would she ever get to be goose? Do you...
Conventional Wisdom Versus God’s Wisdom: Making Tough Decisions
I made a decision recently that defies conventional wisdom. You know, conventional wisdom that “they” are experts at speaking to the masses. "They" say do this and “they” say don’t do that. Sometimes it seems like everyone wants to give their opinion and make sure you...
Never Make Eye Contact – A Short Story
Never make eye contact with them. Momma always said if you make eye contact with them, they got ya. Nothing you can do about it. Truth be told, even at my age, they caused me to tremble like no other. I knew it was the season for them when I headed out that night, but...
Three Word Thursday – Learn to Focus on Today
Talk swirled around her. Classmates talked of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Excitement swelled. The teacher turned the talk to safety while on this trip of a lifetime. Staying with the group, keeping money and personal items close, not falling onto the tracks of...
When Fear Weighs You Down
Are there chances you regret not taking? How about dreams you’ve put aside? Do you ever wish your life was different? What is holding you back from taking chances and fulfilling your God-given purpose? For me, the answer to that question is fear and more questions....
The Journey Begins Now!
Y’all I’ve been on this journey for many years now, and through my 20s and 30s I expected to have arrived by now! It frustrated me for so long that I was still journeying and still not feeling complete. Then I visited a little church, in the middle of a farmer’s...
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