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I never imagined the COVID-19. I’ve watched the movies and I’ve read the books but never in a million years, did I think this could become our reality. I’ve stared at the news in shock, the videos of the beaches packed with spring breakers, I’ve driven past the playgrounds filled with children, climbing on the […]

It’s been one hell of a year, don’t you think? I feel like it flew by me in a blur. One minute I was making my list for 2019 and the next?…It’s 2020. To be honest, I’m ready for 2019 to be over. It’s been a hard year, one of loss, learning the hard way […]

This time of the year gets really crazy. I work long hours, go crazy trying to clean up every corner of my house, decorate everything in sight, shop for the perfect everything… Until I reach a point of exhaustion and the holiday season becomes a blur. Actually, it started the beginning of October when I […]

There are some things I wish I would have been told when I was young, things that could have made such a difference in life. Don’t grow up yet… I was always asked what do I want to do when I grow up? What’s your plan? What college? Everything seemed to be about the future, […]

Today is a miracle. Today is a celebration. Today…Jesus rose again. We were given a miracle, the gift of forgiveness. Everything in the past has been wiped clean and we are new. So what are you going to do with your gift? The world is kind of messed up these days and it’s up to […]

We all have dreams. Sometimes a dream can be as simple as a day in the sun or walking on a beach somewhere peaceful. Other times, a dream could be of a house or a new car, a dream job, an awesome partner to share your life with. Big or small, we all have them […]

Today is a year since the tragic death of a beautiful young woman I knew and loved. She was a mom, a wife, a daughter, a friend… Her life ended on a busy country road up north because of a man who made a really bad decision, to drive a car under the influence. His […]

It hit me at around 4:30 am this morning that it’s New Years Eve. I have been so darn busy that I kind of forgot. Then I remembered… I wasn’t going to do that anymore…Be that busy. Be so busy I would forget the important things. My excuse?… I got busy. Out comes the white […]

I love the words to John Lennon’s song, And So Happy Christmas…..So this is Christmas…And what have you done…Another year over…And a new one just begun As I watched my family eating dinner, laughing together, opening gifts and simply enjoying the evening with one another, it makes me reflect back. I thought of all the […]