2016 has been a lot of things, happy, sad, joyful, challenging, and much more. Through it all we have all learned some valuable lessons, basically we’ve grown. Here are a few things I think we learned together. 1. Elections matter. 2. Heartbreak can kill you. 3....
Hope This Helps: Sitting in the OBGYN office dreading the breast exam the clinician forgot to do during my annual exam two months ago. Annoyed the clinician forgot, but a little happy there was no slip to send me to that place where they force your breast between two...
Hope This Helps: This morning, I put on my comfy but attractive clothes and spent a little extra time lining my lips and applying one of my fave lip shades. No specific agenda for the day was laid out, except to grab breakfast and head to church. Church is likely the...
Hope This Helps: I reached out to my Dad this week as I was dealing with my feelings about the persistence of racial persecution in my country. I needed to understand how to handle my fear and anger without harming someone else with my words. In my mind, I was...
Guest post by Nicole Wood 1. Acknowledge your emotions (anger, fear, anxiety, hopelessness, fatalistic, nihilistic, etc.) and Release them! (cry it out, write it out, walk or run it out, attend a worship service, connect in a healthy and supportive...
