The Enemy of Fear

If we’re honest, we all get freaked out by something. Snakes. Darkness. Heights. Monsters in the closet. Certain people or places. Or maybe what we’re afraid of runs a little deeper. Rejection. Failure. Being misunderstood. The unknown. Insecurity. Underachieving. Not being liked. Punishment. Death.  Whew. Those are big ones. Many of which I’ve felt from time to …

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Silly Hats and Confetti

We utter our first word.  We take our first step.  We have our first birthday.  We eat our first bite.  We score our first goal.  We write our first letter.  We survive our first school day. We experience our first week of camp.  We get our driver’s license.  We graduate from high school. We are …

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3 Truths When Life Hurts

In the soon-to-be classic animated film “Zootopia”, the main character Judy Hopps returns to her apartment after a highly disappointing day. She flips quickly through her radio and just so happens to hear the following songs: “I, Loser” by Winston Marshall “Can’t Do Nuthin Right” by Madisen Ward “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen “Everybody …

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Love Not Hate

Turn on the news and you see hate. Shootings, everywhere at an alarming rate. Blacks, whites at odds with each other. Who is your friend, your sister, your brother? Seems for years this hate was under the table. Race relations I guess wasn’t so stable. Like a lion muzzled and kept in a cage. This hate …

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See the Unseen

Are you a morning person?  I’m not so much. I mean, maybe if I woke up on a white sanded St. Thomas beach I would be.  Or if I woke up to a text message that I’d won the lottery.  Even the smell of bacon or freshly brewed coffee certainly helps. My cute as can …

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