Tag: personal
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The Matriarch: A Parallel Between Rose Kennedy & Me
“It is not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Rose Kennedy As I reflect on the remarkable lives of strong women throughout history, one figure who resonates with me is Rose Kennedy. Like Rose, I have walked a path marked by immense suffering, yet I continue to…
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God’s Final Invitation: A Journey of Spiritual Awakening from Stripping to Speaking
Part II “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him(Job 13:15)” God’s final invitation was unmistakable. I had prayed to go from glory to glory, specifically from stripping to booked speaking and author events. Be careful what you pray for. When will I learn? I felt strongly that God pushed me out of…
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Therapy is to Writing as Music is to My Therapy
What do you listen to while you work?“Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” (Sylvia Plath) I usually listen to my heart while I work. Often, my heart feels like a song, so I’ll play…
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Message: This Woman is Me
I feel like I was shot 10 times in the head and left for dead. Surely, if someone is shot in the head 10 times, they should be dead, right? But God wouldn’t let me die. Five months later, the person who shot me sees me not just surviving, but thriving. They wonder how I…