If you’ve ever read my work, it’s no secret that I didn’t make the best choices when it came to romantic partners. I went from a violent...

We all have moments of failure. It’s part of life and to expect that everything is always going to go our way is immature, at best, and...

It’s been awhile. Can you feel the collective exhaustion in the world around us? I know I sure can. To say the world is weary is an...

I come from a long line of hard-working people. I had my first job at fourteen and joined the military at seventeen. I was expected to...

There is no denying that the last few months have been difficult. I think everyone, to varying degrees, has dealt with some form of...

I think about death a lot. I always have, especially after my Mom died. Maybe it’s because it became a reality then and I couldn’t escape...

Let’s be honest…at one time or another, every single one of us has told a lie. Whether it was a “white lie” (Why no, Susan, that orange...

This has been a crap week and for 2020, that’s saying something. I have always tried my best to be wholly transparent and write from a...

I joined the Navy when I was seventeen years old. When I got to boot camp, I was thrown into a group of eighty other women from all over...

Sunday was a day like any other for me. I was at home, surrounded by the people I love most. Two of my three adult children had come...

My children having always been the biggest part of who I am. I have often told them that God gave them to me to keep me from being a...

We live in a society obsessed with beauty. This is hardly a revelation and I think most people, male and female, are aware of it as fact....

I have a deep love for the LGBT Community. As the Mother of a gay son, I can appreciate more than most that the journey is not always...

Last night I acted like a total ass. The worst part is, the proverbial straw that broke this camel’s back is inconsequential in the big...

I met my friend Trent four years ago on a dating site. We agreed to meet for dinner and when he walked in, I smiled immediately. Short...

I am not perfect. I have flaws, insecurities and fears. I have done things that have caused me shame and embarrassment. These lessons...

My oldest child, Jake, will be 30 next month. 30. How is that possible when I still feel 30? Where have the years gone? My elders tried...

God, it feels like I’ve been praying about this forever. I believe You put this dream in my heart and I am trying so hard to move in that...

In 1996, in the presence of my former mother-in-law and a good friend from our church, I watched helplessly as my ex-husband held a gun...

Happy birthday, Mom. Do you still say that to someone who's passed on? I guess its more for me than you, but still...Happy Birthday. I...