Again I am up early in the morning. I’m sitting on my couch staring outside my window. My view is filled with more trees than I ever thought I’d live around. Me living in the “country” is not what I would have expected. At least not in my younger years. But here I am. Beautifully…Read more »

What does it look like to really heal? This is a question that means a lot to me. Having been on a healing journey of my own for some years now, I can tell you it’s not a simple answer. One thing I like to make very clear upfront is that healing is not about…Read more »

As I sit here early in the morning, sun coming up, birds chirping, I just read some test results that I’d been waiting on. COVID 19 results. Now I know that might seem like very little to some. After all so many people are being tested. This is nothing special. However when you have spent…Read more »

Yesterday on my Instagram account (iamfortheone) I shared about a little town in Italy. It is having to rescue drivers because they are trusting their GPS and getting stuck while trying to get to their destination. How this corresponds to the Israelites and their journey to their Promised Land. That though their journey was tough,…Read more »

I had an experience this past week that showed me how much I don’t know how to be vulnerable with people. This left me to to have the thought, “God how do I transfer my complete vulnerability with you to people”? I looked up the exact definition of vulnerability wanting to completely understand what I…Read more »

Control! It’s a big word that should be a four letter word. Ever wonder how to to stop pretending and start living a genuine life? There are two versions of ourself, the big question is which on will win out. First let’s look at ALTER EGO. Alter ego is a second self or different version…Read more »

Can anyone truly understand pain? Even if they are going through it or have. Can anyone really understand the amount of grief that a mind, heart, and body can bare? How in an instant it feels as if your heart has been ripped in half. The way your body can go limp as if every…Read more »

I believe this is something we can all relate to. Doing things for the sake of others, even when they may not be looking. Approval of others is a big draw to us as humans. It can drive us to do things in such a way that it takes all the meaning out of it.…Read more »

I know God goes with me when I am living within His will, following His commandments. I know that if God sends me to it, He will get me through it. I know that God will rescue me when I’m living out His way for me. It’s there in His word. Exodus 33:14 “The Lord…Read more »

In 3 days I will be celebrating my 43rd birthday. It’s crazy to me how fast 42 flew by. However when I think back I know it was a very blessed year. Though my life looks nothing like I hoped it would at this age, it’s still my very blessed life. It’s weird how I…Read more »