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 Dear Fear,Just thought I would write you this letter to let you know exactly how I feel about our former relationship.

First, let me start off by thanking you for always popping up during the times in my life when I was standing within the threshold of greatness. Your presence served as confirmation that I needed to keep moving forward. Also, thank you for all the negative comments you whispered into my mind, if it weren’t for them, I would not have realized how mentally strong and resilient I am. You are such a liar – you told me I couldn’t when I really could. You told me I wasn’t good enough when I was just right, and you even told me that it wouldn’t work when all I had to do was put forth the effort to work it! Yes, some of your words may literally have caused me physical pain in the depths of my abdomen, and even caused me to cry at times, but thank God that even though you gave me pause, you could never completely stop me.  Read the full post »

Today, I asked a 4 year old if she had a good day at school.  She paused, looked up at me and said, “No I didn’t.”  Before I could ask her to share with me what happened, she paused again, and said, “I don’t want to tell you about it, because it’s really bad.”  Then she turned and ran away.  I, of course, paused, laughed and walked away.  As I got into my vehicle, I began to ponder over what this little child had just told me.  Even at such a young age she has already conditioned herself to avoid ‘difficult conversations’ that would make her feel uncomfortable.  I often premise before sharing certain feelings and information with others that, “I need to have an uncomfortable conversation with you.” Then I began my rant of information, feelings, frustrations or data that may not be considered ideal for him or her to hear. Read the full post »

I was elated to speak with the founder of Path Magazine and find out that he thought I had the potential to become a blogger on his website. As I put the finishing touches wrapping my sisters huge box of Paula Dene pots I got for her for Christmas (on sale I might add), Kris and my conversation came to a close. Read the full post »

“Take a taste of this, bae.” I gently said as I held a spoon of food up to my boyfriend’s mouth. He is a very particular eater, and being a southern woman, my mind still has a hard time comprehending that everyone is not as open to different types of southern cuisine as I am. Needless to say, he took a bite of the mustard greens cooked from scratch, with deer sausage and taso. I watched as his eyes gazed upward while he savored the taste. I held my breath in anticipation of his response. He said, “It’s okay” in a calm, still unsure type voice. With a sigh of relief on my part, I felt a small victory towards cooking food that he would even try, eat and eventually like. A few weeks later, we began a conversation about Adam and Eve and I brought up the point of Adam being given dominion and Eve being given the power of influence. He then asked me if that was in the Bible as text. I replied no, and brought the following to his attention: Read the full post »