Arguments are tough; they’re even tougher when you’re dealing with someone you love. Sometimes families argue, and the wounds and pain of those arguments are difficult to recover from. I’ll admit, my family has not been the most normal. We’ve got our own sets of issues and problems within the structure, and some of the…
Category: Relationships
How to Stay Young When Your Relationship is Feeling Old
Being married for 5 years thus far has taught me a lot about myself, my spouse and the idea of marriage as a whole. The one thing I have learned is that there are times when you can feel quite old in your relationship sometimes, and it is not the best feeling by any means….
Take On Life’s Responsibilities One Moment at a Time
We all do this; we tend to believe we have eyes in the backs of our heads, multiple arms and legs, superpowers, the ability to correct the past, right all the wrongs and predict the future all at one time. We want to be able to change the world for the ones we love when…
Self Love is Always Your True First Love
A lot of times, there are lessons that I feel cannot or will not apply to me, even being five years into my marriage; however, 2017 put me in a place where I was struggling with loving myself more than I ever was before. In turn, that put a big strain on parts of my…
That Question We All Love to Hate
Now that our daughter is three years old, it is not very often that time goes by when someone is asking my husband and I this one aching question: “When are y’all going to have another baby??? Jokingly, we always tell them a number of different answers: “I don’t know” “Soon” “When you start helping…
Maximizing Quality Time with Quality People
In the hustle and bustle of life’s journey, we oftentimes get caught up with missing out on spending quality time with the ones we love. One of the things that allows me to maintain a decent level of sanity, is being able to decompress, vent, laugh, cry or just spend time with my family and…
Dear Faith,
I bet when you think about all the things that happened this year, one word has to come to mind; Faith. Had it not been for Faith, you wouldn’t have accomplished half the things you did. 2017 was filled with so many different complex emotions and issues for me; youve felt some of my lowest…
Ones You Can Depend On, and The One who Can Depend on You
Q: Am I reliable? How so or how not so? Do you know a person that immediately comes to mind that you know you can rely on when times are hard and you need someone in your corner? I have a few people that I hold dear to my heart that are the most reliable…
Good Friends or Bad Friends; Which One are You?
So, im still on my #50Days50Questions journey, and I came across a question that I felt compelled to discuss, since it has become somewhat of a hot topic in my life currently. Here is the question. Am I a good friend? How so or not so? I could be lying to myself; however, I feel…
Be Mindful of the Energy you Put Into How Others Think of You
Do I care about what others are thinking about me? The short answer is this: NO. When I was younger, I was very self-conscious and was very concerned with how others perceived me and what people thought of me. I have always tried to be a good person and a good friend to everyone I…
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