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My Story THEN Informs My Story NOW I was a network marketing kid. In my high school years, my mom was a rep for a global network marketing company and actually found success helping others with its products and services (she was able to quit …
A Well-Intentioned Journey I asked those “Who Am I?” questions often in that season because I just wanted to live a life that glorified my Creator. As a new Christian, I was so humbled and awed over Jesus’ sacrifice for me and my ghetto ugliness …
You know that song from the Disney movie, Mulan? Who is that girl I seeStaring straight back at me?Why is my reflectionSomeone I don’t know?Must I pretend that I’mSomeone else for all time?When will my reflection showWho I am inside?
Navigating life as a (non-white) big city girl in a (homogenous) small town world was challenge enough. But I was also a new wife AND mom, struggling to live out those new roles in a God-honoring way. Even though I found saving grace in Los …
What is This 25 Miles Per Hour Biznass? After bawlin’ on and off during the first few hours of my drive heading north, I pulled on my big girl pants and attempted to take captive my thoughts and cling onto the vision that catapulted us …
A ghetto Valley girl in a wife and mom worldWondering what happened when life unfurledA guy showed up in his Chevy truckUnlikely suitor, love got me stuck*Next thing I know – old life’s out the windowTryin’ to make do without Guess and AldoMaking casseroles … …
At the time, it looked the contrary. I was diagnosed with Postpartum Depression, we closed down our retail business, we let go of all our properties, and then some. I was struggling to be a good mom and wife and follower of Jesus. But really, there was …
