Can I Get a Side of Affirmation, Please?

Affirmation, by definition, means emotional support or encouragement. Interestingly, affirmation is not one of my top needs, but just like eating inadequate quantities of fruits and vegetables leads to vitamin deficiencies, lack of affirmation may lead to an emotional rut, which is where I have found myself recently. Read More

Born To Stand Out

I have found myself so many times standing alone on ethical issues; it is not easy being the lone dissenter if you would, and when I feel the burden weighing down, I remind myself that this is who I am called to be, a light in the darkness. Sometimes that means enduring those who speak ill against me. It’s a hard road, but we are not promised it would be easy, only that our reward is great in heaven. Read More

Mandy Is A Mommy

Babies seemed to happen for everyone else so naturally, not for Mandy. Joyful anticipation soon turned to sorrow. Everywhere she turned, the rounded bellies of expectant mothers only intensified Mandy’s feelings of failure. Her heart desired to kiss the soft down of hair on her infant’s head, inhaling the newborn scent while holding him or her close. Read More