When Your Words Feel Like They Land in Silence… There’s a certain kind of vulnerability in writing — the kind where you take pieces of your heart, shape them into sentences, and send them out into the world with no guarantee they’ll find a home. It’s not “just content.” It’s a part of you. Your…
Category: memoir
What’s in a Courtesy?
The Courtesy We Owe Each Other… In the legal world, there’s a word — Esquire. It’s not just a job title. It’s a courtesy. A way of placing respect right alongside someone’s name. The world doesn’t run on Esquire, but it does run on something like it. Because every day, whether we notice or not,…
10,000 Reasons
If I tried to list every reason I have to be grateful, I’d run out of paper. Not because my life is perfect, but because I’ve learned that blessings are not always wrapped in pretty paper or delivered on sunny days. Some of my reasons are obvious—family, friends, a roof over my head, food on…
Resilience
My daughter and I landed in the Philippines a few years ago to visit and spend time with my family. As always, with any trip we take, I made sure to bring my camera. Four weeks into our six-week vacation, I realized I’d only taken a handful of photos. It’s not that there isn’t beauty…
What’s In A Song?
Music heals me. You might say I am just a hopeless romantic. You might be right, perhaps I am. Music just has a way of soothing my soul. And there are certain ones that I could listen to over and over again and still have the same effect on me, just like the first time…
Loyalty to Legacy
What Ruth and Naomi Teach Us About Women’s Strength Today… In the quiet pages of the book of Ruth, nestled between the lines of loss and famine, is a story that still whispers truth into the lives of women today. Ruth wasn’t born into Naomi’s world. She married into it—and then, after loss shattered their…
She Is Still Seen
A Letter to the Women of Today… They weren’t given names in the text. The woman who knelt with her alabaster jar, breaking it open in pure devotion. The woman dragged into the temple courts, accused of adultery, humiliated before a crowd. The bleeding woman who reached for the hem of His robe, desperate for…
Why I Keep Writing
When Words Save You: Why I Keep Writing Even When It’s Hard There are days I sit in front of the screen and feel absolutely empty. No inspiration. No spark. Just silence, fatigue, and the heaviness of too much life. And yet—I write. Not because I always feel brave. Not because I have it all…
Expectations at a Cost
When Letting Go of Expectations Comes at a Cost There’s a common message in today’s world: “Lower your expectations, and you won’t be disappointed.” On the surface, it sounds wise. Peaceful, even. But beneath that advice lies a quiet truth we don’t talk about enough. In relationships—whether romantic, familial, or friendships—expectations often come from a…
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