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Find Blessings In Sickness

I found myself desiring a sleep retreat. Having kids you realize quickly that sleep becomes luxury. I also kept saying if only I had time to deep clean my home, oh how nice would it be to have it all in order. Then my mind kept wandering and over the holidays I treated myself with way to many desserts and delicious meals that I added some unwanted pounds. On top of it we are in a very conscious financial season and need to cut some cost to maintain a healthy budget. All of these thoughts became my prayers to God and oh did all of them come true, but not in the package I expect it.   We had an intense round of sickness for a month. Between joint pains, back pains, flu and stomach bugs, we just got hit with one thing after another and took turns amongst us four. But in it all God was with us. Thank you Lord. I learned many valuable lessons. While we were sick, we received opportunities to rest and catch up on sleep. When Todd was sick I deep cleaned our home. Through having the sto...

Never Settle

I wrote this blog 6 months ago... I remember when I started going to the church consistently, there were still some things in my life that I haven’t fully surrendered to God. I would go to church on Sundays, sometimes even for 2-3 services and occasionally on a Tuesday Prayer Meeting. The rest of the week would look completely different. I was still very much caught up with a worldly life style. My Friday nights were occupied with the hottest night clubs and I was emotional unhealthy and longing to be in a relationship. During the week I was chasing an empty dream of becoming the next Victoria’s Secrets Model. My mind flooded with a bunch of lies and insecurities, I just cruised through my days.  Until one day I had enough! I remember, as if it was yesterday. On October 31st in 2007 , I was dressed as Pocahontas (looking crazy) and heading downtown Manhattan to go to one of the many Halloween parties. It started out as any usually night club party. Wild dancing, drinking a...