I like deals and sales… especially on clothing. I use coupons and I shop bargains. One day, in particular, I was ordering something online and as I headed to the website, a box popped up letting me know that If I were to subscribe by entering my email address, I would get a 20% off coupon in my inbox. Did I do it??? You bet I did! And with no hesitation. After entering my email address, I waited just enough time for that coupon to hit my inbox and I added that beloved coupon

Well, since it is officially past my bedtime, I suppose now’s the perfect time to share. Lol. “Don’t call it a comeback!” HA! I know it’s been a while but… well… I just couldn’t. But here goes…… I can recall scrolling my Facebook timeline and seeing that someone was angry with their mother and didn’t want to talk to her again. I said a prayer that their relationship could be restored. I read once where a young lady never knew her dad and didn’t care to because she felt he’d n

A couple weeks ago, I was outside talking with my bro and sis and I was stung by a bee. I was devastated, and I made sure that they knew it. I made a huge deal about it… mainly because it really did hurt. My wrist became swollen and red, and the area began to burn. I even called my mom and dad in Michigan to whine about it (no judgement necessary). See, I hadn’t been stung by a bee since I was in kindergarten… lining up… after recess… (yes, I remember). So apparently, the nat

Heeeeyyyyy y’all!!! I’m back… during my favorite writing hour: BEDTIME! Even more so because I had caffeine at about 7:30 pm (I had to, I was highway drivin). Pray that sleep slaps me. Lol. So, I had a thought, or twelve, but I’m gonna just share one with you. Mmmkay… Have you ever been stranded on the side of the road? Like, has your car ever broken down to the point where you had to leave it or get it towed? Well, I’ve only had that happen once, while I was in college. But

My dad is a tailor and he has has been my entire life, and even before I was born. In fact, he’s still the only one allowed to alter any garment of mine; I just don’t trust anybody else to do it. A split seam, pants too long, need an extra button hole, yep, only my dad can fix it. And I mean that! Only once has anyone else attempted to alter anything of mine, and Growing up, I’d always hear customers ask my dad, “Aye Eddie, how much would you charge me to make this suit I wan

I read the first chapter of the book of Deuteronomy the other day, where Moses reminded the Children of Israel of how bad they messed stuff up (insert eye roll).  As I went on reading, I made it to verse 29, he said, “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man

My paternal grandmother, Hessie Lee Hanks (we called her La La), lived with us for a few years of my childhood, until she passed. She was four foot 9 inches tall, and you’d better not try to step to her. Not necessarily because of my dad or my brothers, although they would get you together, but because she didn’t play. I dare say that much of my no nonsense attitude comes from her and my maternal grandmother, Ethel. La passed two weeks before Christmas break, my freshman year

Hey y’all!!! Yes… yes… I know it’s beyond bedtime AND the time changed on me AND tomorrow is Sunday, which means CHUUUURRRRCH!!! I am SO EXHAUSTED… but the good kind, you know what I’m talkin about, don’t you? When you praise God so long and He wrecks your life so good that now you’re worn out completely? Yep… that kind. Anyhoo… I can’t sleep, but I’m sure that after this post I’ll sleep soundly and wake up feelin AMAZING for church! Okay, so, here’s my pitch………… So many tim

Alright….. hey y’all!  Okay, here we go………………………….. So, yesterday (I suppose you can call it yesterday) I was sleeping very soundly.  Like, that sleep was so good, I could taste it (LOL).  It was raining too, so that was an added bonus.  Now, at about…. Idk…. 5:14 a.m. (shhhhh, I looked at my phone), I dreamed that I heard water in my apartment, like, a lot of water….. and remember, it was raining outside.  Except, then, I realized that it wasn’t a dream and so I thought that

Oh….hey y’all!  Happy Saturday to ya!  I pray that your day is going AMAZINGLY! 😉 Okay…so the reason for my post today is this picture———-> Mmmkay….so, one of my friends posted this with the caption “Two little red tomatoes on a very dead tomato plant.”  I looked at the picture for a few minutes and first thought about how AMAZING this is.  Then, I thought about how dead this plant actually looks.  Liiiikkke, I wouldn’t expect anything to grow from it.  Let alone survive on

Today, I went to wor The thing about it is, I don’t “feel” busy. And by that, I mean that with ALL THE STUFF THAT I DO (if I listed everything off, you’d ask me if I had or needed an assistant or two, or twelve), I’m never exhausted, I ENJOY what I do, and most times, I feel like I have plenty of time in my day to get it all done. Now, of course I have tired days and spaces where I get crunched for time, but I’m not overwhelmed or frazzled. It hasn’t always been this way. And

So…..a couple weeks ago, I was at work and one of the girls I work with had some chicken and fries from this chicken joint in town.  You know those places….. the chicken wings are AMAZING but you know they fry EVERYTHING in the same grease (**debate me**).  Anyhoo…… since discovering that I’m gluten intolerant, I can’t eat food from those places anymore (or most places, it seems).  They reek havoc on my ENTIRE LIFE….. or at least my digestive system.  Well, I ATE THE FRIES!!!

A few weeks ago, my brother preached a message on the Church of Corinth. He spoke on how, although Paul went in and planted “good seeds” with the teachings of Christ, others came in and uprooted all that they’d been taught and then planted seeds of false doctrine. He talked about how this false teaching began to take root in the people of the church, causing them not to know the truth. Toward the end of service, he stated that there were some people that God had to go in and

So…..the other day, after an unnecessary hiatus, I started running AGAIN! You: “Yay!!! Congrats…I’m so proud of you!!!” Me: “OMGosh…thank you so much!”  LOL! Mmmkay…..as I was leaving out of my apartment, I was trying to figure out what I needed to do once I got back home.  I could barely lock my door because I was racking my brain, thinking about my next task.  Liiiiikkkkke, I hadn’t even made it out of my apartment building and I was making a mental to-do list (on top of th