I woke up, as I have many times, after having a dream about my brother Shawn. He wasn’t physically standing in front of me but when I grabbed my phone and held it up with the camera facing out my bubba was there. I took a screenshot and a photo but when I went back […]
➡️❤️For several years now I have been transforming my life, moving beyond generational poverty to a place where I can contribute generously to meaningful causes. While some are born into wealth, my journey involves overcoming challenges of homelessness, governmental assistance and the help and generosity of others in order to overcome. I am still working […]
As I watch my daughter gracefully swing from the tree swing, a wave of nostalgia washes over me. In this fleeting moment, it feels as if time has slowed, allowing us to embrace the present while savoring the beauty of the past. Each push, an echo of innocence and youth, resonates deep within my heart. […]
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕💕💙💙💙💙💙 23 years ago I became a homeless, runaway youth! I ran away after my birth mother had attempted to murder me. I used a payphone, much like this one to call a friend.  I can’t even explain to you the amount of courage it takes to pick up the phone and call for […]
When students get angry I sometimes let them break my pencils while taking deep breaths in their nose and out of their mouths. I ask them to break it as much as they can until they feel calmer. Today I placed this kiddos broken pencil in a bowl until he visited again later in the […]
As a daughter, I can and will always choose to forgive.As a mother, I often struggle to understand.As a human I am desperate for change. I never asked to be a survivor of childhood trauma, abuse, and neglect. I didn’t want to be a homeless youth or a “pull up those bootstraps girl”. I survived […]
Something about this is keeping me awake. Maybe it’s that the test developers made this an answer choice. Maybe it’s that a kid that doesn’t always like reading showed proof he is reading. Maybe it’s that success is subjective and we truly cannot measure another humans success by our own bias standards. Did you do […]
My thoughts last night: You are too loud…You are too quiet…You are too much…You are not enough…You are too strict…You are too Free spirited…You are too mean…You are too kind…You are too giving…You are too selfish…You are too emotional…You are too closed off…You are too sad…You are too excited… Whatever you are, my hope for […]
Healing is not a linear journey! You don’t just go from point A to point B and automatically think, “okay it’s done, I’m Healed, it’s all over”! It is a process of taking turns down dead end roads and turning around. It’s walking left and losing signal with your map in unknown territory and not […]
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