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Gobble Gobble! This past week we celebrated a holiday which, like many others, is known for getting together with family and friends to eat, watch sports, eat, play games, and eat some more. Thanksgiving looked a little different this year for many of us. Some had to face the day knowing that their loved ones are no longer with them. Some were working and couldn't really see family and friends. Some are still missing their kidnapped family members. Others couldn't see family and friends because they wanted to take precautions due to Covid. There is so much happening and so I think we all can agree that there were many reasons to NOT   be grateful this Thanksgiving. This season is a time to think about your blessings, yet of course, sometimes in life there are situations that tend to overshadow the holidays.  So here I am, with an amazing life, but it can feel pretty unamazing sometimes, with the busyness of raising a toddler and infant, sadness from missing my friends and...

I went into Food Lion this week and a woman was with her daughter walking in as I was coming out. Her daughter had on a mask but she did not. I paused and kind of looked at her with a confused look. When she got to the doorway, she realized she didn't have her mask on so she walked to the side of the building and reached in her purse to retrieve it. Another time, there was a young man I knew in front of me at the register. He didn't have a mask on at all. I gave him a second look and just kept my distance. This is part of our "new normal". Don't forget your keys, wallet, cell phone, mask! When a mask is forgotten, or when it's not quite covering you the way it's supposed to, you might just get a funny look from others around you. We've been mandated to wear masks, we've been instructed on how to wear it. We've been informed on what types are the most effective. However, with all of this comes a variety of interpretation .  What was said? "...

My husband's coworker had been advertising that she has a few lawn signs and bumper stickers of a particular president/vice president candidate for people that wanted them. I thought about getting one but the thought was quickly redirected. Honestly, I felt that publicizing my loyalty to this candidate was somehow going to welcome trouble. Isn't that crazy? Land of the free, home of the brave...It might have been a stretch to think that showing support of a candidate would make us targets for hate. But that was the thought I had, so I ended up not being brave enough to want to display the sign or bumper sticker; the other's  supporters might see it as a welcome sign for hate.  That's what the world has become, a welcome sign for hate! *********************************************************************************** Earlier this past week, I was driving and I noticed that the cars in front of me were not moving but instead were letting drivers come out of an intersecti...

Last Sunday, I set out to do something I had never done before and it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my 35 years of living.  I STARTED JUICING One week later, during my self-reflection, three thoughts became prominent: Make every effort to take care of your health. You can do ANYTHING you put your mind to. Don't go back to something you already came out of. My husband has juiced before and has been successful with it. But anytime he made a juice for me, I would drink it with a meal. He told me that the juice was supposed to be a meal replacement. I never joined him with his juicing because substituting a drink for food didn't make sense to me at all. I loved food way too much and didn't understand how just juice could possibly be enough. So why juice now?  Well, I eat a lot. More specifically, I snack ALL the time. In middle school, I was called Big Hungry. I would eat snacks in class, on the bus, everywhere. If there was food, Big Hungry was eating it....

If you're like me, one of the first things that you do when you wake up in the morning is check Facebook. It might not be the very first thing, but it's on the list. We all know the question asked right when you open the app: "What's on your mind?" I want you to think about what has been on your mind/ heart. The thing that you've been longing for but have used every excuse weighing on you as to why you can't have it. Imagine if you just went for it with no inhibitions; what's the worst that could happen? I didn't need to wait for 2020 in order to understand that life is unpredictable. But the year has still been an eye-opener to finally put some aspirations into action and prayerfully this will be the time that I stick to them. The time is now! All the gifts, all the dreams. Put it into action NOW! All the goals, work on them NOW! I have quite a few things that are in the works; one of them is creating a healthy lifestyle. Over the past few years, ...

HBO's series Insecure is one of my favorite shows. It's one that I have gone back and binged from the beginning multiple times. We are a few episodes into season four and I don't know how y'all are feeling but my heart is tugged on every single week. It's dealing with various topics but the one that's hitting me the most is the intricacies of friendship. I get chills every week being reminded of some of my own thoughts that I've been having lately in life. It's not exactly the same but there are many similarities. It's so familiar seeing them deal with the changes that are happening and watching them handle it differently. I am loving this season and excitedly wait each Sunday night for the next episode. There are so many thoughts that I decided to just write a blog post... So let's talk about Molly.  I've had my issues with her in prior seasons. While the two characters are genuinely friends, I feel like Molly is the one who seeme...