I Hope You Fly

I HOPE YOU FLY: LETTER FROM AN INTROVERT MOTHER Mar 10, 2017 (Originally published on my www.raisingmydreams.com site) My dear daughters,  So often when I reach the beginning of something I worry about falling. I think this each time I need to take a leap of faith, whether in myself or whether in my trust […]

Close Enough To Heal

Pain is part of the healing process, it allows us to know that there is something going on. In the case of grief it reminds us of our love for the person we do not have in our lives. In this case it can get easier in our lives, but only when we allow ourselves to mourn, and allow the healing of love to occur.

Remembering and the Process of Change

Remembering and the Process of Change In one of my more recent posts (which you can read here), I wrote about the heartbreak I experienced in losing a child through miscarriage. I wrote about how through that trial I allowed myself to become socially cut off, I still interacted with people and went through the […]

Tender Mercies Even In Heartache

TENDER MERCIES EVEN IN HEARTACHE MARCH 18, 2019 To read about what I learned from my anxiety and grief click on these links: anxiety and grief Jenny from @brokentobeautiful on Instagram shares about a Japanese art called Kintsugi where broken pottery is mended with gold lacquer. The result is beautiful. Through this process something beautiful is created out […]

What Experiencing Grief Taught Me

When I was 15 years old I had an experience happen that changed my entire family. It guided me on the path that has led me to where I am today. My younger brother passed away.  Sam had multiple health complications and was not supposed to live the 11 years that he was able to […]

Growing Up With Anxiety

I am someone who strongly believes that God knows us very well. He knows us so well that he knows exactly the trials and experiences that we need to have in order to grow, in order to become the people we have the greatest potential to become. The trials and experiences that we have are […]