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Week 2:

"Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude."  – Anne Frank While debating whether or not I was going to do this flower journey I ran across this quote. It hit hard! Wow, how many people have I failed? How many opportunities have I missed to tell someone, "hey, you are valued and I see you?" This quote, confirmed I needed to do this, because I want the people in my life to know they are loved while they are living. Instead of their loved ones knowing they were loved after they are gone.  My junior year of high school my Uncle James lost his battle to cancer. He had three kids and a fourth on the way. After his funeral mom created a tradition in our home, Christmas letters. Each year every member of our family had a piece of paper with their name at the top and everyone in the family had to write a kind note, mom wanted all of us to know and have a reminder that we are loved and valued. You see, at my un...

Week 1:

Hello!  Take two: This is the second time I've started this post… I have so much to say but I'm not sure how to say it, which is shocking because I have a gift for always having something to say. I have this nagging voice in my head telling me to STOP, to stop writing, to stop blessing, to stop trying, to just stop. This voice wants me to give up. Good news is I don't want to and I'm not gonna!  My original post this week was deleted because it was VERY negative, and honestly really whiny. That's an easy place to set up camp in. I've noticed recently in my life an attitude of "woe is me", which is unfortunate, because I'm not really a, "woe is me" person. I'm at my best when I'm fighting to prove people wrong, I like being the underdog and I love a challenge, mostly because I'm awesome and more people need to know this. This side of me is only this way because of the fire God put inside me. I also love when God gives ...

Supermarket Flowers

I'm back!  I've decided to embark on another 52 weeks of joy in memory of my mother. I would like to take the next 52 weeks to honor her and the legacy she left behind. Next week would've been my mother's 60th birthday. For newcomers, let me do a quick recap about my mom and her death. My mom was the best example of a Christ Follower. She wasn't just a Sunday church going Christian she had a real intimate relationship with Jesus. On her death bed she would ask anyone who entered her room if they knew HER JESUS. She wanted to save as many souls possible before she met her King face to face. On April 23rd, 2011 mom was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, she was throwing up blood. Turns out mom had an ulcer rupture which typically isn't as serious as it was for mom. Mom had a bad liver, not from alcohol, but I guess because that was the liver God gave her. Before Jonathan (my brother) and I were born mom was admitted to the hospital because of her liver, they...