I apologize for the delay, y’all. I’ve been feeling under the weather. I feel better now. I hope you all are well and dealing with the pandemic as best as you can. That said, on with this post. When I started this blog there were some who thought maybe I was slightly nuts. I will
Tag: Family
A frequent question I get is are you angry at God? No is always my answer. It would be easy to be angry about my condition to be honest. To give up and stop figuring out what a full life looks like for me would be pretty easy as well. It’s not in my DNA.
I adore my paternal grandfather. If you’ve followed this blog for a while you know that. The world called him Kirk because his first name was too hard for most people to pronounce. I get the honor of calling him granddaddy and buddy as his only grandchild. Kirk bravely thrived with Parkinson’s my whole life
My church did something cool for Mother’s Day. As part of virtual service tomorrow: they asked us all to video what we loved about our Mama’s in 10 seconds or less. Y’all I tried to put my feelings about my mama in 10 seconds or less, but I quickly discovered I couldn’t. She deserves so
Garth Brooks is the recipient of the Gershwin Prize for popular song tonight. Such an honor is beyond well deserved. My childhood had two anchors music artist wise: Billy Joel and Garth. Mama bought a tape of his album The Hits when I was in elementary school. I had my school chorus audition before school
I’m going to break this list down by genre. Some artists might belong in multiple genres, but will only be listed once. The genres will be listed in alphabetical order. My mama and Granny were and are huge influences on my musical tastes. They shared their favorite artists with me and gave me the freedom
When I was a high school freshmen: I had a stalker. He was a senior. He was a big guy. I am petite. He rode my bus because he had his own condition. He was quite scary. He would show up everywhere I was it seemed. A lot of girls my age would be flattered
My hometown is small. When I was growing up we had one stop light. When Dairy Queen came to town: it was a huge deal. Growing up in such a small town was wonderful. However, it had its drawbacks. I felt like I was the weird, quiet, determined, studious, girl in the power chair. It
In honor of International Women’s Day: I want to talk about the women in my life who help and expect me to thrive. Mama: my mama is my champion and friend. She is my warrior. She also has no time for excuses from me. She raised me to love God, and everyone else. She taught
My presidential fellowship year brought with it lots of internal pressure. I wanted to represent my mentor, university, myself and everyone who loves me well. Every one else had no doubt I would, but I definitely did. I remember having many conversations with my chosen brother/journey partner about the pressure I felt. At some point