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In 2022 I wrote a post titled "If You're In The Valley..." and it marks the moment in time I started using this space to write about more meaningful things than fashion. It marks the moment in time when I began sharing the writing that helped me process my grief. This blog is my personal journey from happy, naïve, and focused on the wrong things - to the person I am today that is constantly growing and changing but hopefully for the better. I could delete my first posts but they show me where I've been. My posts since 2022 show me where I'm going.

-Monica

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Submit. Pray. Trust.

Dec 18, 20249 min read

Submit. Pray. Trust.

My regular readers know 2022 was a year of death, waiting, prayers and No’s. I ended the year in a bitter place and I knew it was going...

If You’re In The Wilderness…

Jun 7, 20249 min read

If You’re In The Wilderness…

My current daily bible study is not a topical one. It is a very simple one designed to meet you in whatever season of life you are in....

There's No Good Way to Lose Someone...

Apr 9, 20243 min read

There's No Good Way to Lose Someone...

I started writing the deeper version of this blog to help me process my own grief and encourage others who also were grieving or just...

Disoriented Hearts

Mar 26, 20246 min read

Disoriented Hearts

I don’t know how many of my readers find themselves in similar situations in life as me or relate to my thoughts. I grew up in a...

Why Do You Kick Against The Goads…

Mar 7, 20245 min read

Why Do You Kick Against The Goads…

There is a verse found in Acts 26:14 that goes like this, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the...

When Traditions End...

Feb 29, 20246 min read

When Traditions End...

All good things must come to an end. Or so the saying goes. My family is somewhat a family of tradition. I don’t know that they set out...

If You’re Not Having A “Happy Good Day”

Feb 20, 20246 min read

If You’re Not Having A “Happy Good Day”

Communicating with my grandparents as they got older became challenging due to hearing loss. Communicating via technology was a whole new...

Untitled

Nov 28, 20237 min read

Untitled

I had a hard time thinking of a name for this post. I typed the whole thing out without a title. The software that I use categorized it...

Thanksgiving

Nov 20, 20237 min read

Thanksgiving

Even though I haven’t been sharing much, I have still been writing. Imposter syndrome is fun. Every time I feel inspired to share...

The Weight of The Period

Sep 26, 20233 min read

The Weight of The Period

I'm not a great grammar student. There is likely a grammatical error in that sentence alone. There definitely will be at least one before...

It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

Aug 14, 20235 min read

It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

I didn't intend for this blog to be any kind of a ministry. I only intended for it to be an encouraging space to share uplifting...

If You Feel Like God Isn't Listening...

Jul 3, 202311 min read

If You Feel Like God Isn't Listening...

I look back over my life and can think of things that I asked for that God answered. I can see things I asked for and He answered yes. I...

If You're Going Through An Existential Crisis...

Jun 20, 202310 min read

If You're Going Through An Existential Crisis...

My friend Courtney helped me subtitle this post “A.K.A. Your Thirties”. I don’t want to pretend or equate what I’ve gone through to the...

If Kindness Was As Easy As A Cup of Coffee...

Jun 6, 20234 min read

If Kindness Was As Easy As A Cup of Coffee...

I moved to Paducah, Kentucky from Alabama in July of 2013. I was moving “north’, but I was still located in the southern region of the...

Rejoicing and Weeping and Doing It All Together...

Apr 25, 20237 min read

Rejoicing and Weeping and Doing It All Together...

I don’t typically post this close together but since this is part two of “Getting Comfortable In The Waiting” I wanted to get it out...

Getting Comfortable In The Waiting...

Apr 18, 20236 min read

Getting Comfortable In The Waiting...

This was supposed to have been scheduled for Monday, April 17th but I mistakenly scheduled it for today. I'm glad because it gave me the...

Some Thoughts On Empathy...

Apr 3, 20236 min read

Some Thoughts On Empathy...

A few years ago I had the privilege of attending a leadership seminar for women. One of the speakers was Celeste Headlee. She is a...

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart...

Mar 20, 20237 min read

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart...

I wrote this in January of 2019. My Grandpa had Alzheimer's and was known to repeat himself pretty regularly. One of his sayings I...

If Life Could Be So Much More...

Mar 6, 20236 min read

If Life Could Be So Much More...

Many of my friends have asked me if and why I was moving away from my jewelry boutique after reading my post about being In The Valley...

If You Feel Lost In Your Grief...

Feb 20, 20236 min read

If You Feel Lost In Your Grief...

I remember when I started my first job just weeks before graduating college. It was at a local advertising agency in Searcy, Arkansas. I...

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