Legend had a great month in May! He’s gaining weight, growing taller, and controlling his episodes better when he throws up and struggles to breath. He has a new care team. He’s been doing great in therapy exceeding the expectations that his old company had set for him. He’s more alert and becoming increasingly active …
Read the full post →“My Soul Teacher Lesson #17: Delayed, Denied, or Divine?”
My big boy started school last month! I cried like a baby when I got to myself and realized that he was growing up. Junie soon faced challenges as he was making the adjustment to going to school everyday. Some days he was excited to go and on others there were tears. Whenever we would …
Read the full post →“My Soul Teacher Lesson #15: Leave Your Comfort Zone”
I’ve been carrying Legend for almost 2 years now. First in my womb and now in my arms. I use to carry him everywhere in a carrier before he got a g-button placed in his stomach. In the womb, he was unable to sustain his own life so I did all that I could to …
Read the full post →“My Soul Teacher Lesson #13: Carrying Grace”
It had been a long week spent in the hospital with Legend back in March after the doctors diagnosed him with lysosomal storage disease (which has changed since then, thank God.) We were all exhausted, stressed, and ready to go home. I had asked the Child Life Specialist to come in to speak with Jr. …
Read the full post →“My Soul Teacher Lesson #12: Jr. The Artist”
Here lately I’ve developed this poor habit of falling asleep without putting my phone on the charger. When I start the next day my phone is already in the yellow zone or sometimes on red signaling that it needs to be charged as soon as possible. I start the cycle of putting my phone on …
Last year I packed up a U-haul along with my family and started my whole life over. The life that I had put in work to achieve. I had a great job with salary pay and benefits. I had just earned a promotion and a certificate in Contract Management. I was even winning awards in …
Did I understand why at the time? Of course not, but it was necessary.
As the tree Standing in front of me Weathers each storm May I too Be this kind of strong May I stand tall May I rise above all May my roots run deep In the soil beneath As I grow Corinthian Elizabeth “All That is Love” The Book of Corinthian
I use to want to be perfect Failure was my biggest fear I’d cower at the thought of being transparent Believing that my flaws would depict Me as being insincere I use to want to be perfect Always putting on the good face Masking all of my pain Doing so in good faith I use …
My oldest shouted, “Mommy I want some breakfast.” “What do you want?” I asked. He answered with, “Just some plain toast.” While I was preparing the toast, he kept asking if the toast was ready. I urged him to wait a few more minutes. He began growing impatient and I began to get slightly annoyed. …
Read the full post →“My Soul Teacher Lesson #3: More Gratitude, Less Stress”
My husband was holding our baby boy a few days ago and he made the observation, “He still hasn’t stretched his legs all the way out.” My husband tried to hold baby boy away from his body to help him stretch his legs out. His legs stretched a little but quickly curled back up. My baby’s …
What do seasons, temperature, technology, and time have in common? The answer is they all change. Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher of the 6th century, coined the phrase, “change is the only constant in life” that is commonly referenced today. We’ve all heard this saying more than once or twice, but what does it actually mean? Every day, …
