My next project is one that would not have existed if I did not walk the bike. Back in September, I was faced with a tough choice — delay my dream or take a leap. I found out what walking by faith and now by sight meant. I knew what it meant … but […]
It was May 8th, 1983. I had already woken up with a heavy heart and grief so fierce that it hurt. The pain was raw like a fresh open wound and as I stood in church, it felt like the place that should comfort me just poured salt in my open wound. I was […]
Yesterday, I hosted my team kick off party for the Lupus Foundation of America’s Atlanta Walk for Lupus Now Walk. I started the year with a vision of taking my volunteer and charity work, as well as my business, to a new level. I knew it was going to be hard and I knew […]
Do you know how much I hear: “I am not as smart as you”, “I don’t have a husband”, “Everyone likes you”, “You are brave”, “I don’t make the same kind of money you do”, — I could go on. These phrases sting like I am being poked with a very sharp object. Like […]
The hospice contacted me Friday desperately needing someone to sit with one of the patients on Saturday for four hours. I am less than two weeks from a very special vacation and wedding anniversary. At the same time, the pressure to get things done at work before my vacation is at its highest. However, I […]
As I prepare for the Walk to End Lupus Now Atlanta event, I look back on a period not too long ago when I was sick and depressed and was desperately seeking to be rescued. My flares had taken me to a place that left me raw, exposed and vulnerable. I cried for my mom as […]
As you can imagine, my life changed drastically when my mom died. In the blink of an eye, so many changes took place–more than my twelve-year-old mind could absorb. The most startling thing for me was how cruel adults could be. I had no idea that the people in the fiction books I read really […]
Silence is golden but it can be pretty destructive as well. One of my secrets is the anxiety that I feel about things that I never used to feel so anxious about. I have a lot of noise in my head and this week I had more than usual: What if I lose my job? What […]
