Category: personal battles & victories

I was pruning my succulents this afternoon. This pretty photo represents one of my potted succulents on my back porch with like a year or more of growth (since the Feb 2021 freeze in Texas). As I started looking closely I saw dead roots. 😔 I knew this was gonna take more than a minute.… Continue reading What needs to be pruned spiritually (or physically) in your life?

Last assignment of the spring semester submitted. Last class today. 3 classes = 3 A’s. What was different this time around? Grace for myself; realistic expectations and really disciplined time-management. I prioritized my physical, spiritual and mental health. I worked out, did yoga or meditation 6 out of 7 days of the week, every week… Continue reading Doctoral School: Spring experience

What does freezing in your house look like? I wouldn't have known until 2 days ago. February 15, 2021. I woke up at 2:30 am to my neighbors generator roaring so loudly, and then it hit me. I came out from under my covers to a freezing cold house. I realized very quickly that the… Continue reading Freezing in my Own House

I originally wrote this in May 2020. Not sure why I didn't post. I just found it in my drafts February 2021. So, why not post it. It may still be true today? Almost a year in to the global pandemic, new normal world with COVID-19. I'm on week 9 working from home...really it's week… Continue reading Late Post: Work from Home Feelings (written in May 2020)

7. Let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who love is born of God and knows God. 8. But anyone who does not love does not know God – for God is love. 9. God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world… Continue reading 1 John 4 (NLT) & My Prayer for Right now

I’ve been saying this phrase for at least 10 years. In seasons of waiting - waiting on breakthrough, waiting on an answer, waiting on God to do something, waiting on a promise to be fulfilled, don’t waste time. Take steps of action in obedience. Or be still. Sometimes, in the quiet, doing nothing, you’ll hear… Continue reading Waiting Time is Not Wasted Time

No one deserves to die on a street pinned down by their neck, for any reason or circumstance. No one should be yelled at and threatened while walking in a park and kindly asking you to honor a city law by leashing your dog for safety reasons. No one deserves to be shot while running,… Continue reading Heart problems

To my black friends...I’m sorry.I don’t understand.I have no way of understanding.I will never understand.I’m sorry.I wish I could hug you - you know I like to hug. ☺️Please know I see this, I hear you, I read your posts, I’ll do my part to speak on behalf of injustice. (Not always publicly on social… Continue reading May 7, 2020 – Amhaud Arbery