[POD] #1: The Struggle Is Real. Maybe. Wait a minute. . . Is the struggle actually real? Is that saying really true? Write about how you know it is or is not, using an example of a struggle you’ve experienced in your own life. It is easy to think that the struggle is not so real... Continue Reading →
As a child and young teen, I thought the world revolved around me. The adults and my friends did little to convince me otherwise at the time. When reality set in as a teen mother, that the world didn't revolve around me, I realized very little was about me. Most of my family still expect... Continue Reading →
Understand that I am a type A personality. I like to complete things, and like to help out and be useful in all places. I have learned how to relax over the past few years, but I learned that I am uncomfortable just "being." Other than my parents and my husband's grandparents I haven't... Continue Reading →
When my youngest daughter was under two, we had a baby gate from the living room to the master bedroom where the laundry and an exterior door were. One day in a hurry to get something done, I fell over the gate. The force with which I fell, and how I caught myself left my... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 