Empowering Daughters of God

    "To have something you've never had before, you must be willing to do something you've never done before." -Thomas Jefferson A powerful statement!  Life has taken me in directions I never thought it would.  I have done things I never thought or dreamed I would do, and still, I feel like my life is pretty dull, haha!  It seems that no matter what I do or what happens to me there is a profound lesson to be learned!  Therein lies the excitement to my life, in the lesson! For a time I thought I would be a doctor.  I love biological sciences, especially human sciences.  Well, that is not what became of me.  I saw many doctors growing up.  I have always had a close, yet odd relationship with a dentist.  Every time I go to a new dentist and they take a peek at my x-rays, they express their hope that I have good insurance, haha!  I was very sick as a child, I mean more so than average.  Even in the womb the doctor had trouble hearing my heart beat

With recent events, I have felt compelled to write about these very hard events in my life.  When I started writing this I did not realize Father's Day was coming up.  Maybe the irony of it all is inappropriate or maybe it is completely appropriate, only God knows.  I don't write this to hurt anyone, gossip, or shed negative light on anyone.  This is my life and this is the truth of what I lived.  The truth has a habit of eventually revealing itself!  These events have had huge influence on who I have become.  They are so intertwined in my very being that they have a pull on some of the everyday thoughts and decisions that I face!  If you are to understand what makes me tick, you must know these events.  The prompting to help someone, a wedding, and an invitation to a family reunion have stirred some emotions in me and made me realize that perhaps I have turned a corner, perhaps part of me is healed by the power of forgiveness. As a small child I vividly remember approachin

Ever feel like you are a vibrant young spirit trapped in an older body?  This is kind of how I feel sometimes. Sometimes the body just does not do what we want it to do, or feel how we want it to feel. I have had Astigmatism my entire life and in recent years I have been seeing a lot of these little floaters in my vision.  A couple of summers ago it was more than normal and very bothersome.  I went back to my eye doctor and he assured me nothing serious was wrong and "It's just normal as you get older!"  Wait, I'm not old, not even close.  Last year I thought I was losing my hearing.  I had symptoms of an ear infection, but no pain. For months I put up with this almost constant background static and sometimes ringing.  I was extremely sensitive to loud noises and it was horrible!  I could not sleep at night due to all of these mysterious ailments.  After a few months my ear drum did break and to my surprise, it was relieving.  I did not have any pain or drainage at