Battered Bruised Not Broken

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself and others because it frees you from the burden of carrying past pain and allows you to live a more fulfilling and […]

I was happily married or so I thought. I went through the motions with this marriage the price I paid is beyond what words can tell. What made it more

Growing up I constantly heard “you will never be anything in life” I felt defeated, and I wondered why I was even born because every life has a purpose and

It is possible to live a depression-free life.  If you had told me that several years ago, I would have dismissed you.  I would have dismissed you because I was

It was early one morning when I encountered the Lord in a dream to show me the course of my life. As he did, what became prevalent was that he

It was May 20, 2008, and I woke up to my mentally ill brother vomiting and coughing, and my mother quarreling trying to ascertain what was wrong with him. I

There was always an overwhelming level of dysfunction and toxicity not only in my home, but also in my community. As a teen I felt like there had to be better

Growing up I lived with my paternal grandparents, while living there my dad came to stay with us because he was ill. Though I didn’t get the hugs and kisses