• Growing

    Still Growing

    I am still growing. You reminded me of that as I was scrolling through my Pinterest feed. I am okay with that. Growing means I am alive. Growing means I am changing. Growing means I am learning. Growing means that you care. Most importantly, growing means that I am getting stronger. I am strong because of you. You fill me up with your strength. You care enough to remind me just how important I am by sending me little encouraging words through social media. You met me right where I am at. Through self-reflection, I find you there coaching me through those tough moments. I beat myself up through comparison…

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  • Rejection

    Rejected

    I check my phone hopeful that there is a message waiting for me. Nope, not yet. I try to get back to work, but am distracted by what has been weighing on my heart, the hope of a job offer. I open up my main program at work and work on the next request in my queue. I know that I am not doing my best work, but I try to determine what the customer has requested and translate it into what I am working on. No luck. I eagerly check my phone again. Still nothing yet. I get back to work and start a new task which I think…

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  • Moments,  Timing

    The Perfect Moment

    The other day it happened to be raining out. It was wonderful to have the rain seeing as it has been very dry lately. At one point, I noticed the sky getting brighter. I quickly ran over to the window to check for a rainbow. Sadly, I was disappointed, but I knew in my heart that there was going to be a rainbow, but I was just too early. You see, a friend of mine, her grandma was in her last days, so I knew there was going to be a rainbow. God has shown me rainbows before around the time of people’s deaths. It continued to get brighter outside…