The other night after a little encouragement from one of my biggest cheerleaders ( my daughter), I did my very first live video post (vlog) on periscope. What was supposed to be a quick background introduction on how Knocked Down – But Not Out came about, quickly turned into much more. What God is doing in this…
It’s a year to the day that you left us. I knew it was coming, we all did. In your moments of clarity you spoke constantly about wanting to go home and be with your mother and see your brothers. During your last days you had become frustrated and agitated that Jesus hadn’t come to take you home yet. We knew, we felt the shift of the seasons, but it still hurt none the less.
I’ve never been a morning person, I’ve always been a bit of a night owl. I guess that’s just when my mind is most active and my creative juices flow the best. My son on the other hand, is a morning person. He’s an early riser and is always in a good mood. I mean…
So today was major for me. I actually sat down at a restaurant, completely alone and had lunch. I didn’t phone a friend or read a book to distract me. Outside of using my phone to write this post, I sat on the patio and enjoyed the fresh air with my headphones on low. (I’m…
Most days I have so many thoughts and ideas that are playing all at once in my mind that they some times cancel each other out before I can shift through them all and pick one out of the bunch. But today during my morning commute the one thing that kept playing over and over…
Eyeing my reflection in the mirror and hearing myself repeat this one statement over and over again one night, was strange but ended up being a total eye opener. “My name is Tashauna and I’m a perfectionist”. (Perfectionism, is defined as a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable.) Hearing myself verbalize such a…
Lately, I’ve spent quite a bit of time reflecting on my past in order to embrace my future. Now, I’m not dwelling on the past, (by nature I tend to over analyze things) I’m just reflecting on it, making mental notes and moving on. Recently my mind went back to a particularly difficult time in…
