Brave Heart, Brave Soul. She who is brave is free.

  “It’s the second half that has the happy ending.” ~  Lisa Alter Mark  I’m asked two questions, a lot.  The first one is usually, “how has your marriage lasted so long? “And the second is typically, “what’s your secret”?  Now, I could come up with a slew of quirky, clever, wisely inspired answers. And they would probably float. But honestly, there isn’t one answer or any particular secret to a successful marriage.  So, how’d we get here? Better yet how’d we find ourselves at the beginning of year 27 together? Well, we didn’t just wake up one morning and have a flourishing marriage. That's for sure. No, our success has come through a ton of trials and errors. The hubby and I don’t fit like a perfect mold. We both came into our marriage young with dings and dents. We’re extremely stubborn, hardheaded and difficult. Neither of us are saints. We’re two very different, flawed and imperfect people and that’s putting it mildly. While there’s no big secret to our ...

“Do you think the universe fights for souls to be together? Some things are too strange and strong to be coincidence.” ~ Unknown     Nearly twenty-three years ago I met the love of my life. Six months later I married him. To be honest I wasn’t exactly looking for love when love found me. But part of my plan or not, love still found a way. I was seriously in a place of  singledom . And I liked it. I had just graduated college. I was working towards my future as an independent woman. I was eager to spread my wings and fly. Relationships weren’t on my radar, in any way. In fact, the idea of having a serious courtship was completely non-existent. Just thinking about dating gave me a headache. I’d decided I was better off being single and taking care of myself. I had things to do, places to be and people to see anyway. At this stage of my life being the other half of a some made up fairytale,  wanna  be twosome wasn’t happening. I wanted no part of be...

"When people are intimidated  by your strength and happiness, they'll try and break you down, and break your spirit. Remember, it's a reflection of their weakness, and not a reflection of you." ~ Free Spirited We have a saying here in the South. Truthfully it's probably where 'Bless your heart' originated. See, while we're biting our tongues, mama's raisin' isn't forgotten. When folks are acting all high and mighty and being ugly we simply remind ourselves to kill 'em with kindness. Lord have mercy! This task may be really difficult at times, but the truth is, you catch way more flies with honey than you do with vinegar, that's for sure. Now when it comes to those who ain't acting like they got good sense or feeling the need to make a mountain out of a molehill, well you just gotta remind yourself, "more Jesus, less drama." Mama didn't raise no fool... I can assure y'all of that. When gossip shows her...