Provence, 1970

by | Jul 10, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Beautiful book, a woman on the path of self-discovery in France in the 70’s while writing and eating yummy food. I have always loved reading M.F.K. Fisher’s books. I discovered her writing while browsing the Longview Public Library looking for a summer read...

The Truth Is…

by | Jul 9, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  Truth sometimes knocks me in the head in the most inconvenient of ways. I am walking minding my own business when whack, I am hit in the head with some new truth, some new knowledge of how things truly are. A couple of weeks ago, one of my sisters hit me with a...

Lessons From A Tomato Plant

by | Jul 8, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey, Weight

Sitting outside on my patio looking at my growing tomato plant, seeing all the fruit that is being produced kind of brought me to the realization that I am like my tomato plant.  When I bought my tomato plant in May it was small, didn’t look healthy at all, but it...

Juicy Joy

by | Jul 7, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  If you are ready to do some deep soul work in order to change the patterns in your life this is the book that will help you. McCourt offers Naked writing and Naked meditations to help one to accomplish great things. Naked means to be real about what is going on...

The Joys Of Medication

by | Jul 6, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

I found this graphic someone made about medications. I take steroids, 2 chemo drugs (Azapathrine and Rituximab), several supplements, and Hydrochlorqine. I am one of the lucky few who has not had to take narcotics to deal with my pain. I am thankful. Taking these...

Yeah Me!

by | Jul 3, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

  Wednesday is here again, and Independence Day is upon us. I loathe Independence Day, not because I am not patriotic. I love my country, I just don’t like all the explosions that happen and how some individuals don’t use their brains very well during this time...

Writing To Wake The Soul

by | Jul 2, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Writing to me has become a practice of sharing my soul with others and myself. This book illustrates this so purely with amazing writing exercises for faith, prayer, sin, love, justice, hope, redemption, grace, hospitality, and reverence. I enjoyed doing the...

Hot

by | Jul 1, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

Grace is the ability to redefine the boundaries of possibility.  Manning Marable The weather is hot and so I am hibernating in my apartment with my air conditioner. Though I did venture out this morning for my Rhemutologist appointment.  I am drinking a ton of ice...

Reminders Of Who I Am.

by | Jun 28, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I walked into my apartment’s laundry room to put out some things I wanted to get rid of on the giveaway table. I walked away with a reminder of who I am that laid on the table. Hope, Love, Peace, and Faith plaques which reminded me what I am striving for and...

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