How can I be helpful to the world

The world needs our ears, more than our mouth. Listen. Lean in. Be there. 

#leanonme #listen #beavailable #slowtoadvise

5 Easy Ways to Create Sunshine

Create Sunshine: it's common to believe the world seems dark, like a mix bag of rummage. Today, I am here to share, we all have the authority to pick up the papers and take out the trash. We have the authority to go from sun-dried to sunshine. When we do this it overflows in the lives of those around us. Rise up. Shine.
You matter. Your shine matters.
Let's light the world together.
5 Easy Ways to Create Sunshine
1. Place a bright flower on your desk.
2. Get up and move; walk, run, dance
3. Listen to uplifting funky music
4. Leave a handwritten note
5. Smile at someone
#happy #sunshine #authority

Should I buy a instapot

Here's The Truth: this is not a time machine. It slightly resembles a small version of a machine my grandmother cooked ceramics in when I was growing up. People these days call it an "instapot". I am here to inform you, it's not insta. You still buy groceries, look for recipes, meal prep, heat the machine up, cook, simmer down, eat and clean up. Insta to me is, you hit one button and a plate of warm food comes out in a matter of seconds and you eat. End of story. This pot requires basically you do all the same things to prepare a meal, just at a different hour in a different amount of time. I hope this doesn't ruin your dreams of owning one of these pots. My husband gifted me this pot. For that, I am grateful. I've cooked bake potatoes, turkey loin, broccoli, red beans and rice, cabbage, and salmon. I'll keep my crockpot handy though. So, that's the truth and I am sticking to it. My hope is you find this helpful and encouraging as you ponder the "pot"! #itsnotallcookeduptobe#youstillcook #youstillclean #foodisgood#instapot #electricpressurecooker #cuisinart#ilovemyhusband

How to Create a Home Art Studio

My Space: an art studio created in my home years ago when my children were young. I dreamed this space to look different, be in a different location & different things to take place in it. Today, I share with you, it's a place where I've learned a lot about myself, what to let go of & what to embrace-like my handwriting. Make messes. Be authentic. & clean up before the next go around. It's a safe space in my daily life I can be just me. Since I was a child, all I wanted was to be was an artist. Life caught up with me years ago: school, work, marriage, kid, college, loss of my father, cancer, etc. I almost forgot "what I want to be when I grow up". Thankfully, the Lord opened a door for me & my family 14 years ago. A new job from home awaited me. One to raise my kids, be a homemaker. One I didn't want. It wasn't me, my personality. I really wanted to throat punch everyone around as I walked through the job transition. It was a time of loss, loosing one job to gain another. A lonely job at that. Isolation. No community. One where my only coworker was a dog, kids & by night we were a family when dad got home. The Lord used this time, this space to heal me & transform me of places I'd been & the person I was becoming. The biggest thing I get often, is "you are so creative"! I am truly convinced if we all went forward whole heartily towards the thing we "want to do when we grow up", we'd all create a space for it, regardless what it looked like or where it was at. & the people around would say, "you are so...". Have you experienced a loss-job, spouse, parent, marriage, money, etc.? Are you lonely? Create a space to be you. This may require effort, time, thought, space, letting go & may only be on a piece of paper with lines and a pen. Let it out. Be you. The biggest thing is, show up! Tidy your space up. Start fresh with what you have. Do your thing. Be the person God created you to be. Say yes! Saying yes to one thing may get you a whole lot more of something you were once distracted from. I am thankful I said yes! Yes to letting go! Yes to a new job! Yes to creating a new space! All to which got me to where I am now, being an artist! #showup#startfresh #shine

Happy New Year 2018

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 I personally am not looking back at 2017, not even for a second, I do not wish to ponder over my best or worst. Moving forward into a new year with no strings attached of the former year makes for an amazing thought process. A clean slate awaits all of us. My prayer is freshness covers our whole life! 

Happy New Year 2018! SHINE 

#lovebig #smile #shine#makesomeonesday #dontholdback #forgive#listen #beavailable #happynewyear