I got a tattoo. Wait…don’t go. I have a reason. It started probably 6 to 8 years ago, when my kids…the boys particularly…began talking about tattoos. I downplayed the conversation, dismissing the chatter as kids enamored with a passing fad. Of course tattoos would go by the wayside, I thought. All fads do. In a … Continue reading If You Can’t Beat ’em…
You are Beautiful
I am a writer. I write what God puts on my heart…and today ladies, that is you. Today he says, “Tell them they are beautiful.” Why is it so hard for us as women to believe him? He is not talking about when you lose weight or when you manage to break some bad habit … Continue reading You are Beautiful
First Day
They come with eager faces, and new clothes. They come with nervous almost-teary eyes, and shiny full backpacks. They come with smiles and hugs for their friends. The floors shine like mirrors. The paint is fresh, the rooms are colorful with new paper and themed posters. Teachers look rested after a long summer break, but … Continue reading First Day
Life-Wish
This is a speech I gave at The Relay for Life Survivor Dinner in Highlands NC. My story begins much the same as yours…a doctor’s office, a procedure, a test. Then a word. THE word. Cancer. As the syllables escaped the doctor’s mouth my world went silent, except for my racing heartbeat. It was like … Continue reading Life-Wish
Money in the Mail
This blog is a continuation in a series I am writing about my husband’s brain injury. If you wish to read the story in order, go back in my archives and find Begin at the Beginning…all the ones in the category brain injury tell my story. Some are longer than others…they come in chunks of … Continue reading Money in the Mail
Girlfriends
I was driving down the road when I noticed 4 older women standing in an empty parking lot. They were at one end, near their 4 cars, having an animated conversation that included much laughter. It was as if they had all the time in the world and they were oblivious to anything around them. … Continue reading Girlfriends
A Witness
I think that people come and go in our lives at just the right moments. It is an ebb and flow as if God knows exactly what you need, and he supplies it in person form. Butch and Mary Sikes are some of our people. They were raising teenagers and we were in toddler mode … Continue reading A Witness
PSA
Ladies, this is my yearly public service announcement. Don’t forget your mammogram. My alarm went off at 4:45…IN THE MORNING! I must’ve been crazy to set an appointment in Atlanta for 7:00 a.m. It is summer after all, a teacher’s best sleep-in-late time. When I was talking to the appointment desk it seemed like such … Continue reading PSA
Starting Over…Again
I am starting over. Again. For the millionth time. A few years ago I lost 70 lbs. For the first time in my life I got it. That exercise is life. That my health depends on the foods I eat. It was not a diet or a temporary thing, it was long term change precipitated … Continue reading Starting Over…Again
Drowning in Grace
This blog is a continuation in a series I am writing about my husband’s brain injury. If you wish to read the story in order, go back in my archives and find Begin at the Beginning…all the ones in the category brain injury tell my story. Some are longer than others…they come in chunks of … Continue reading Drowning in Grace
Michelle's Mosaic 