It’s in the melting of snow, the thawing of the earth ... ... and rain-logged-swollen rivers cascading It’s in colorful rainbows formed after rain suspends its falling ... ... and in days growing longer, warming up in sunny splendor It’s in the colorful array and fragrant smell of flowers blooming ... ... and the new, …
Category: Prose
For when I have a little bit more to say
BirthMONTH—Day 26: I Affirm Today to Prioritize Self-Care
Physical, social, mental and spiritual self-care—caring for your mind, body and spirit—is not a luxury nor is it selfish. Self-care is a necessity. When you exercise self-care, you’re committing to protecting your physical, mental and emotional health. And, you are absolutely worth it! ©2021 createdbyDEEsign all rights reserved Thank you for reading! Follow the blog …
Continue reading BirthMONTH—Day 26: I Affirm Today to Prioritize Self-Care
God Moments©
There are moments that some may call “happenstances” and others “coincidences”. I call them God moments - moments that mark the times when the ordinary of our lives is interrupted and interjected with the extraordinary. They are moments that cannot be explained, or are so perfectly orchestrated they are truly too good to be of …
Christmas Tree Makeover: Spring-tree
I love decorating, period! It’s one other medium of my creative self-expression. I especially love decorating for Christmas; and, my number one most favorite part is decking the Christmas tree. I love it so much the tree often stays up way past the “acceptable” time. Dee’s Christmas Tree Only this year I thought: why not …
Support System
Life lesson: You don’t choose what you go through in life, but you choose how you go through it and who you go through it with. When the ER doctor said what’s been ailing me was COVID-19, the first flash of recall was the number of people who died from this virus. I’d love to …
Dating 101—You’re The Catch
Before-word: A few weeks ago I gave a talk to young women and men in Johannesburg who requested me to speak to their youth group on dating. Then a few days ago I was asked similar questions about dating by another young person. So it prompted me to share some ideas here. Remember in university …
A Look Back at 2020: 5 Lessons
Let’s be real—2020 was a downside-up year and just about everyone couldn’t wait to get it behind us. 2020 was going to be my best year. Whereas in past years I celebrated the whole month of my birth, this year was going to be year-long celebrations. Needless to say, none of this happened nor did …
Orchid Mom Log—1st bloom of 2021
I love orchids!!! It took me awhile to get the hang of growing them. In fact, I literally killed 9 ... no that doesn’t sound good at all, let me rephrase ... 9 orchids died while under my care (lol 😂). So this bloom is a HUGE deal—it’s from one of the orchids that is …
The Power of the Written Word
Before-word: As I’m spending more time building this blog, I’ve been thinking a lot about writing—the art of writing and the power of the written word. I love to write. And chances are if you’re on this site, you’re a blogger which means you also love to write. Or, you’re here because you love to …
Dress to Express
What’s your T-shirt saying? T-shirts are arguable the most functional piece of clothing in our closets. More recently I’ve come across Tees used as signposts for thoughts/feelings/stance on a range of issues making them artistic creative statement apparels. Statements like: Unapologetically dopeI never lose, I either win or I learnPeriodt. [oh yeah, when you hear …
The Moment I realized…Transformation is Selfish
Transformation, a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance. One of the most difficult things to transform is the way we think and especially what we think of ourselves. Coming to this realization is the moment I understood self transformation to be selfish in that it’s hard work that requires you to reset your …
Continue reading The Moment I realized…Transformation is Selfish
The Moment I Realized … Perfection Is Unattainable
Before-word: This is more than a poem. It's a coming-to-terms piece about what it means to evolve into the realization and acceptance that imperfection is perfectly perfect when one operates from a place of healthy striving for excellence. I’m sure you’ve often heard people say, “I’m not perfect” (or you may have said/thought this of …
Continue reading The Moment I Realized … Perfection Is Unattainable
Stay Single Till Then©
Stay single till you meet the person who makes you smile from within and it escapes with such intensity it up-curls your lips from ear to ear, makes your cheeks go numb and your eyes light up Stay single till you meet the one who proves himself worthy of you, who prioritizes you, amidst the …
