One of the benefits of writing is that words live on in perpetuity and can be revisited. This week was very trying for me with some heavy emotional moments on issues that will deeply impact my future. By the end of the week I was emotionally spent. The week also concluded a month of intense …
Continue reading Shabbat Shalom: What In God’s Name—Jehovah Shalom (Peace) with audio
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
Life. You’ve thrown the yin-and-yang Of tears and laughter Of sorrow and joy
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The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge. Let’s get over the hump with a reminder of who you are!
Hi Everyone. Sharing this week’s Shabbat Shalom post a day early should in case you’ll be enjoying Christmas celebrations too much to be on WordPress 😊
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge. Let’s get over the hump.
Have you ever met “they”? You know that all-encompassing “they” that direct and control your life course, your choices, your happiness? The “they” in “what will they say?” or “what will they think?” But, they don’t live your life, do they? Then why should their opinion matter as much as they do, or at all? …
Continue reading A Healthy Dose of Perspective: Let’s Talk About “They”
Unending lists of things “to-do”, less check marks on the side, I view Moving hither and thither am I, all around is stimuli Linking breath with motion, getting present in body to mind devotion Breathing-in-breathing-out, finding equilibrium all about Finding drishti, finding mountain, palms at center of heart—that’s certain Foot pressed into inner thigh, extending …
Quietly, quiet Change, through seasons renewingLife, in makeover 2021 ©createdbyDEEsign All rights reserved Thank you for journeying along! First time to the site? Welcome! You may start here👈 and for more follow the blog here👈In creative solidarity, Dee
I am worthy of my own time, my own attention, my own love. I honor my spiritual, mental, emotional, physical needs. I show up for myself 100% committed.Period 2021 ©createdbyDEEsign All rights reserved Thank you for journeying along! First time to the site? Welcome! You may start here👈 and for more follow the blog here👈In …
She recalled her dead mamma’s words: “Child, if you run from something you’ll run from everything. There are some things you gotta fight for. Some battles God fight for you and others He fights through you”. Her mamma’s words—palpable and empowering—stayed on replay till she found her fighting strength. Emboldened. Bags packed in waitingDrunken footsteps …
Many paths traveledThe travel back to herselfPath most revealing Discovering truthsAfrican as tanzaniteA rare gem is she Each revelationUnveiling her to herselfEmbracing her all 2021 ©createdbyDEEsign. All Rights Reserved. Thank you for reading. First time to the site? Welcome! You may start here👈 and for more follow the blog here👈In creative solidarity, Dee
Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.Kahlil Gibran It isn’t about the size of the city It’s about the people you’re with The experiences Those little moments Like Cup of hot chocolate on a snowy weekend morning Music Listening to an old record Reading by the river …
Before-word: There’s a difference between accepting someone with and in spite of their faults and accepting their bad attitude or abusive behavior. Love is meek but in its quiet-gentle-submissive nature there is NO room for abuse. Loving you Accepting you All of you completely In your quirkiness, your shortcomings, your flaws and all Leaves no …
Relax, slow the rushWhat’s coming to you will beYou’re worthy of it 2021 ©createdbyDEEsign.comAll rights reserved Thank you for reading. First time to the site? Welcome! You may start here👈 and for more follow the blog here👈In creative solidarity, Dee
Why are you following me? Paranoid🥴 Written for Shweta Suresh’s Saturday Six Word Story Prompt. The word is “paranoid.” Thank you for reading. First time to the site? Welcome! You may start here👈 and for more follow the blog here👈In creative solidarity, Dee
You may only look at the dark pigmentation of my skinYou may only look at the full contours of my lipsYou may only look at the rounded fatness of my noseYou may only look at whatever creative way I choose to wear my hair todayNubian curls, afro, braids or just that low flow You don’t …
Mindfulness Wherever you find yourselfThere you are 2021. All rights reserved. ©createdbyDEEsign.com Written for today’s Word of the Day Challenge, the word is “self”. Thank you for reading.First time to the site? Welcome! You may start here👈 and for more follow the blog here👈In creative solidarity, Dee
He didn’t changeShe fell in loveWith the him he wanted her to seeTo steal what she would not give an imposter Egregious mistake unmaskedHer love knows not this man she sees 2021. ©createdbyDEEsign. All rights reserved. Photos by Pexels. Sheryl hosts Your Daily Word Prompt. Today’s word is egregious. I published this piece in my …
Long before she left she was gone Her heart took its first step out When you couldn’t free up time for her, when all she needed was time with you When what was important to you had nothing to do with her And you made more excuses than doing what you said you’d do She …
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“Love and life can be the most wonderful and awful all at the same time. Make the best of both.” Thank you for reading! Follow the blog👈 for more.In creative solidarity, Dee
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 …
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