Belmont Jamaica
Jamaica has been on my mind nonstop recently—mostly because Hurricane Melissa has been all over the news. Watching an island I love brace for impact stirred up so much inside me. I’ve survived a major storm myself—Hurricane Hugo in September of 1989, back when I lived in Belmont, North Carolina. And […]
Seasons Greetings from all of us at Shepherd Way Counseling
When Heaven Meets Earth: A Daughter’s Sacred Night Beside Her Father
There are moments in life when heaven feels unbearably near—when time slows, when small details shimmer with meaning, and when love becomes the bridge between this world and the next. My night beside my father as he prepared to leave this life was one of those moments. I share this story […]
Fire, Water, and Maya Angelou
Full disclosure: I have a thing for fire trucks. They reminded me of fire, the holy spirit refining, safety, and water. I had a thing for fire trucks even before I found out this past August that the church I was “saved” at had its first meetings in the South Point Fire […]
Finding Good When Things Feel Bad
Keeping a positive outlook can be a struggle during times of uncertainty, and understandably so. It’s easy to feel surrounded by doom and gloom when the media is peppering our newsfeeds with gloom and doom. The constant flood of information from the news and social media sites makes things even more difficult. […]
Laugh to keep from crying
If you haven’t seen the Jamie Foxx Netflix special, it’s worth watching when you find time. Foxx talked at length about the illness that left him hospitalized last year and unable to remember 20 days from April to May 2023. The renowned actor thanked Atlanta Piedmont Hospital for saving him in this […]
Choose to See the Light and Have Hope
We don’t get to pick the traumatic events in our lives, but we do get to choose how we let them write our story. In my debut release, Loved Just As I Am, I recount how my idyllic life in the Deep South was changed forever when […]
Life’s Beautiful Mysteries and Powerful Triumphs
(Guest Post by Makensie Mauney-McDaniel) I am the biracial daughter of two amazing parents. My mom is from Belmont, North Carolina; my dad is from Georgia. My dad is also a huge Atlanta Falcons fan. I did not grow up around my Black family because of sexual and physical abuse. Thankfully, […]
