I’m childish ya’ll.  I’m pretty sure that’s why I enjoy interacting with kids so much.  It doesn’t take much to make me laugh and being with the littles makes me laugh often.  But they aren’t the only ones that make me act like Tickle-Me Elmo. Not too long ago, Bible Study Cousin and I attended a money workshop.  We were there to learn all about how to manage finances and get some insight on making smart money moves for business.  Imagine my delight when they said that a magician would be one of the opening presenters.  You know who wasn’t delighted?  Bible Study Cousin.  I swear she side eyed me…

For some reason, I can’t get love out of my mind.  Not romantic love.  You know, taking someone out for a moonlit stroll on the beach while some dude walks creepily behind you playing the violin.  Not that kind.  I’m talking about cleaning up your throw up and changing the sheets because you are grossly ill love.  I guess I’m thinking of true love. And, I don’t know why I can’t stop thinking of it.  I haven’t been watching anything oriented towards love.  Well, I take that back.  I’ve been watching Tiger King on Netflix and love plays a prominent role in this addicting docuseries.  Primarily the love of money. …

While I was lounging on the couch, a deluge of rain fell from the sky.  Fitz, my cat, continued his nap perched in his favorite place by the window.  Even though the sky had been overcast all day…even though the conditions were conducive for a downpour, I was caught off guard.  I’m a fan of watching rain from the coziness of home.  Since I’ve been afforded the opportunity to spend time at home, I snuggled in and watched the downpour. And what a downpour it was!  The rain was falling so heavily that all I could see was a white sheet of water.  I focused on the loud sound it…

In an attempt to maintain some normalcy, I decided to establish a routine around here.  I gave myself some grace and just allowed my body to wake up naturally.  The day wouldn’t start until I was fully rested.  Then after I got out of bed, the plan was to workout using YouTube.  I assigned myself a room to deep clean daily.  I would then work on my book for a couple of hours.  After all those things were completed, I would have free time.  Beautiful plan, don’t you think? Of course, my plan got derailed.  I did great last Monday and Tuesday.  But honey, I was over it by Wednesday. …

Faith.  It’s easy to make declarations about having faith when your world is going at a typical pace.  When every day is not great but not horrible either.  When life is average, you can hope for the extraordinary and not be too terribly put off when the extraordinary doesn’t occur.  Miracles are only special because they don’t happen all the time.  So, we hope for the things not seen, but we can get complacent in our faith. You can go back to my first postings in January 2020 and practically smell the hope.  You can almost tangibly feel the anticipation.  Something great was on the horizon.  Things were clicking along…