Silence

Hello everyone,  I was standing outside watching the numbers at my gas pump increase. As I stood there, my eyes looked towards the screen. A tiny screen. A screen at my gas pump.  I know you have been in the same predicament. But when did gas pumps need screens? I stood there for probably less…

Discontinued Parts of Life

Hello everyone, Many of you know that the beloved host of Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek, died yesterday at the age of 80.  I am a huge Jeopardy! fan and was hurt by this news.  I understood he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  I understood he was 80. I understood he did so many episodes. I understood…

Opinions: Their Importance and Destructive Nature

Hello everyone,  I am Kenedy.  And today I will own up to one of my greatest fears here.  Ready?  It is having major conflict with people.  Now do not get me wrong. I like to have conversation and respectful debates. I enjoy hearing people’s thoughts and ideas. But I wish I could handle divisive conflict…

I Believe in the End of the Tunnel

Hello everyone,  Isn’t it so easy to fall into pessimism? It is easy to doubt and wonder about the worst outcome. It is easy to just accept hopelessness. It is easy to throw in the towel.  But we have to believe there is an end to the tunnel. Light is around the corner. The exit…

Contentment – My Thoughts and an Original Poem

Hello everyone,  My hostas are in bloom so they had to be the cover photo for this post! 🙂 As I look over all that has happened over the past few months, I am amazed at how quickly my life changed. In February, I was in the middle of a full semester of school. I…

Happy Juneteenth!

Hello everyone, Sorry I do not have much to write today, but I needed to give a shout out to this wonderful holiday! In 1865 on June 19th "the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.…

Why Love Is Not Color Blind

Hello everyone,  I am here as an African-American woman, who is deeply hurt by the riffs and division in our nations and the lack of respect and justice given to minorities in America.  But even worse as a Christian, I have experienced this among the church and have seen how wounded the body of Christ…