Purpose Filled Mommy with Minimarie

This morning, I woke up to a text from my nephew Michael that had been sent around midnight. It was an old picture of him sitting on my lap while I bounced him as a baby. I was only a sophomore in college, wearing oversized glasses and still trying to figure out life myself. Michael has often said that I was more like a mother to him than simply an auntie, and honestly, our s...

I am a proud plant mama in addition to being a mother of four active children. I inherited my love for plants from my grandparents who had a lovely urban garden along with other exotic plants on their front porch. I have my own array of plants aligned on my porch that are often complimented on their beauty. I’ve learned a few life lessons from my plant babies that I hold dea...

Many of us don’t look like what we’ve been through, or we may not look like what we’re possibly going through at the time. It’s not likely that you’ll find someone wearing a T-shirt listing everything they’ve been through in challenges beginning at their first fall when they begin learning how to walk. Many of us have adopted as a survivor’s tactic to be a master of disguise ...