Creating a Clean Slate

January 10, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Who doesn’t love a do-over? I know that when teachers offered me an opportunity to take a test over or do a make-up assignment, I quickly agreed. We teach children to start over if they’ve made a mess of a drawing or some other art project. It seems that up until a certain point in […]

Heart Tears

December 13, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m hurt, y’all. I’ve been here before; but the pain is still just as deep and the sting burns beyond words. My heart is crying. I’m feeling a little out of place and definitively unsure. Not sure how to confront the issues (again). Not sure how to express myself without using words far too blunt […]

MsMissy Speaks: Depression

September 23, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’ve been in a battle since I was 8 years old. For a long time I was losing. I took blow after blow until my will to live was destroyed. I was silenced by my pain and feelings of being less than. I turned to relationships for hope and escape. I put all my heart […]

A Ministry of Hope

June 7, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hope. I like the sound of that. More importantly, I love the reality. I love that God chose me to be a vessel and a mouthpiece for change, growth and healing. I have been to Hell and back (so to speak) and I realize that there’s nothing more important than peace of mind, happiness and being okay with The […]

Accepting the Unacceptable

May 30, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

It’s just not fair! We have all said this more times than we can count. It’s human nature and a part of life to come across things that don’t feel fair. But what if we accepted the unacceptable? What if we accepted the things that, in our minds, should never be? I’m not talking about settling for defeat, […]