I love to write and have been doing so since I was a little girl. I have written poetry, songs, attempts at short stories, and finally, my memoir, MsMissy Speaks. I never imagined that I would share intimate details of my life with people, especially strangers. It never crossed my mind that my surviving pain and devastation… Read More
Tag: healing
Four Lessons for Survival
My survivor game is strong! I take blow after blow and I keep getting up. Sometimes I’m dazed a little longer than I want to be and my comeback is a little slow, but baby, I always bounce back!! God is good to me. I’m a walking miracle and a phenomenal woman. As a child, my battle… Read More
Creating a Clean Slate: Step Forward
“When we imagine someone is incapable of having human failures, we are bound to be disappointed.” – Sarah Jakes Roberts, Don’t Settle for Safe If you follow my blog or have followed me across social media any length of time, then you know that I love talking about relationships. Relationships give life it’s awesome… Read More
Creating a Clean Slate
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… Read More
Heart Tears
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… Read More