I freely walked into a bird cage at the zoo today and faced my fear of birds phobia. With my body shaking, I stretched out my arm and let a lorikeet perch on my finger and drink nectar from a small cup in my hand. At one point, two birds rested on me. But one […]
Read MoreGod gave me Mike as a freshman in high school. We never imagined we’d face a cancer and marriage breakdown years later. We met through our friend Erin. We became best friends first. I didn’t “like like” him until a few years later. I was 16 going on 17. We eased into dating just a […]
Read MoreToday I went to a black church. No, I didn’t have an agenda. It wasn’t for work. There wasn’t a rally to attend or any special invitation (other than the one from my friend Rene who’d been praying for the African American community and felt told to go). I went to listen and pray alongside […]
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