by Missy Marilyn
by Missy Marilyn
The seasons change, but we like to stay the same. It’s taken me too many revolutions to see how this endless dance of endings and beginnings Is not just for our viewing pleasure. Rather, it’s God’s hidden message. Like secret instructions, planted to prove to us in the most beautiful and awesome way; And to …
Since the years seem to pass more quickly when I’m not paying attention, I sat back and took stock of all the gifts one year brought me. I jotted down these twelve powerful little tid-bits that get me through some of the tough times. Because, sometimes we need to talk to ourselves like we are …
I’m grateful to see one more April. This time, instead of fighting it, I’m stepping into it. Gently… like an exquisite dress. Just my size and made just for me…
We do our best to keep a clean kitchen and house, but we ignore the piles and webs of emotions and trauma that clutter our spirit and are screaming to come out!!! “There is a time and season to everything under the sun,” tells me everything has a beginning and an end. Some things have …
She loves it when the redbuds bloom. Outside the window, far as she could see, was a line of cold, leafless trees. One was always the first to bloom, telling her the others will awaken soon. She loves it when the redbuds bloom. It reminds her that the darkness did not take her; and hard …
Hug your loved ones Let the little things go Release your resentments and worries Learn to let your feelings flow Don’t hold on to something That you want to say Life can change in an instant All we have is today
Being sensitive in a cruel world is, in itself, an act of courage. -MV “Sensitive” is Not a Bad Word I have been called sensitive at different points in life. It seems to be a running theme. And the only thing that really changed is how I feel about it. I learned to embrace this …
The best advice I can give. Run Out. Run out of excuses. Run out of fear. Run out of pretenses. Run out of patience for people who don’t treat you right. Run out of comfort with things that are smaller than you are. Run out of things that numb your feelings. Run out and find …
The fact that I suffer is probably normal. How long I like to suffer is probably not.
For you, like the tree, are in a constant and beautiful state of being and becoming. Being totally, wonderfully, you. And yet, constantly becoming, transforming, and growing.
I find myself in the middle of a certain season, and looking back, I can’t place exactly when the wind starting blowing. I know that I had a good stretch of nothing- nothing went wrong. Weekends were spent doing nothing. Nothing really to worry about. But my anxious mind can’t let good be good enough. …
My life is like a song. With every year I live, I rehearse it a little bit better.
Only once have I seen a cowboy cry. Laugh at his joke, and you might see a twinkle in his eye, Damsel in distress, you’ve never seen a cowboy stronger. Have words with anyone who’d try to wrong her. After a particularly bad day, You might hear a cowboy pray. Pay him a compliment, and …
I can’t help it. I love looking at the stars. So, tonight, for maybe the third time this week, I’m staring at a night sky and trying to get my bearings enough to find this comet. I don’t know what makes it different from any other comet, but I know they said it won’t be …
Wake up, America! It’s war time in America. We’ve been fed hateful rhetoric for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We’ve fortified walls, when we should have been building bridges. People are dying on American soil. There are abuses of power everywhere. If you haven’t turned on the news lately, it’s us. We’re the news. The spotlight’s …
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” —Barack Obama So, what do we do? Do we want to do what we’ve always done; so we can get where we’ve always gotten? Or, …
Racism isn’t all white hoods and riots. And it is, regrettably, still a thing. It can be micro-conflicts that people encounter every day. It can be what we do if we witness such micro-conflicts, and what we don’t do. It’s how we behave toward certain people. It’s how we treat people differently based on appearances …
“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.” —Angela Davis, academic and political activist Real talk, America. We are truly in the midst of an epidemic. Racism is a disease. And it hides in un-examined hearts. My pastor doesn’t let us leave on Sundays before he’s asked us …
This website was literally something I started ten years ago. I think that goes to prove three things: What is meant to be, will always be. I cannot help myself; I need to write. I really am a huge procrastinator! I had the idea to do something brave, so I decided to share some helpful …
