by Jemelene | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sitting on the deck of our home, taking in the sight of our curly willow trees, you would never know they were devastated by a freak winter storm just a few months ago. New leaves and branches are bursting out all over. In February no one would have predicted they...
by Jemelene | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Although I’ll always have blurry spots in my memory of it, the trauma that shaped me has remained crystal clear. That’s what our minds do; they jumble information from our past when it becomes too hard to carry it. In processing unfathomable experiences, however, this...
by Jemelene | Jan 11, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table, Uncategorized
“You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort. You cannot have both.” ~Brené Brown The morning is when I step into a new day, hopefully bringing with me only what was good about the day before. Stepping into a new year holds even more hope. Words and resolutions...
by Jemelene | May 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
The more connected the world gets the more disconnected I feel from others. Folks that were friends seem to split down the oddest lines of faith, politics, racial issues and gender. Friends who had enough in common to connect in the first place find themselves divided...
by Jemelene | Apr 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m not really what you would call a “morning person”. It’s not natural to me to be fully awake at the crack of dawn, springing out of bed as I summon delightful rays of sun into the windows of my home. The more accurate picture is of me sitting in...
by Jemelene | Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
As my husband and I take our morning walks, our feet shuffle through piles of leaves throughout the neighborhood. We find ourselves admiring homes and giving input on what we’d do differently. We speak of the “what ifs” and the “let’s just not ever do...