Being victimized is not an emotional place for happiness and doesn’t offer room for mental growth. Getting away from the abuser is like a bird being released from its cage. After gaining a taste of freedom, there’s no going back. How can you help young adults become aware of violence in dating? The interviews below…
DetailsWhat the heck? This is not going to work for me. All you do is talk about it, and I’m getting bored. When are you going to do something differently? Last decade you did the exact thing. Really, do we have to repeat history? Stop talking and start doing! People, you do know this…
DetailsIt’s been seven days already since we’ve entered this new month in our new decade. One can say that time waits for no one. Nothing is promised to us – not even tomorrow. So, we need love and respect for one another, while they’re here. Have you forgotten we are ALL on borrowed time? …
DetailsHave you taken a sneak peep inside my storybook? It is available as an audible feature as well. To date, this creation, “Not a Blueprint It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter,” has won several awards. It speaks to life’s journey and those lessons we learn along the way. You know we all will take a…
DetailsMy work is in this February issue (Story Monsters Ink) on page 46 – along with other great creations to read. Not a Blueprint: It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter/A Journey Through Toxic Relationships by Nina Norstrom The ingredients of caregiving, overcoming adversity, learning lessons, letting go of toxicity, and defining relationship roles.…
DetailsYes, you are Our Creator. You are the one that gives us life from the day we are born and find us a family that we can call our own. Creator, you allow the person to name us, raise us, nurture us, and teach us right from wrong (i.e., those life lessons). So, from…
DetailsJust knowing what the aches and pains represent when losing loved ones I feel their pain inside my brokenness – while trying to maneuver inside a crippled and broken world . . . . Hear my cry, Heros, and Champions, each of you will long be remembered, loved and forever those shining stars –…
DetailsMany of you don’t know me. And those that do – know I’ve made a complete transformation. It’s been nearly four decades ago; the old me . . . There was this period (a very long one) when that ugly thing lived inside me. It was this thing that controlled my every action and…
DetailsRe: New Decade – New Connection Someone you should know, she’s Kesha Nichols. Kesha and I spent quite a bit of time chatting today. I love what she stands for − an advocate for children AND those unhealthy relationships. In our conversation, I made an amazing discovery, our literary creations tap into some of the…
DetailsMemories from the past . . . Remember, this award from the last decade (2019)? It’s one of the honors received for my literary creation – one of many. Thanks to the InD’tale Magazine
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