Nia’s trip to the Hair Salon

January 19, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hi Gorgeous Friends, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start! A new day to rise and share Jesus everywhere you go. Be kind in every encounter. Pray for people as you go about your day. This morning, I found myself praying in my car for the crossing guard that I wave to all […]

Reflections on my Word from 2021

January 4, 2022.Reading time 20 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A brand new YEAR!!! Happy New Year! What a beautiful new day and a new year representing a new start and filled with fresh doses of hope. Hope for clarity. Hope for things to shift and change. Hope for revival of our nation. […]

I watched Jesus bring a man back to life last night.

December 31, 2021.Reading time 19 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to revel at the miraculous Lord we serve. It’s 1am, and I am home and safe in my bed. I am processing the events of the last couple hours and as I lay here, I am a bit shocked as […]

Advent Day 15: The Deliverer…. (And a Christmas Craft for you!)

December 15, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and move with confidence that the Lord who has delivered you in the past is still working in your life and will deliver you again and again. It would be great if when we survived a storm or […]

Celebrating Nia’s Adoption Day: 4 years later

November 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Today marks 4 years since I stood before the judge, my village, and a crowd of others who were also finalizing their adoptions that day, and I breathed in a full lung filling breath. I believe that from the moment my youngest daughter was placed in my arms at 17 days old to the moment […]

Choosing to trust when you feel like Job.

August 15, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. Each day is a new opportunity to rise and choose Jesus. Almost every morning, as I transition from sleep to waking, I say, “Good Morning Jesus.” I call on Him when I wake up with a pit of anxiety in my stomach. I […]

Road Trippin’ Day 20: That’s a Wrap!

July 8, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hi Gorgeous Friends!! Today was puppy pick up day!!! We planned to pick up Junior and then take one more night to camp somewhere in Florida on our way home. But between the hurricane, having two dogs in tow, and just being ready to get home, we decided to pick up pup and head for […]

Road Trippin’: Days 18 & 19 We have MORE news! (Can’t make this stuff up…)

July 7, 2021.Reading time 16 minutes.

Hi Gorgeous Friends! Again, I have a testimony that is so wild! The day started so normal with errands actually! We needed to stop at the bank, the UPS store, and make a Target run. The moment we entered Target, Chuck started beaming! He made me a cup of coffee with the last bit of […]

Road Trippin’ Day 17 : Independence Day

July 7, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

Hi Gorgeous Friends, This was 4th of July, and Chuck got up at 3am and hit the road while we were all sleeping to make it to Oklahoma City to attend Gate Church at 10am. They are affiliated with the same network of churches that our church is under, and we have had the privilege […]

Road Trippin’ Day 16 : Sky Tram to Sandia Peak

July 6, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hey Gorgeous Friends! This day we woke up in a Cracker Barrel parking lot in New Mexico. The night before we purchased tickets to ride the skytram up to the top of Sandia Peak. We got up and dressed warmly because it can be up to 30 degrees cooler at the top of the mountain, […]