HOPEful girl

  I was blessed to be able to visit my family in California this year before thanksgiving. It was nice to reunite with my parents, brother and sister and their families.  There’s something about going back to your roots to help you move forward in the next season of life.   Going back to the places I spent growing up, catching up with loved ones and sharing funny stories from our past  not only reminds me of who I am, but  also provides an opportunity to reconnect with my family relationships.  Overall, it was a much needed and great trip.  The two words that were given to me this month for this blog were: Roots and thanksgiving. It all started with this political madness  of the elections. Yes I found myself getting upset again at the state of the world.  Then God reminded me I was spending too much time on social media and forgetting who I was.  I was convicted after hearing an excellent sermon  by Pastor Rick Warren on Jesus and ...

So like many plans cancelled, I wasn’t able to go to the Women physician in Christ (WPC) conference in person this year. It would’ve been my first time, held in Newport Beach.   I was so looking forward to this weekend away by myself,  in a nice hotel, visiting friends I haven’t seen in awhile, just me. And just what I needed to be refreshed in a time when I was starting to feel burnt out.  Instead, this conference was held virtually.   Although, I didn’t get to see this in real time on the weekend it was supposed to be held as there was some mix up with my email so I didn’t get the link in time but, I was still able to listen to the recorded talks in the days that followed.   So for the past month and a half, I’ve been listening to these treasure of talks and my, how God has used them to really speak his message to my heart.  It’s Halloween time and gosh darn it if I’m gonna let Covid ruin my pumpkin season fun.   Unfortunately, the pumpkin patch ...