My 2021 Word for the Year
Happy new year! I’m excited to bring a lot of the lessons of the past year into this one, and continue along my journey. I’m looking forward to new adventures…
Category: KB’s Journey
20 Moments That Brought Me Joy in 2020
You don’t need me to tell you that this has been a helluva year. We’ve all felt it in our mind, bodies and souls. As I reflect on 2020, I’m…
Fight Negative Thoughts with One Scripture
At the top of the pandemic, I put a lot of pressure on myself to maintain productivity, home, and my friendships. Coupled with the nonstop bad news in the media,…
Coming Home
During the course of this global pandemic, the concept of home has shifted in many ways. Mine has become my office, a play space, a church, a fitness center and…
Slowing Down Sundays
With only two weekend days, it can be SO tempting to overcrowd Saturdays and Sundays with activities and errands. It’s something that I still struggle with, but I will tell…
Grace Is the Best Birthday Gift of All
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 6:9 When I came across this passage, I…
How Gratitude Can Help Fight Mom Guilt
Can we talk about “mom guilt?” Why is it a thing? Like a crippling, debilitating AWFUL thing? A thing that we as moms *whispers* sometimes do to ourselves?”
Finding Peace and Sun in Biloxi
Last week, our family left rainy Chicago in search of sunnier skies on the Gulf Coast. My oldest stepson graduated from high school down there so our trip was the…
Being Okay with Being Enough
All of my life, I have held myself to incredible performance standards which propel me far but not as far as I know that I can truly go. I cut…
The Courage to Hope
Years ago, I clipped a powerful quote out of Essence and pinned it to a cork board in my apartment. The three pillars of deep spirituality are faith, hope, and…
