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For Everything Has a Purpose, Even Hornets
Did you know that it is a fact that a swarm of fewer than 30 Japanese Giant Hornets have the ability to kill a hive of 30,000 Japanese Honeybees in just less than 3 hours! See at 4x the size of the Honeybee, its larger cousin the Giant Hornet is its greatest enemy. The Hornet kills the Bees so they can feed on their larvae to provide for their own offspring. You may be thinking to yourself, why is Lela telling me this? Well, I was born and spent most of my life in New York City; an urban metropolis where much of our green space is regulated to well…
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Wedding Game Planning with the Coach
This past week “The Coach” and I had the opportunity to sit down, really talk and get down to the business of planning our wedding. Personally I enjoy watching him do what he loves, it is so natural to him to coach, lead and mentor young men, and analyze and strategize the game of football. His coaching expertise he was able to transfer to our wedding game planning. Since we reconnected now almost 3 years ago I have seen him coach on three different levels; collegiate, professional and now high school. So though we became engaged in May 2011, just before football season began, I knew that once the season had…
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It’s a Family Thing
It’s the holidays and yesterday, “The Coach” and I spent some quality time with my mother’s side of the family; “The Jones-Medleys”. It’s funny how you can see yourself and your unique habits mirrored in your kin’s. For example, my 7 years old grand niece at one point took out her notebook and began to write her own observations of the event. My big sister her grandmother said that she always has her notebook with her and she enjoys writing. At one point she asked us how to spell “freaking out”. All the adults in the room looked around and didn’t answer her. A few minutes later I said… ‘Wait…
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What to Do When Quitting is Not an Option? – Part 1
In 2006 there were a few factors that if I did not have a relationship (meaning a prayer life) with God I may have wanted to check out… nothing extreme like taking my own life. However if I could I would have just become invisible and just disappeared from the craziness of what was becoming my everyday routine. I had bouts with depression, my behavior and attitude changed, and not for the better. I was under a lot of pressure and more responsibilities than I would have cared to have. Yet quitting was not an option for me… See, 2006 was the year my mother went home to be with…
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Spiritual Vomit…Ewww… Clean up needed in aisle you!
Psalm 45: 1 (Amplified) MY HEART overflows with a [a]goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer. “Spiritual Vomit”!?!? What the heck is that you may be asking…? Does it sound gross to you? It should. The repercussions that come from not purging your soul, can cause you to have unexpected verbal accidents. As I have been taught, man is a tri-part being he is a spirit that possesses a soul/heart (where his thinker, feeler, and chooser reside) and he has and lives in body. When we die in the physical our spirit man is separated from our flesh (our earth…
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The Training Never Ends… A story about a couple’s Love and Football (a sampling)
The field is empty. My love and I walk its length hand and hand. A ritual started during our courtship. He replays the game to himself, play by play as I listen to the smooth timber of his baritone voice. Our boys the twins are playing catch on the sidelines. Both like their father play football, pee wee for now. The stands hold echoes of the memories of fans and their cheers. They are empty too but for the rubbish left behind from the throngs of people. It was just a couple of hours ago when he had been given his 100th Gatorade bathe adding another win to his impeccable record…
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He Treats Her Like a Lady (Short Story) – Preview
He Treats Her Like a Lady / / Chapter 1 // She sits and stares pondering how she could had forgotten how it felt to be treated as she should, like a lady only after so short of a time. He asks her if she is ok, because her face had contorted while she was lost in thought. She tells him she is fine. Her mind had only wandered away for a moment. She stares down at her left ring finger again and then into his eyes and smiles. Inwardly thanking God for loving her so much to bring him back into her life. And now he has pledged himself…
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Chapter Two | Lord Don’t You Care? | Day Thirteen
I read having a Mary Heart in a Martha World – Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life by Joanna Weaver over the summer. A book I now highly recommend for all women, young and old to read. I have been actually sharing my findings as I journey through the accompanying Bible Study Mrs. Weaver placed at the end of the book on my blogs. Here is the latest question I studied out and gave commentary on. Questions for Going Deeper – Day Thirteen 7) Write Jesus a letter beginning with “Lord, I know you love me because…,” and list the ways he has shown his great love…
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Chapter Two | Lord Don’t You Care? | Day Twelve
I read having a Mary Heart in a Martha World – Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life by Joanna Weaver over the summer. A book I now highly recommend for all women, young and old to read. I have been actually sharing my findings as I journey through the accompanying Bible Study Mrs. Weaver placed at the end of the book on my blogs. Here is the latest question I studied out and gave commentary on. Questions for Going Deeper – Day Twelve 6) Read Psalm 103. List at least five of the many ways God shows his love for us. (If you are struggling to know the…
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Introducing the MommyWriter | Dominique Rambert
Folks, I have a new set of blogs for you to check out, written by the MommyWriter ;-). A young military wife that is living GREEN; raising her first child, loving her husband and blogging about it. Check her out today! Dominique is a wife and mother to a very active 12 month old in NYC. In addition to her full-time job she is also a freelance writer, blogger, and non-profit organizer. Her writing topics run the gamut from book reviews, parenting, education, Christianity, freelancing/publishing, and a lot in between. Dominique in her own words… While I write mostly about parenting and education issues, I also write about Christianity, writing/freelancing,…
