Words that Witness

Welcome to my writing. my world. my heart. my soul. my pain. my hope. my outlet for my spirit to reinvent itself into God's magic. I've got a loudmouth, a heart of gold, protected, provocative & passionate for waking up the dreams inside of you. Expect fearless unfiltered bold straight up stream of consciousness poetic flow. Expect hard truths. stings. call outs. and call ups. expect challenges. mirrors. reflections. And Facing Your Giants. Welcome to The Reckoning. It is Your Revival. Your rise from the wreckage. Your what you gonna do in the aftermath of all your adversity. because we don't sit in it. we don't settle here. we fight. we overcome. we win. we reinvent. we rewrite our stories. we create our next chapters. and we live in our fairytale happily ever-afters because of all of it.

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How to Decide and Take Control of Your Life Aug 31, 2025

DECIDE to decide.

Exit your life outgrown.
GO. DO. BE. Enter your living of the damn thing.
Demand today BE the last day you don’t decide to DECIDE.

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From Adversity to Breakthrough Aug 28, 2025

The reckoning is what feels like your life is in total utter deconstruction

being bulldozed

like what is going on

break down

dry valley desert slo...

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The Pattern: Living with Anxiety, Survival, and Silent Healing Aug 28, 2025

The Pattern.

I lay in his lap

Curl up like a 5 year old needing rocking

I lay my head in the slope where his neck and shoulder meet

He watches TV ...

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When Romance Becomes Redemption Aug 28, 2025

I fell in love with a boy who took me to church.

The end happened in my hand raised and began again with my face down kneeling and weeping.

I fell i...

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How to Stop Living by Deadlines, Hustle & Survival Mode Aug 28, 2025

For the woman who doesn’t know how to exist without a timeline taped to your back…Without a finish line in front of you. Without a coach, a calendar, ...

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Crush The Eggshells Aug 28, 2025

LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ...

WE THINK WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. BUT WHAT HAVE IS ONE SIMPLE SOLUTION NO ONE IS TAPPING INTO BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE THE GO...

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It is You Aug 18, 2024

It’s not the thing.  

It’s your energy.  

It’s THE energy you bring to it.  

It’s YOUR energy around the thing that you bring to the thing that mat...

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Growing Sunflowers May 26, 2024

I bought sunflower seeds for 74 cents two months ago

They came with easy no-kill-anyone-can-do-this directions

firmly telling me I had a limited amo...

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Soul Mates May 18, 2024

I think there are soul mates that find each other
disrupt each other
break each other
and fall apart with each other.

I think there are soul mates that ...

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The Edge…Where the Woman on the Brink of a Breakthrough Stands May 18, 2024

The Edge.

I can see her standing there on the edge of the cliff
Her toes touching the hard rock
Curled down
Clinched tight.

I imagine her feeling their...

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What Are You a Slave to? May 18, 2024

Two weeks ago, I had major surgery.

This one is a long recovery & I have to remind myself to go slow because all my healing is on the inside

 

Thes...

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The Price of Cost Aug 30, 2023

Two Things that MIGHT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE to Someone Today.

WHAT IF we thought about the word COST differently?

Often, we think of this small but ...

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Learning to Just Be… Aug 26, 2023

I had my first seizure last Tuesday.

I know…What the what?! Who includes that in their list of “firsts?”

And holy what wow…Did it wipe me out!

Lite...

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Left For Dead Aug 07, 2023

I was left for dead.

So yeah…

I’m making sure they see me living.

I say out loud what others think in their heads

I step up when others step back

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You Are Not the Exception to the Rule Aug 07, 2023

You are Not the Exception to the Rule.

I know you think you are, but you’re not so stop the one-way dirt road thinking that is causing you more harm ...

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Why Do We Wait Until It's Too Late? Aug 07, 2023

Why do we wait until it’s too late?

Until our back is up against the wall

Until the doctor says so

Until the bill is past due

Until the credit car...

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What if Weekends Didn't Exist? Aug 07, 2023
What if Weekends Didn't Exist?
 
How is your weekend different from your Monday through Thursday?
 
Your mindset
Your actions
Your mov...
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Waiting on You Mar 07, 2023

For the person waiting on...

The right time

More money

A proposal

Kids to go back to school

Kids to go to college

A better job

A medical test

...
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Dancing with the Devil Mar 07, 2023

I remember when I couldn't say his name.
Uttering the word just seemed odd
made it weird
and unreal
Like he was just some made up monster talked about by ...

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Checked Boxes Mar 07, 2023

When we were kids and we used to pass notes in class

Remember?

We drew little square boxes

Do you like me

We wrote

Check Yes or Check No. Full of...

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Eventually Mar 07, 2023

I am not an "eventually" kind of woman. I am the kind of woman you scoop up and claim and embrace before someone else will. I am not

an "eventually" ...

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Top 10 Tips for Living a Relentless Life For Better Mar 07, 2023

I hate rules. 

I am the FIRST to say let’s break them. Find a way around them. 

BUT, in all my breaking 

I’ve made some messes 

and ...

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What If? Mar 07, 2023

What if you turned all your worrying, wandering, wondering What Ifs into What Ifs that actually freed you to create your world where your worries di...

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