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Unstoppable, Unapologetic & Unmistakable

Unstoppable, Unapologetic & Unmistakable

The Antithesis of the Way We Were There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. ~ C. S. Lewis; Scholar, Novalist, Apologist Great memories are made when we least expect them. Do you long to return to the days when your cheerleading outfit was a…

Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

Meet Lewis, a young boy from a broken home with a brilliant mind, is on a mission to make something of his life. Along the way, he encounters some that encourage, telling him to look past his “failures” and learn from each and to keep moving forward, and others who…

What’s In a Word?

What’s In a Word?

We all have them, memories that remind us of a time or place that we would prefer not to revisit brought back to the forefront by the utterance of a single word; a word that has an unexplainable power to rattle us to our core. I admit it’s been a while since my last…

We are gods?

We are gods?

With a name like Garden of the Gods, you would think I would feel right at home. After all, that is the treatment that I expect. I do expect my plane to be ready to leave when I board and the flight attendant to hand me a bag of their finest pretzels before the flight…

She Knows the Dreams I Dream at Night

She Knows the Dreams I Dream at Night

What dreams do you dream that keep you up at night? Do you dream of a car that glistens or a dog that listens? Or maybe you dream that work days are shorter and vacations are longer? It wasn’t all that long ago that aspirations of obtaining life’s finer things…

Through Ivy’s Eyes ~ The Teenage Years

Through Ivy’s Eyes ~ The Teenage Years

I bet you didn’t think that you would find me here, sitting on the sidewalk without my chain. It’s okay. It was time for me to grow up. I can’t expect him to chase me down the road forever. It was fun while it lasted. And people say that a dog’s ears flop when they…

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