Goals

Goals

This will not be one of my regular blogs, but I wanted to write down all of my business goals for Affirmations Coffee in the year of 2016 and in doing so I hope to encourage you to write a list of attainable goals for yourself in the coming year ahead. Apply for Limited Liability…

Don’t Wait!

Don’t Wait!

  So recently I had another one of those long days at work. Not long in actuality (it was only a four hour shift) but long due to my particular client I was working with who has behavioral issues. All day he was crabby and not listening to anybody. He was cussing at me, calling…

Two years

Two years

November 2nd was one of the longest days I’ve ever worked at my job. I work with people who have disabilities. Truth is I only worked 7 hours; I have worked longer days than that really, but it was long because there were a lot of issues that took place today. I started work at…

Sarah’s Ark

Sarah’s Ark

  Sarah Reed is a good friend of mine needs to move out of the house she is living in right now by June 2016. She has Lymes disease and many other health issues to add to her issues, so a GoFundMe project was started for her. I will be donating and helping her out…

Memories

Memories

The last full day in Ukraine for the excursion we went to the park again. One of the little kids, Yura, started talking to me in Ukrainian and I wasn’t really understanding what he was saying so I said “what does it mean?!” He started mimicking me and is repeatedly saying “what does it mean?!”…

Rise to the Challenge

Rise to the Challenge

  Responsibility means to promise or to make a commitment to something or someone. Do you take responsibility? We are responsible for what happens and what course and quality of life we have, and this goes for when we have spouses and children also. I think when we man up and take control we are…

Prune me

Prune me

    As an English major, I love analogies. They are a great way to learn and understand new concepts and ideas. What I find very interesting is all of the analogies found in the Bible. God makes many comparisons throughout His word so that our feeble little minds can understand His majesty. One that…

Outgoing Concern

Outgoing Concern

I spent two weeks in July traveling abroad, this was my first time ever being out of the country! I left for Ukraine Sunday July 5th and arrived Monday the 6th. I was extremely exhausted when we got to the Light of Love camp in Vinogradove, Ukraine! There was no time for rest though, as…

The List

The List

Several years ago I went to my church’s bible college and we had a lot of different and interesting classes, and in one of them we started talking about relationships, love, marriage and family.  One of my close friends brought this up during the class, he told us the story of “the list”. His mom…