About Me

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Red Bluff, CA, United States
The life of us: a single mother and her 5 resilient, awe-inspiring children. Currently a part-time waitress and full-time nursing student with the simple hopes of retaining my sanity, or at least enough of it, in order to seek employment upon graduating. In the meantime I hope to encourage, love, teach, and in the end release each of my children into the world as independent thinkers, selfless Christians, hard-working contributors, and appreciative life seekers. Herein lies bits of that journey.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Guest blogging... CHECK ✔

I recently was asked to guest blog for Faydra Rector, America's Divorce Coach. I have to admit, I'm not the best at being consistent with my blogging, but when asked there is usually an abundance of topics at the tip of my brain (that's all the space I have remaining, btw) to pull from.  Not to mention, Faydra inspires me.  She is the kind of person who you can glean so much from by just knowing her, even if it's not all that intimately. She's faced some beasts in her life, some common and not-so-common ones.  The thing that sets her apart is that instead of becoming a victim she not only wrangles the beast, but she makes it sit down and give her some pointers on how to come out on the other side more equipped to either avoid a future run-in or how to overcome it forever.  And she does so not only for herself but for everyone else too, and then she selflessly shares the process and those gold nuggets with us. Can you say "Blessing"?!?

She uses humor and in-your-face honesty to get you to either accept things as they are and learn to live better despite them, or demand of yourself and others change.  She goes out of her way to encourage and acknowledge people who make differences in the lives of those around them, and she tirelessly devotes herself to educating people, giving them hope, and helping to ease their pain.

I am better for knowing Faydra, and I am grateful for the opportunity she extended to me to share a little run-in with a beast of my own, which you can read here if you'd like:  Single Mom's Struggle To Manage College and The Gift of a Good Teacher

~me