New Things Coming

Hello Overcomer friends,

It's been way too long since I have posted. Truth is I do have three or four "draft" posts that I just haven't felt it was the right time to publish and share. Maybe someday I will get around to finishing them up and putting them out for you to read. I have been so busy the last several months that I've hardly had time to write. But, that stops now..

Why have I been so busy? Well, to start off last summer I married a wonderful man. Since then it has just been one change after another as we adjust to married and blended family life. Words cannot express how blessed I feel to have been given this man to share the rest of my life with. The Father truly took what was a very rough 6 years of my life and restored it by giving me someone who loves me and supports me unconditionally despite all the scars that those years left behind. But, that's a sappy post for another time.. 😏

The last few months I have been in a little bit of a fog. Work and family life have kept me on my toes and at times pretty overwhelmed. The holidays came and went with a lot of sickness that clouded the Joy of the season.

Then came the new year. I always evaluate where I am spiritually, emotionally, career and goal wise when starting a new year. But this one was a rough one. Y'all.... I felt broken. I felt overwhelmed. I felt like my life was just slipping by outside of my control. What I mean by that is this. I work full time, I do my best to parent full time, and the last few months we have had before school activities, after school activities, work in between, then there's dinner, housework, and bedtime routines. I just haven't felt that my time, talents and treasure have been spent in the way I really would like them to be spent. If it weren't for the fact that we are made to breathe without thinking about it, well... I would have died a long time ago because I have too much on my mind to remember to inhale and exhale.

I was disappointed in myself for all the things I want to do but hadn't prioritized. I decided I spend WAY too much time on my phone. My spiritual life has suffered as I had been too "busy" to read the bible daily.

Just... so many things I knew I wanted to be different in 2020.

So I made some goals. I refocused. And while January and February are always the longest months of the year with the cold, rainy weather and very little sunshine... I knew I couldn't continue in my emotional fog anymore.

It's been a self reflecting journey, but my new goals are becoming clearer with each day. Spiritually I am refocused. My parenting is refocused. And my career goals are refocused. I want to continue to write, write, write... whether it's on this blog or somewhere else. I'm ready to take my hobby to the next step.

So, announcement coming... New things in store this year. Be watching for updates on what I am working on. I'm so excited to see where the future takes me.

Because I'm learning that sometimes the biggest obstacle you have to overcome is your own self doubt.

-Mel