Category: Mental wellness
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The Gallery Overhead
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Today, when I looked outside, the sky and the sun were entirely hidden. Instead, smoke drifting from the massive wildfires burning in northern Canada has painted the horizon in eerie yellow strokes, leaving behind a heavy, hazy gloom. The horizon changes so drastically on days like today. These are the moments that remind me why… Read more
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God’s Justice
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A Reflection July 14, 2026 To be completely honest with you, I’m writing these words down today because my heart just feels incredibly heavy. I was sitting, catching up on the news, when it became too much to process. It is just so devastating to look at our world right now and witness so much… Read more
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The Silent Intercessor
Have you ever found yourself completely caught off guard by a conversation you weren’t meant to hear? While riding the bus the other day, I accidentally overheard two teenage girls. What began as a casual exchange quickly turned heartbreaking, slipping into the familiar, painful language of youthful insecurity and self-doubt. In that quiet moment, protective… Read more
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What are your favourite emojis?
daily-prompt 🕊The dove, you can barely see it here 😀 🥰 Smiling face with hearts 😍Smiling face with heart eyes 😊Smiling face with smiling eyes 🤗 Hugging 🤩Star struck 🤔Thinking 🙄Eyes rolling 😫Tired face 😌Relieved 🤐Zipper mouth, for me, this is “no comments.” 😁 Can’t get enough… beaming! 😂Tears of joy 😋Yummy! 😔I am sorry… Read more
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The Courage to Love: A Path Toward Healing
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.— 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV We think hate will rid us of what we fear, but it only deepens the wound.— Brad Reedy. Hate doesn’t just appear; it grows, slowly and quietly, built from moments… Read more
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September
A Month to Remember Just thinking…🤔 Why do people say that September is a month to remember, when I wonder what about November and December, which both have the ’ember’? And what about October? I guess even without the “-ember,” October glows with its own kind of fire. More on October later. This September carries… Read more
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Extracts From Writing Class: Jobless
This mini-memoir is written in free verse, drawing from entries in my journal that I’ve shaped through creative writing. I am working on a collection of vignettes to be published on Amazon. Cheer me on! 😉 This piece is still being edited… Posing in my Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Jobless – Chapter One By JJ… Read more
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The Any Day Journal-12 Reflections
Reflections from a 2015 Journal Dear Reader: Rediscovering old writings feels like opening a time capsule, revealing a version of myself I had almost forgotten. In the pages of a 2015 journal, I found a collection of prose: thoughts on love, thinking, indecision, and life, capturing the emotions and questions of that time. Reading them now,… Read more
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De-fogging – An Encouragement
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“Keep pushing forward, even when the path is uncertain, for greatness awaits those who persist.” – Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (1957) Faith in the Clearing When life feels clouded and sorrow, confusion, or weariness settle like fog over your spirit, remember this: God is not absent in the mist.… Read more
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Yearning- A Poem of The Soul
An extract from my old journal-Mathematics of Pain This poem explores the profound, often overwhelming emotions of longing and desire. It captures the essence of deeply missing someone or something, delving into the intense feelings that accompany the yearning in a life lost. Through simple repetition, rhyme, and heartfelt words, this piece seeks to resonate… Read more
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