I remember the first time I attended church during my chemo treatment receiving compliments from friends on how great I looked, how I radiated! Of course, I glowed, I had chemicals racing through my veins killing everything in its way. As my skin darkened and my hair fell out as a result of the treatment, […]
Finding Strength for the Journey: God
It’s been a month since I last posted a blog. Much has happened in my life. Most recently, I had to submit myself again to surgery to fix a health issue. Not one surgery, but two procedures within a week. That took me to a special place. In addition to the surgeries, I decided to […]
The Word for 2016
It dawned on me as I posted the previous blog that I had not shared the post from my other site about my ritual of choosing a word for the year. The series I did on living joyful has no context without sharing why living joyful has so much meaning to me. Below is […]
The Practice of Living Joyful: Perfection
Originally posted 02/06/2016 on http://www.teridmc. The post was edited to reflect current views. “My father said to me, “Miguel, when you understand that you are perfect just the way you are, you will see that everything is perfect just the way it is.” – Living a Life of Awareness, Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr, Yesterday I […]
Eucharisteo
This is my entry for Day three of the Poetry Class. I got behind and off track. I think I’ve even written an assignment or two ahead But I wanted to explore this topic and style. The assignment was to write a poem about a friend – God – using the acrostic form. […]
Lost in the Right Direction
The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:7 NLT Twice I’ve used my GPS to provide guidance to an address unknown to me and got lost. The first time […]
Life Gifts
Life is not a straight line or a flat road. It’s full of twists and turns, and hills and valleys. There are tall trees that block your view and short shrubs that scratch your ankles and knees. It’s a maze; it’s a jungle, and it’s full of surprises. Life is not a problem to be solved, […]
Imperfect
Today is my day five entry in the poetry assignment. The challenge is to use the theme Imperfect in a limerick. It is ironic to think that God would make something imperfect. There are days, however, when standing in the department store mirror, I question his motives. Even God has jokes! My arms, fingers, and legs […]
Hope
Yesterday was National Cancer Survivors Day and I quietly celebrated two years in remission. I went to church in the morning and spent the afternoon getting some much-needed pampering at my local nail salon. I opened the picture above and thought about those days and how I got through them all. They caught my cancer stage one, […]
My Journey
http://www.short-hairstyles.co/25-curly-hairstyles-for-cute-black-round-faces.html This is my day four entry in the Intro to Poetry course. The lesson is to use the poetic device of simile to explore the topic of Journey. Njoy! My life journey is as curled as the hair on my head! At moments, it resembles a corkscrew, closely wound in a circular motion. Then […]
Teri McClanahan 