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Today I drove to Cincinnati to work so I could meet a former coworker who I hadn't seen in years for lunch. The distance from home to Cincinnati and home to Miamisburg are about the same. However, it took 55 minutes to get to downtown Cincinnati, and it only takes 35 minutes to get to Miamisburg. Why does it take so long to go the same distance? Because there are different obstacles that get in the way like traffic, accidents and construction. Mainly there seems to be more pe

I would often tease my mom when I told the story of choosing the college I would attend. It started in high school when my counselor said I should apply for an engineering scholarship since I had good math and science grades. So, I did but all the while I was planning to go to the University of Kentucky where my boyfriend was attending. I already had received scholarships there in math and computer science. However, my counselor called my home to tell me that I was accepted i

Today I went to the theatre to see the first 3 episodes of Season 4 of The Chosen. It’s getting pretty intense as the story unfolds. John has been beheaded which lets us know Jesus is on his way to the cross. There is a side story (spoiler alert) about Thomas wanting to marry a character name “Rhema” who has left her family to follow Jesus. At the end of Episode 3 she is killed and Thomas pleads with Jesus to heal her. Jesus says it is not her time and that he loves Thomas an

Took a little sabbatical unintentionally due to other competing priorities and distractions.  Sounds like something I’d say at work: “competing priorities and distractions." Nevertheless, some really great things have happened since my last blog. One I’m most excited about is that I spoke at an event hosted annually by Heavenly C Ministries   led by my brother and sister in the Lord, Jeff and Cheryl Cook.  I was able to give my testimony of how “Josie’s Daughter” came to be a

The song “It’s a New Season” by Martha Munizzi currently describes my life. The lyrics say: It’s a new season. It’s a new day.  Fresh anointing flowing my way. It’s a season of power and prosperity. It’s a new season coming for me. With every new season comes transition.  We are currently transitioning from summer to fall even though it feels like summer to winter.  The leaves are changing and falling.  It’s getting darker sooner. Stores are displaying Christmas items and dec

Yesterday toward the end of my biweekly check-in with my manager, he told me that there was a request for me to relinquish my office. Well, the backdrop is that employees from another building are being asked to vacate a building and move into my building. Fortunately, my manager pushed back and refused to approve of my displacement. He requested the floor plan of the building where he saw the many empty offices and cubicles and that I sit among my HR colleagues. I was so gla