This week’s Coached 2 Love Radio Show is titled “Giving Away the Bride: Why Are All My Exes are Getting Married and I’m Still Single?”. For the poetry moment, I shared a poem called “In Honor of Past Relationships.” As I reflect about the time in my life for which this poem was written, I’m…
Your tongue might be a weapon of mass destruction if: You find yourself saying “no one ever listens to me.” First, this is probably not an accurate statement. Certainly someone still listens to you even if he/she no longer wants to. Secondly, if by “no one” you mean “as a general response” people tune you…
On Coached 2 Love Radio this week, the topic is “The Last First Date.” You may be asking – What on earth is a last first date? Well, if you’ve been on yours you know exactly what this means. It’s the moment you share an experience so surreal with someone you just met that you…
I didn’t think it was important. I’d been married before and what I really wanted was a wedding because my first husband and I eloped. I knew I wanted an actual wedding ceremony – in a church – with our families and friends there as witnesses. But I convinced myself that I didn’t want a…
On Coached 2 Love Radio this week, we are revisiting the topic Single, Successful, Saved and Satisfied. I’m throwing in another “S” – Sisters, since I’m directing my writing this week particularly to women. [Sidenote: it’s usually a good idea for men to read things written for women by women, if you’d like to have…
This week, the topic for Coached 2 Love Radio is: Romance . . . forget it, let’s just have sex! For some reason when we say the word ‘sex’ we tend to say it in hushed tones like it’s taboo. We turn into 12 year old’s and get red-faced and giggly. (Unfortunately some 12 year old’s…
You are absolutely correct. They don’t deserve your forgiveness. They haven’t earned it. They haven’t asked for it. They may not even care whether or not they get it. The thing is, forgiveness is not about “they.” Forgiveness is about you. You owe it to yourself to not carry that excess baggage around. The only…
It must be said. Not because it’s never been said, but because it bears repeating. Spelling and grammar are important. For the past three weeks, I have been working with an organization that provides academic intervention to public school students to help improve standardized test scores. Some of what I’ve seen has flat out saddened…
Clarence started it. All this talk of #forgiveness and #livingfree inspired me. Don’t misunderstand. I did not just wake up one day and decide – okay, this is the day I’ll forgive myself. While for some people, it may happen in that way – since all things are possible with God. For me, it was…
We enter seeking healing. Initially, it seems like a healthy place. Everyone smiles. They’re dressed nicely. They sing loudly. The message speaks to our spirit. And we return week after week. We become engaged in the ministry. We work hard. And then it happens. Someone hurts us. They say the wrong thing in the wrong…
The T Room 