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Wake-up Monique!!!
Hello fellow mommies!!! Welcome to 2023! I’m so excited to be here in the land of the living! So much has happened since my last post. Lots of life transitions but I am forever grateful to the lover of my soul Jesus! For He is a sustainer and keeper! He is a mind regulator and more importantly, HIs love is excessive! As I listen to the song Excess Love Remix by JJ Hairston & Mercy Chinwo, I sit in awe and wonder at just how good He is! The lyrics say, “Oh Oh Oh, You love me too much Oh! Your love is kind! Your love is Patient! You fill…
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Attitude of Gratitude to the Father!!!
As I burn the midnight oil at 1:21am on 11/30/2022, I take-in all the happenings that the month of November brought. This month was definitely one I would describe as intentional communication, declaration, and warfare. As I put the babies to sleep, I awoke this evening to check on my oldest son just to find out that he had a fever and was under the weather. So, like the mom I am, I prayed over him, gave him meds, and sat with him as he drifted back off to sleep. I walked into the kitchen and all I could hear in my spirit is write. Honestly, I have no clue…
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Holy and Horny vs Holy and Whole – God’s Plan for sexual purity after Divorce!
Hey momma’s!!! Sooooo, why did no one tell me about the sexual urges that remain after the divorce??? I’m waiting!!! (wink) I feel like I woke up one morning and was slapped with a burst of sexual energy that I could NOT explain. I felt completely frustrated and knew that I did not have license to satisfy! So, what’s a girl to do??? This was the question and journey that I took a few months after my divorce. Initially after my divorce, I felt completely numb to any emotions which scared me as an empath. However, it was during this season that I was singularly focused on graduate school and…
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Moms amongst women leaving the workplace
Hello BOMB.com mommas! So, I posted on LinkedIn this morning and I thought I’d share with our working moms as well. There was a trending article from Forbes that was posted by LinkedIn News titled, “The ‘Great Breakup’ And Why Women Leaders Are Leaving Companies At Higher Rates” This article shared stats and reasons for women leaving the workforce. Amongst the top reasons was burnout, sharing that 43% of women, compared to 31% of men in leadership experienced burnout. I reposted the article under my page and added my own perspective that highlighted additional findings. Today, I wanted to hop onto my blog to share with you my perspective on,…
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Teens and Things…exhausted in the battle
Well, burning the midnight oil again! It’s actually 1:22am and somehow I have not been able to sleep at night recently. Not sure why, but I pray for sweet rest and the Lord’s revelation of this season in life. As I reflect on my day, what sticks out the most is a disagreement that my eldest son and I had. As we transported groceries from the car to home, I lashed out at him on the elevator, in response to his abrupt and harsh communication with his seven-year-old brother. I felt his communication was a bit harsh and to be quite honest, I was triggered as it reminded me of…
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GRATITUDE for the Father
Thank you, heavenly father for being all that to me, When you sit on the thrown as Deity! You didn’t have to come down and sup with me, But you did by sacrificing your life on Calvary! Bloodshed, stains, pierced in the side. Never mumbled a word of resistance, yet cried… “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. Remember this was the plan back in Genesis 2. When we created man in Our image, Knowing the day would come That I’d say, IT IS FINISH, the victory is won!” So, thank you, heavenly father for being all that to me, When you sit on the thrown as…
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The Normalization of Strength, Struggle, and “Hard Work” of Black women and the Need to shift the needle to a softer life of receiving!
Well mommas…I’m burning the midnight oil as the last kiddos just lie down to bed at 11:03pm. My morning routine begins at 5:30am, so chop chop, let’s get this convo started. Hello my fellow mommies and welcome to MOMs R The B.O.M.B.com! Today’s topic is one that I experience personally as an African American Mom in the US; burnout and the normalizing of “Doing” and “Penetrating” and “Going Hard” and “leading Strong” as a Black working mom! The sentence alone is exhausting! I would love to be given the permission to simply “Rest” and “Receive” and “Balance my competing priorities from a place of “FULL”fillment and peace” and “lead in…
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WHO WILL YOU CHOOSE???
Hello again my AMAZING fellow mommies! So, in the recent months, I was presented with a job opportunity that would allow my kiddos and I to relocated back to the DFW, TX area. It was a lateral move with double the pay, working in a familiar environment with a former employer. The offer came during a time I had been eager for change and seeking the Lord on next steps. Well, the kicker is that after negotiating a start date, the employer was only able to push the date out to April 2022. With many things to consider, including my middle schooler and I graduating in May 2022, this decision…
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Welcome Mommies to 2022
Post #2 (or so)…what an accomplishment if I say so myself! 🙂 This is my second post since beginning my journey of obedience to God in creating a platform for mommies alike! Yes, it has been almost four months since my initial post, however, I anticipate posting to my Blog more regularly going forward. 2022 has started off as a year of reflection and slow progress as I am being challenged to create a mental space and commitment to embracing the NOW and not my NEXT. As a member of Transformation Nation, the online ministry of Transformation Church, Pastors Mike and Natalie Todd, this year’s theme is, “Here is Holy”,…
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The Rollercoaster Ride of Parenting
Today was a good day! I got the kiddos off to school, talked to my BFF about life, worked from home, and somehow, gradually, smack dead in the middle of it all, a strong feeling of depression came over me! I had no words. All I wanted to be was alone with my thoughts and figure out the “why” of life. I mean, all I want is quite simple, my kiddos to be happy, financial security, a clear road map to the next stop in life, and to not have to be strong for everyone around me! No words spoken, yet the feelings overwhelmed me as I lie in the…
