Marrying a stutterer changed my life.
Our first date was difficult. I'd forgotten he'd written the word "stutterer" somewhere in his Bumble profile.
We met at the base of a local hike — just as storm clouds were rolling in.
It took at least a minute for him to say "Hello."
Gentle parenting is actually about you learning to manage your anger and emotions, you working on your communication style, you learning to affirm more than you criticize, you learning to be patient, gentle parenting isn't just about the kids,it starts with reparenting yourself.
Do you know the strength it takes to thank God for something that hasn’t arrived yet? To believe something good is brewing in heaven when things on earth are actively fighting against what God said? “Walk by faith not by sight” aren’t just light words, it’s prophetic.
I respect a person who knows their energy is off and keeps their distance because they don’t want to transfer it onto you. I don’t think some people understand how real that is.
In the black community, New Year’s Day used to be widely known as 'Hiring Day' or 'Heartbreak Day', because enslaved people spent New Year��s Eve waiting, wondering if their owners were going to rent them out to someone else, thus potentially splitting up their families...