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By Bonita GomezPosted on December 31, 2023
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During the year of the divorce, I was deep in the Word, seeking God like never before, hearing Him speak all around me. He kept […]

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Red Shoes Mattered

By Bonita GomezPosted on December 20, 2023
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My middle son was voted one of the Sophomore class favorites by his peers. At his highschool, class favorites and Who’s Who are announced at […]

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Issues

By Bonita GomezPosted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
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Once I hit forty, I made annual wellness visits a priority. Yesterday during my checkup, the doctor sat down across from me and after going […]

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Forward

By Bonita GomezPosted on October 14, 2023December 5, 2023
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That house. In the last year there, it was like even the house was against me. Toilets broke. The pool broke. Er’thang broke. I was […]

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The Constant

By Bonita GomezPosted on October 12, 2023December 5, 2023
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Facebook memories got me nostalgic today…. Ten years ago when we moved to this small town, I thought I had really arrived in life. Not […]

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Resurrection Power

By Bonita GomezPosted on August 26, 2023December 5, 2023
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Y’all. NO. LIE. This fan was not working after I put new batteries in it and fiddled around, banged on it, shook it, nearly cried […]

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First First

By Bonita GomezPosted on May 1, 2023January 10, 2024
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I recently went on my first first date in over twenty years. Except I couldn’t call it a “date” because “date” sent me into a […]

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Easter Thoughts

By Bonita GomezPosted on April 8, 2023April 8, 2023
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In different seasons of life, the Bible comes alive to us in new ways. Here is a different look at some aspects of Easter passages. […]

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A Valentine’s Wish for My Children

By Bonita GomezPosted on February 12, 2023
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May young love help you discover who you are and what most speaks love to you, how to compromise yet stay true to yourself, how […]

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Thirsty

By Bonita GomezPosted on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
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On plant stands in the window at the top of the stairway, I have two plants from my grandmother’s funeral eight years ago. I carried […]

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About Me
Do not rejoice over me,
O my enemy.

    Though I fall I will rise;
Though I dwell in darkness,
    the Lord is a light for me.
Micah 7:8

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