I was going to stop blogging. No, really. I even posted it on last weeks UNITE, “Why God Hasn’t Given Up On You”…that I was going to stop writing in order to “think and pray” about what God was doing on my blog. But truth is, I was tired…really, really tired. For days before last […]
I blogged for years. Anonymous. No name. No blog tied to my Facebook. Just words, bubbling forth. Deep from the soul. Uncoated. Untamed. Fearless. Real. And now, there is a name, Jen Avellaneda. The name I’d always hidden from. Run from. Unowned, because I never wanted to be seen or known….by anyone… Let alone the millions […]
I first became aware of the problem watching my teenager. Drama surfaced in her new High School, and instead of calling or even texting one another, she read through teenagers airing their frustrations to millions, through Twitter. I questioned it unbelieving. Thinking, maybe I am not clear…“You mean when teens have a problem with someone in […]
I am not sure what woke me. Strolling closely to the double french doors staring from my canopy bed. Peering over the balcony rail. Groggy. Foggy in my head. I spot them. Tendering walking. Fluffy tails. Strolling as if the night before, they didn’t hear gun shots, or barking dogs, or lawn mowers eating tall blades […]