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    Intentional Friendship
    Monica Odom
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Intentional Friendship

    As yall should know by now, I'm a military spouse. With that comes a slew of new ships. Friendships. Acquaintance-ships. Emergency...
    23 views4 comments
    More Time
    Monica Odom
    • Jun 16
    • 2 min

    More Time

    I have 5 more days left in Misawa, Japan, and a recurring theme is "I wish we had more time." It's a typically refrain when it's time to...
    23 views0 comments
    Summer, Summer, SummerTime
    Monica Odom
    • Jun 2
    • 1 min

    Summer, Summer, SummerTime

    Ok, I know I can serious over here, because life is fucking serious, but can I get real with you today? I'm tired. I am talking dog ass...
    5 views0 comments
    Inner Compass
    Monica Odom
    • May 18
    • 2 min

    Inner Compass

    Like many of you, when I arrived into this existence, I was given a preprogrammed compass. It didn't point to my true north. It pointed...
    6 views1 comment
    Pages of Your Diary
    Monica Odom
    • May 12
    • 2 min

    Pages of Your Diary

    This was one of those weeks where I wasn't sure what I was going to write about. Ideas would come and go, but nothing stuck out. It...
    22 views2 comments
    Pixie Dust
    Monica Odom
    • May 5
    • 2 min

    Pixie Dust

    About a week ago, I started reading Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones also know as Luvvie on Social Media. (Look her up....
    35 views1 comment
    Clarity from Chaos
    Monica Odom
    • Apr 28
    • 3 min

    Clarity from Chaos

    So if you follow me on my FB or IG accounts, then you know this week was hectic. If you don't, first of all Second, we are a military...
    10 views0 comments
    You don't have to live here anymore
    Monica Odom
    • Apr 14
    • 2 min

    You don't have to live here anymore

    I think I'm a good friend, and I'd like to think that my friends and associates feel the same way, unless yall lying... For the past few...
    8 views0 comments
    It's too much
    Monica Odom
    • Apr 7
    • 2 min

    It's too much

    That's all I'm heard this morning. It's too fucking much. Literally screamed this in my car during my lunch break. That was after...
    14 views0 comments
    Gut check on this good Wednesday
    Monica Odom
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    Gut check on this good Wednesday

    I've been chatty as of late. LOL Yall know how Michelle and I chop it up on our IG lives, right? So I'm sure you can imagine how the...
    4 views0 comments
    Prayer of Protection
    Monica Odom
    • Apr 4
    • 1 min

    Prayer of Protection

    We often pray for protection from the dangers seen and unseen. But what if the danger is us? Sometimes we unknowingly, and knowingly,...
    9 views1 comment
    Walking in the dark
    Monica Odom
    • Mar 31
    • 1 min

    Walking in the dark

    As a child I was afraid of the dark. So much so that I would let my little sister sleep with me so 'she' wasn't scared. Honestly, I still...
    4 views0 comments
    So what are you afraid of?
    Monica Odom
    • Mar 31
    • 2 min

    So what are you afraid of?

    Came to me in meditation today. Last year Michelle and I talked about "doing it afraid"; "it" being anything and everything because...
    11 views1 comment
    My Intentions
    Monica Odom
    • Mar 22
    • 1 min

    My Intentions

    My intentions were from a place of love because I could see all that you could become. I knew it sounded hyper critical but because I...
    4 views1 comment
    It's A Process
    Monica Odom
    • Mar 18
    • 2 min

    It's A Process

    This phrase has taken up residence in my head over the past few weeks. It's a process. But what's a process, Mon? Hell, everything. ...
    23 views3 comments
    Intentional Care
    Monica Odom
    • Mar 11
    • 1 min

    Intentional Care

    As most of you know, I'm home for a family emergency. Continued prayers and positive thoughts requested and all those that have been sent...
    13 views0 comments
    Just checking on you
    Monica Odom
    • Mar 10
    • 2 min

    Just checking on you

    Such a small phrase, but over the two weeks the weight of it really hit home. My dad had a heart attack 2 weeks ago. Because of COVID, I...
    13 views0 comments
    Rationing Love
    Monica Odom
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    Rationing Love

    As we wrap up love month, I'm still in 'What does it all mean?', or 'it's this all there is?', or a 'make it make sense.' kinda space....
    18 views0 comments
    Grieving Love
    Monica Odom
    • Feb 17
    • 2 min

    Grieving Love

    These posts are heavy, but very necessary. I didn't expect it to shift this way but I've been in a very introspective space so it doesn't...
    7 views1 comment
    Love...Scary?
    Monica Odom
    • Feb 10
    • 3 min

    Love...Scary?

    I think the scariest thing I've ever done is love myself. Why do I say that? As a recovering people-pleaser, I often looked at putting...
    17 views1 comment
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    Intentional Friendship
    Monica Odom
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Intentional Friendship

    As yall should know by now, I'm a military spouse. With that comes a slew of new ships. Friendships. Acquaintance-ships. Emergency...
    23 views4 comments
    More Time
    Monica Odom
    • Jun 16
    • 2 min

    More Time

    I have 5 more days left in Misawa, Japan, and a recurring theme is "I wish we had more time." It's a typically refrain when it's time to...
    23 views0 comments

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