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    Intentional Friendship
    Monica Odom
    • 3 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
    My first Mother’s Day gift…Zahra
    MichelleRena
    • May 7
    • 3 min

    My first Mother’s Day gift…Zahra

    Fourteen years ago today, I was preparing to become a mommy. I’d read the books and taken the classes and by all accounts I was ready,...
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    May is giving…
    MichelleRena
    • May 1
    • 2 min

    May is giving…

    April was a whirlwind. I am in awe of the blessings and depression that came as a result of the past 30 days. April 1 I attended the...
    10 views0 comments
    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
    MichelleRena
    • Apr 19
    • 2 min

    Transparency Tuesday: Teaching My Girls How to Be a Friend By Being a Friend

    I am learning that while I truly value transparency and the freedom of openness that it affords me, it is critical that I narrow down...
    6 views0 comments
    The shift…
    MichelleRena
    • Apr 18
    • 2 min

    The shift…

    I literally have a thousand ideas run through my head on a daily basis but I struggle to get them all down. I could honestly write 2-3...
    5 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
    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
    Everyone is talking about Will Smith...
    MichelleRena
    • Mar 28
    • 5 min

    Everyone is talking about Will Smith...

    I rarely get into pop culture on the blog, yet here we are. There is so much to think about and all of it is not about the slap. But, yes...
    35 views0 comments
    Meet Demetrius Dorn of A'Dorn Scrubs & More
    MichelleRena
    • Mar 23
    • 2 min

    Meet Demetrius Dorn of A'Dorn Scrubs & More

    Every woman has a story and honestly the more I interview these amazing DOPE Black Women the more intrigued I become with learning the...
    31 views0 comments
    Spring has sprung and now it’s time to blossom…
    MichelleRena
    • Mar 21
    • 2 min

    Spring has sprung and now it’s time to blossom…

    I took some time off to enjoy spring break. During what felt like the shortest week ever, I really enjoyed not going to work, waking up...
    6 views0 comments
    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
    Dream Without Fear
    MichelleRena
    • Mar 11
    • 2 min

    Dream Without Fear

    Someone said "sometimes you just have to do it scared" and honestly for me that couldn’t be truer. A lot of times we are so hyper focused...
    24 views0 comments
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    Intentional Friendship
    Monica Odom
    • 3 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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