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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...

Monica Odom

Jun 16, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Jun 2, 20221 min read

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...

Monica Odom

May 18, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

May 12, 20222 min read

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....

Monica Odom

May 5, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Apr 28, 20223 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Apr 14, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Apr 7, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Apr 5, 20222 min read

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,...

Monica Odom

Apr 4, 20221 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Mar 31, 20221 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Mar 31, 20222 min read

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. ...

Monica Odom

Mar 18, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Mar 10, 20221 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Mar 10, 20222 min read

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....

Monica Odom

Feb 24, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Feb 17, 20222 min read

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...

Monica Odom

Feb 10, 20223 min read

It's the Sweet One!

I don't like Dr. Pepper, but it fits. *Oprah shrug* The world can be cruel, so why do we feel the need to add to it? From comments we...

Monica Odom

Feb 7, 20221 min read

Emotional Rollercoaster

This song describes love in my teens and early 20s. "Up and down it goes." #teamshambles #fixitJesus 'You know what's funny? I always...

Monica Odom

Feb 3, 20222 min read

2026 - Revelation

Once you know, you can't unknow. So be careful when you ask for things to be revealed, if you aren't prepared to deal with the revelation.

Monica Odom

May 81 min read

Book Review: The Bridge Back to You by Riss M. Neilson

Favorite quote: "I never really did fall out of love. I just learned to live without her."

Monica Odom

Apr 302 min read

Book Review: The Perfection of A Moment by Kimberly Brown

Favorite Quote: "I'm not perfect, but she'll always get the best parts of me." - Hiram asking Mr. and Mrs. Solomon for their blessing to propose to Ximena.

Monica Odom

Apr 232 min read

Living Your Dream

Cause whose dream, big dawg?!?

Monica Odom

Apr 201 min read

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