Author Archives: Shayne Reid

I wonder sometimes about priorities when it comes to taking care of our “inner circle”. Everyone’s inner circle is different but when it comes down to it, we have to start with ourselves and the one we share our lives with. That’s the foundation and if we don’t start with the foundation, we’re in a […]

Sometimes I think too much, and envy people who don’t. Sometimes, most the time, I am really emotional, and at times, envy people who aren’t. Sometimes, I forget to breathe, to slow down, to let go… and envy people who can… breathe, slow down, and let go. Sometimes I work like there is no tomorrow… […]

Definition: concern more with the needs and wishes of others than with one’s own. I have spent a lot of time in my life thinking about the act of being selfless. I have heard many times that we should always take care of ourselves first and foremost. That we have to be healthy and good […]

I want to wake up to see you smiling at me and feel the contentment of us. I want to know that you are with me in the good times and the bad, that we stand together through it all with strength, love, and commitment that is unwavering. I wish the little things would drift […]

We have all heard the saying, “time heals all wounds” and that, “all good things come in time”. I disagree. I think we are much more complex than the simplicity of those sayings. I spent time with one of my clients today who lost her husband a year ago. Time has not healed her wounds. […]

I wondered when I started this blog how much of myself I would share. Like everyone else, I have many different facets. And, although I truly believe that this life is beautiful and amazing and every moment is a gift from God, I also know how completely screwed up this life can be and how […]

and perhaps what made her beautiful was not her appearance or what she achieved, but in her love and in her courage, and her audacity to believe: no matter the darkness around her, Light ran wild within her, and that was the way she came alive, and it showed up in everything. -morgan harper nichols […]

I went to bed angry last night. My husband heard me crying in my sleep in the middle of the night and woke me from a bad dream that I was having. This morning I woke up feeling: angry, sad, calm, content and unsettled at the same time, irritated, and kind of happy. I guess […]

I love my life which is pretty obvious from the title of my blog. I smile and laugh a lot. I’m a happy, loving person who believes in doing good. I give 110% of myself to my family and I am rewarded with their love and it means the world to me. I’m also real […]

I grew up in a Baptist church. A true to tale hellfire and brimstone Baptist church. I remember sitting under the pews chewing gum and playing with my gum wrapper; folding it, crumpling it up, straightening it out, making shapes with it. It took my mind off the preacher yelling about, well, everything. He loved […]