• Breaking Barriers

    Gratitude

    Last week was an interesting week for me. There was one day in particular when everything went wrong it seemed. I had a conversation with a friend, who was having the same type of day. As she was about to complain about what was going wrong, she stopped and said, no, I will not focus on the negative, I will deal with what is happening, but also find the positive. I decided to take the same stance, and while everything didn’t get better, I recognized that I can’t control everything, but I can control how I deal with it. How do you deal with opposition? Do you focus on the…

  • Breaking Barriers

    It’s Working For My Good!

    When I was growing up I’ve always had a sense of what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be a nurse since the fourth grade. I had my life planned out; after graduating from high school, I would go off to college to receive my degree in nursing, then move to Charlotte and work at one of the hospitals. I would be married by 24, first child by 26, and second (last child, smile) by 28. My husband and I would travel and see the world. I would eventually own my own business, and just live the “good life”, whatever that is, lol. It was my…