by Teresa Shields Parker | Aug 5, 2025 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
We all know what a birthday is. It is the celebration of the day you were born. This year, if I happened to eat cake which I gave up about 15 years ago, there would be 72 candles on my cake poised to burn the house down! However, I don’t eat cake any more. There was a... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 23, 2024 | Blog, Inspiration, Purpose
I’ve thought a lot about this question: When did Jesus figure out who He is and who told Him? Was it a surprise when He found out He was the Son of Father God? When He was in Heaven He knew who He was, but when He came to earth he was a human baby. He came right out... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 30, 2024 | Blog, Fiction, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Teresa's Journey, Uncategorized
I wanted to read like my mother did. She read constantly. It was her one solace in a sea of troubles that seemed to plague her worse than others. So every week, we’d go to the library, and Mom would choose stacks of books to read. I begged her to let me check out... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog, Health, sweet grace, Uncategorized
The answer is, “Of course it can.” I have heard from numerous people who have read my memoir, Sweet Grace: How I Lost 250 Pounds, and their lives have been radically changed just by reading that book I wrote in 2013. Rebuilding Jayne is available NOW on Amazon. I have... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Devotional, Health, overcomers, Purpose
For years, I had a problem with weight. God told me what to do, but I didn’t do it. Then, I came to the end of my rope and was afraid my time here on Earth was approaching an end. Desperation will cause us to do some amazing things. I finally surrendered to God. When... by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 8, 2023 | Blog, Family, Inspiration, True Stories, Uncategorized
It’s Easter Sunday morning. I am lying curled up next to my husband, his arm around me. These are the type of mornings I ache to be writing. Writing is my drug, as they say. These days, though, lying next to my husband is better than any drug. Perhaps he is my drug of...