by Teresa Shields Parker | Feb 11, 2020 | Blog, Family, Health, overcomers
I grew up in the 60’s and graduated high school in 1971. It was in the era of tie-died t-shirts, bell-bottom jeans, hippies, drugs, sex and rock and roll. Fortunately, it was also the rise of Jesus Freaks and the Jesus Movement. As the daughter of a preacher, I didn’t... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 19, 2020 | Blog, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers
One minute I was sitting in the green metal lawn chair in my uncle’s front yard, talking and laughing with my aunt while cousins and our children played hide and go seek. The next minute I felt the collapse of the rounded legs as they slowly lowered me to the ground.... by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 28, 2019 | Blog, Family, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
What story is your life writing? What kind of legacy are you building every day? I didn’t ever think about this until my mother and grandmother died within seven months of each other in 1992 and 1993. Being the oldest grandchild on my mother’s side of the family, I... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 21, 2019 | Blog, Devotional, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
After surrendering sugar and learning how to go forward, I began losing weight and keeping it off. I was finally headed in the right direction and had processed and dealt with many things that had held me back on my journey. Then, I hit what felt like a brick wall.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog, Devotional, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
In 1999 I was laying in a hospital bed awaiting the results of an angioplasty. A cardiac surgeon thought I needed a mitral valve replacement. Any surgery at 430 pounds was risky, especially open heart surgery. Magic Fix I felt so lousy, though, that I was ready for... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog, Devotional, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
The speaker asked, “Where do you want to be in five years?” This was not a new question for me. I’ve asked this question, or a version of it, to myself and those I coach many times. The question wasn’t new, but the timing was different. When I heard him...