by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 12, 2023 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Poetry, Purpose, sweet freedom, Uncategorized
Shades of blacks and whites Long black angry shadows Hiding fears, mistrusts, and shame And white as far as the eye can see. Nothingness. I wear my despair in monotone. No cure for my sickness. No help to pull me out of lifelessness. No desire to climb to freedom.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 10, 2021 | Blog, Inspiration, Poems and fiction, Poetry, Purpose, True Stories
Pain has a color. It can be black and blue, purple or green, In varying shades of agony. Or red screaming with anguish, Crying tears that wash away the vividness of despair In an attempt to make it disappear Or pretend that it never was and will never be again. We... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog, Fiction, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
I discovered a prose poem I started about 10 or more years ago when I was stumbling around on my weight loss journey. Back then, I had no idea where or how all the jumbled pieces of my life would ever fit together to complete a picture worth anyone ever viewing.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 16, 2019 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Poetry, Purpose, Sweet Journey, Uncategorized
To say keeping your weight at a level that is normal, or what feels normal, is a struggle is an understatement. The struggle is real but so is the victory over that issue! The struggle is real, but you are not alone. There are various statistics floating around about... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 3, 2018 | Blog, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Poems and fiction, Poetry
There was a girl inside me Who wondered who she would be. Teacher, lawyer, author or Missionary to the poor? Take charge, get ‘er done planner, Achiever and crazy dreamer. Artist, storyteller, too. Any and all she could do. Of her gifts, one she... by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Poetry
Jesus, of course, is the original Overcomer. He overcame sin, death and the grave. Many times while here on earth He gave His disciples glimpses of how He would be remembered. Right before He went to the cross, He had a heart-to-heart with His buddies, those...