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... 
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 | Jun 15, 2019 | Devotional, Family, Inspiration, True Stories, VIP Freedom Coaching
We have stigmas, marks of disgrace that are associated with particular circumstances. One such circumstance is birth order. If you are the oldest, the stigma is you are bossy. If you are in between, the stigma is you are overlooked. However, if you are the youngest... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 26, 2017 | #KickWeight, Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, True Stories, Uncategorized
When Michelle Lee came into #KickWeight and began to understand that sugar and foods with high carbohydrate content were her problem, things began to change. Since she began her journey in 2016, she’s lost 95 pounds. Although she’s got more to lose, she says it feels... 
by Karen Fritzemeier | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Devotional, Health, sweet change, True Stories
I was afraid of God. I was afraid of what He might do or not do. I was afraid He wouldn’t protect my children, husband and myself. I was afraid He might make me do something I didn’t want to do. As long as I ate whatever I wanted, I could keep the fears... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog, Devotional, Health, sweet change, Teresa's Journey, True Stories, Write the Vision
Real women don’t tell their age. Someone made a comment something like that to me the other day. I disagree. Real women are proud of their age, no matter what it is. It makes a statement to the world that they have overcome yet for another year. Today, I turn 62 years...