Tina's Words

legacy is about leaving our mark in this world we call home. legacy is about connection. it's about living and being vulnerable and authentically YOU. this idea of legacy has been hovering the edges of my mind. i have always loved reading memoirs. i love movies about real people. i sit and walk and listen to the stories of many in my corner of the world. today a lovely woman from Israel shared a bit of her family's journey with me. another spent her life on a journey that led to owning her own...

today i am with a little one while his mamma is at work. we listen to kid songs on my phone. we eat peanut butter by the spoonful. we watch magnet marbles slide and twist down a plastic track made for matchbox cars. the magnets jump together and twirl when they are close. we laugh. my little also got mad. he threw things. we talk about how he feels. he continues to cry. i think about distracting him with the magnets. i don’t. i choose to not move him away from his feelings. i acknowledge the...

"Make time for fitness or Make time for illness" Today this quote caught my eye! The quote accompanied a photo of a strong man holding himself up in the plank position with his face staring directly forward into the camera. Strength and determination and confidence resonate from within, clearly advertising his personal training program. I am not presently looking for a personal trainer, but this advertisement caught my eye! I found the words really made me think! “Make time for fitness, or...

A Tree. Standing. Veiled in time. Without the nutrients of grace and truth. A Tree standing and alone. These branches have born up heavy things. They have blown in the winds of time. They have been tossed and turned and even forgotten. Flooded and hailed upon. Broken and injured. This tree is dwarfed. It has survived, for sure. A few leaves and fruit still flourish within it’s branches. There is a scent of beauty in its determination to stay and stand even in its disfigurement. But It is truly...

Sometimes the thing we need most, is the thing we do most for others. Let's think about that for a minute. Ask yourself the question. What is it that you do easily for others? Which role do you serve with skill and passion in your relationships? What comes naturally?  Is there a piece of you that has a tendency to connect with others in a place that is dear to your heart? A place that means the world to you? A place that has your passion? You are even incredibly good at it, and a huge blessing...

I do not see my worth. I look to you in order to find it. I become who you want me to be... because then you will value me. I need you to value me, because I don't. I am skilled at picking up what you want me to be. I know intuitively what it is that you want me to be. But it is not the real me. I don't even know who the real me is. I never got to discover who I was. I learned when I was young to not be the real me. It wasn't safe to be me. It wasn't safe. It isn't safe. I wear this mask now....