Six Miles None the Richer

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As I sit here reflecting the day and the achievements of satisfaction of rewards from putting in endless hours of Physical Therapy, today the pain and suffering was put to test. I was able to bike for 6 Miles at Hot Worxs. I still do not have feeling in my leg from surgery, but I was released to bike inside and walk a mile as long as there’s resting spots along the journey.

Oct. 21st has radically changed my life. Though the days seem long and the suffering seems eternal. I know I’ll come out stronger than before.

Suffering. We all have endured suffering. Some we have created on our own, some life has handed us, and some that has just appeared without us knowing.

Suffering. I imagine the definition of suffering to be mixed with a little bit of chaos to help the individual or situation to grow substantial, but to be meaningful and significant with hopes and dreams of achieving more.

Personally. Suffering will either make or break you! You can choose to allow the suffering to drag you down or you can choose to find Joy in the chaos.

Jesus suffered enough for all of us to have eternal life. He paid the ultimate sacrifice, so we could be forgiven. I think of failures often and how I wish I would have done this or I wish I would have not made that decision in life. I think of how God has forgiven me day in and day out, and how much he loves me.

The greatest gift at Christmas is not the gifts or the company, but the greatest gift is Jesus! He came to the world to save us! I personally, think that is pretty cool. People will fail you, the world will fall apart, but King Jesus never will.

This Christmas find time to celebrate the real meaning of Christmas. If you don’t know this Jesus, my prayer for you is that you would truly surrender at the foot of the cross and give your heart to Jesus. He will radically change your life! He loves you much!

Your suffering is not a punishment; it’s a way for you to trust Jesus more and grow in your walk with Jesus.

Blessings,

J

When Pain Becomes. YOUR STRENGTH

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It has been a minute since I posted, sometimes as a writer, you often don’t have words. The last month I have not had many words, I have shed many tears, asked many questions, and pondered the “Why” multiple times a day. I’ve relied on my friends and families prayers, as I haven’t had the words to pray.

On October 21st, 2025, I went in for minor MCL Repair Surgery, and left with major reconstructive knee surgery, of which has left me in the most agonizing pain I’ve ever endured. On the outside, I’m smiles and laughter, but on the inside I cry multiple tears a day, cry myself to sleep, pick my leg up often because it will not function. This is definitely not normal and currently we have no answers. Surgery went smoothly. My MCL and ACL were repaired, I know have a piece of my shinbone, patella, and a hamstring ligament in my knee to keep it functioning. I know — crazy to think that my own broken pieces of my knee are holding my leg together. Technology is amazing, and along with several screws, you’d think my leg would be functional. Truth is I now, can truly say, I might have a few screws loose, if something is going wrong in my life in the future. I know it’s just a figure of speed, let’s not get crazy 🤣.

Well… My quad muscles are not firing up. Sometimes, they attempt to function, most days they make me frustrated, where I find myself talking to kneezbee often. Yes. I’ve named my left knee. What? Y’all don’t do that! Kneezbee is testing my faith, my patience, and my endurance.

I never thought at the age of 42, I’d be experiencing this type of pain where I’m having to put Tens on my leg, ice, sleepless nights, tears, frustration, relying on everyone to take care of my needs.

It truly has been a humbling experience. We all have our outlets. My outlet is writing, running, crafts, worship music, and maybe adding way too many crafts to my Amazon Cart in the middle of the night. Oh and shoes, your girl here loves shoes. The truth is when you can’t really do your outlet, you find yourself questioning your purpose, what is happening? What did I do? Why me? All these negative thoughts start going through your head and that is what Satan wants you to do. He wants to get you to focus on the negative and have a pity party.

When Pain hits you mentally, you have to dust yourself off, pick yourself up, straighten your crown, and remember who you belong to.

You can’t let the hard days win! You have to keep on keeping on. The world needs you, the world is a complicated place and it wants to lose, but Jesus came to give you life and life abundantly.

When you are suffering, you have to turn your Pain into Strength. You can’t let your weakness get the best of you!

For me, not being able to have an outlet, this has strengthened my faith. It has helped me to grow as a person, an individual, and has taught me I’m tough as nails.

I refuse to let my situation destroy who I am in Christ, who I am as an athlete, and who I am as a person. It might mean I have to train harder, or take longer to heal, but my pain and suffering, have become my Mental Strength. I refuse to quit!

You might be asking yourself about the pain you are enduring… How do you overcome? How do you grow from your experience? The truth is, you are going to get out of the situation what you put into it. If you are negative; you are going to receive negative vibes. If you are positive; you will receive positive thoughts and outcomes. Your mindset is everything!

I don’t know your struggles, but I do know my own and my faith is in Jesus; he’s never let me down. I’m not giving up now!

Blessings,

Doc J

A few hours after surgery, before the pain decided to mess with my toughness.

Exhaustion is a Thing

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On October 21st, 2025, I went in for what I thought was going to be Minor Surgery on my MCL, three hours later woke up finding out I had Reconstructive Surgery on my MCL/ACL, and the surgeon took a ligament from my hamstring and put it in my knee, a long with several screws.

I have had many surgeries in my life, this surgery tops them all as far as pain goes. It’s going on close to 72 hours of being awake.

This got me thinking of how we carry each other’s burdens. We sharpen each other by carrying the load, building each other up, encouraging each other.

Surround yourself with people who are willing to put in the work by simply praying for you. Exhaustion is real, but God places people in our lives to help us carry the load.

My husband has been a trooper, supporting me drying my tears, praying for me, checking on me, and making sure I have everything I need.

Jesus wants us to cast all fears and anxiety on him. To trust him. To love like Jesus. To allow him to give us rest and to trust the process.

Whatever you are going through, please know you are not alone. People will fail you, but Jesus never will. He is the way, the truth, and the life.

Allow Jesus to bring you rest!

Blessings,

Jamie

My best friend forever!

The Voices Within…

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I know , a crazy title, but how often do we listen to the voices within our head. I mean… The Voices that tell us we can’t, we shouldn’t, we’re crazy, we’re weak, we aren’t good enough, you’re never going to make it. The enemies voice will get louder and louder, and try and change your mindset.

The enemy comes to Kill, Steal, and Destroy. Jesus comes to give life and life abundantly.

I’ve been the person to listen to the wrong voices and I ended up discouraged, I have also been the person who stood on the mountain after the victory was won. Don’t let people destroy who you are, where you are going, and define you. Jesus is the only person who defines who I am and has the final say.

September is Suicide Awareness Month and I think of lives lost and how precious they were to me. What if God is calling you to higher ground and he was you to speak life into hurting lives. The hurdles we face help us grow, strengthen our faith, and allow us to develop empathy for the broken.

You are not alone! You are worth every mile! Never give in to the lies and voices in your head. You matter! You are somebody!

Stand tall and fight !

Blessings,

Doc J

Words are POWERFUL

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Life and death are in the power of the tongue.

How often have we been discouraged and put our own selves down? I know, I have instead of speaking positive self-talk, we destroy our lives with negativity.

There’s always going to be conflict, but learn to find the positive in every situation. I remember a time when I was in high school, a teacher told me I would never amount to anything. They told me I’d never be college material. Those words stuck with me and I believed the lies that were told to me. For years, I thought I didn’t deserve to go to college. Because those words were sowed into my life at a young age. It wasn’t until I moved in with my grandmother after high school, that she encouraged me to go college.

If it wasn’t for my grandmother, I don’t think I’d ever go to school. She always told me she was living her dreams through me. That is why I worked hard to earn the highest degree, to give her honor.

Speak life into your situation. It’s okay to be angry, but don’t let your words destroy your destiny.

Choose joy even amidst the suffering!

Find someone and build them up, encourage them, and speak life into their situation.

Blessings,

Doc J

Visionary: Be a Dreamer

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After not writing for years, I reopened my Blog, to share thoughts, encourage others, and to be who I’m created to be. Often I’m at a loss for words, my mind wonders, the pain I’ve endured over the last few months of losing two students has radically messed with my ability to process life, as I often wonder why.

When I teach, all I see is my students face before me. The pain, I’m experiencing is at times unbearable. I often do not share my feelings, I’m a person who loves to laugh, have a good time, I’m a Free Spirit, blunt, ask lots of questions and am often misunderstood for my kindness and gentle spirit.

After losing two students, I want to be more intentional, be more involved with those I care about, yet, I find myself in a situation where you try, yet, the doors keep closing. I’m knocking, but yet, the doors are locked.

People get scared with people being intentional, some think there are motives behind your purpose, and often you might be misunderstood. It’s not about caring anymore, it’s about the role you play.

Life is often to short and people don’t always have the right motives. What if people took the time to really understand you as a person, what would the world be like? It’s not about who you are, but about what you are doing with your purpose.

I, personally am a dreamer. I dream big, it often scares people, but I’m the type of person who dreams it to reality. I want to be a person who lives life to the fullest, who has no regrets, and overcomes every obstacle I’m faced with. I want to be the bigger person, and always keep peace.

What if, we are called to be different and stand out from the crowd. The truth is, we are called to be different, we are called to be world changers. Life and death is in the power of the tongue. I believe things come to pass because you speak it into existence.

Speak life into your pain. Speak life into your tears even when you feel like you are failing. Speak life into learning to overcome.

Life is hard and it will knock you down, but Jesus will life you up and he loves us so much. Nothing is impossible!

If you want change; you have to be the change!

Don’t stop being who you are because obstacles are in the way!

Blessings,

Doc J

2 semesters to GO!!!

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Hey Friends,

I can’t help but to think that I started Grad School to obtain my MBA in Communication/Journalism. I have to say that I hesitated to even start and really was not sure I would be able to conquer what was before me. I’d like to share a bit of a story of when I first started the challenge of attend Grad School. I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into. I was motivated, but not really. I had wrestled with the idea of even taking classes online, I was actually scared to death. (I’m not a good teacher, can I teach myself, how does this work???) all of those were questions that kept coming to mind.

I had been accepted to the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at ENMU-Roswell and I started to take a class and that summer class was the worse class I had ever experienced in my college career, before that class I had never brought home a F in college or even came close. Now in high school, that was another story. I began to really questioned my ability to learn, and ec2b5389810c0a40f9486ef634375621.jpgwas I where God wanted me to be.

You see God at a young age gave me the ability to write. I remember always writing things down and that is how I expressed myself. I had been accepted to ENMU to obtain my Masters in Communication/Journalism, but the catch was the classes were mostly online. I began to pray that God would direct my path and show me where to go. I spoke to friends about it, my pastor, and I searched myself for the answer. I wanted to make sure I was making the right decision, but I knew that this was going to take a leap of faith, and once I jumped there was no looking back.

My first semester was rocky the first few weeks. My professor saw something in me and pushed me to the max. I remember his first comments on a paper was “This is graduate school, and you are not writing to your potential. Graduate school might not be your place.” I remember reading that and I was like, I have no idea what he wants from me on a paper. I thought I was giving my all. Every week he would criticise my paper and always tell me that something was wrong. I do have to say that this was annoying, but it helped me dig a little deeper to find where my passion was to write. Towards, then end of the semester, the professor was giving me compliments and telling me that I was writing at the doctorate level. To come from so low, to actually getting compliments. I was amazed, that semester became a turning point for me and I learned to overcome the challenge that was before me. I ended up having the highest grade in the class.  So do not say that you can’t do something, but no that hard work pays off.

In just a couple of days I will begin my 4th semester of Grad School. I have developed the confidence I need to be successful in this career path and have had to over come challenges. I’ve learned to be self disciplined and sacrificed a lot of freedom, just to do my homework.

I’m not sure what you are going through or where you have been. I do know that God places us where he wants us to be. I know that along the way I have complained about assignments, complained about papers, and have really wanted to quit. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the encouragement of my friends and family, God, and lots and lots of prayer. Finish-Line_Quotes

Just know that hard work and dedication pays off. When you finally start to see the light at the end of the tunnel and you can actually look back and realize that hurdles that you overcame to get where you are today. It is SO WORTH IT!!!

We all go through challenging times and there are days that we wonder if we are ever going to see the light. Days that we are just not sure if we can make it. DO NOT QUIT, but learn to dig a little deeper and conquer the unknown!

Life is worth living!!! Take a deep breath and enjoy the RIDE!!!

Much Love,

JME

Stepping Out!

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The past few months have been the most challenging time in my 30’s. Lots of changes have occurred. My aunt whom I adore with all of my heart moved back to West Virginia, which I am so glad that she is happy, but I sure miss her.

I’ve learned to adapt to changes. I met some of the most amazing people on a cruise that I went on in May. People that will always hold a place in my life.

My strength and passion to write has been tested. I’ve realized that you should never take for granted those people that want to be apart of your life, and even though life will move on, but God tends to place people in your life for a reason. The most important part in my eyes is to never lose sight of your vision. Life can become so busy, so overwhelming, discouraging, tears may fill your eyes and it is okay to shed them.

As much as life throws your way, never lose sight of who you are and who you are becoming. Never let your life become so busy that you tune out Gods call on your life. This past week, after talking with my sister for a bit who and visiting her children. I drove out to the lake and sat there and read 5 Chapters of the book of Romans. God never said it would be easy, but he did said “Trust ME.” There are times in life that we just have to step out on Faith and Trust God that everything is going to be okay.

Right now in my own life I am not understanding why things are happening the way they are and why there is so much evil, but I do know that with Gods help I will overcome anything that is sent my way.

We as humans cannot fight the monsters alone. Monsters are everywhere to try and take your joy. We must overcome the monsters, and trust God to carry us through the storm.

With 2 semesters of Grad school to go I am very thankful for the storms in my life and thankful for opportunities to grow and strengthen my faith. I’m not sure where God is going to guide or place me, but I know that I’m willing to go no matter what.

I’m very thankful for a sister that is willing to talk to me, encouragement, listen, voice her opinion (I may not listen, LOL), laugh, and even shed tears, but no matter what I know that she will be there. We may not be biological sisters, but family is not always blood.

August 10– Devotion from Jesus Calling

Relax in my healing, holy presence. Allow me to transform you through this time alone with me. As your thoughts center more and more on me, trust displaces fear and worry. Your mind is somewhat like a seesaw. As your trust in Me goes up, fear and worry automatically go down. Time spent with me not only increases your trust; it also helps you discern what is important and what is not.

Energy and time are precious, limited entities. Therefore, you need to use them wisely, focusing on what is truly important. As you walk close to me, saturating your mind with Scripture, I will show you how to spend your time and energy. My word is a lamp to your feet; my presence is a light for your path.

Have a blessed day!!

JME

 

Stepping OUT!

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Life is full of the most adventurous moments

There are days when you want to quit, there are days when you don’t want to get out of bed, and there are days that you must press on.

Everything doesn’t always go as planned, that is when you need to dig a little deeper and press on. If I gave up every time something has gone wrong, boy I seriously would not be where I am to do.

There are times that you just have to step out and take a risk! Be a risk taker, and take a gander. Don’t live your life for others, but live your life!! Don’t do what others want you to do, but do what is best for you!

Never be afraid to step out on FAITH and once you do, NEVER LOOK BACK!

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