Really Rita

I’ll admit it, I like things orderly and structured.  I’m that person who pre-plans.  I have to-do lists, calendars, multi-colored notepad and pens to enable my ultra-structured life.  Yet one day my tried and true systems didn’t feel so comfortable anymore. You know that same feeling when you look at your favorite jeans and wonder why you ever bought them… Read More

A sister in my church has recently endured the loss of her only sister and her mother in the past six months.  They were all very close.  This morning I woke with a heaviness on my heart wondering why one family would be given such a dose of loss in such a short period.  Then an old Walter Hawkins’ song… Read More

Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life.  -Romans 5:18 Have you ever been so deep into a mess that you thought there is no recovery from this?  I got myself into this mess, and there’s no way out?  Sometimes… Read More

I attended a work related function where the theme was “Better and Faster”.  The presenter was hype; I mean the kind of presentation where he was jumping on and off the stage, working the crowd, and punching through a series of glitzy visual aids.  As entertaining as it was, I will admit that after awhile I was thinking “Whoa dude…slow… Read More

I can’t say that I’m a fan of boxing.  But I’m always fascinated by the will of the human spirit and what conditions have to occur before someone agrees to “tap out”.  As I understand it, a boxer can tap on the map to signal that he or she wants to give up the fight.  My devotional reading this week… Read More

Has this happened to you?  I sat at my desk yesterday as 6 p.m. approached holding my head in my hands.  It had been a day that started at 5 a.m. with a 4 mile walk, then jam-packed with back to back meetings.  And the day was not over as I looked at my calendar and saw a 6:30 p.m…. Read More

At age 52, I decided to pursue a personal dream to earn a doctorate degree in educational leadership and management.  Already having achieved a high level of success in my career and accumulating enough years of service to ponder retirement in a few years, there really was no need to start this trek for the purpose of enhancing my current… Read More

This past year was filled with several events celebrated with my friends and family. After three years of study, I completed the requirements for a doctorate in higher education. Commencement was held in March 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. My husband, son, and soon to be son-in-law were able to attend and celebrate with me. My church family was equally… Read More