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  • A Faith Walk,  Dream Chasing,  Sheryl's Pearls Blog,  This Thing Called Life

    Back Around

    Last Sunday morning, I slowly opened my car door and gingerly placed one sky-high wedge sandal after another onto gravel. The walk from my car to the church was a rocky one, the flat surface of the wedge incompatible with…

    By SheryLeigh July 31, 2017
  • A Faith Walk,  Dream Chasing,  Sheryl's Pearls Blog,  This Thing Called Life

    The New Me, the Old Me, and the Distance in Between

    For almost two years, I have been chasing an old version of myself. She went missing several years ago, so gradually that I could not trace my steps back to the exact moment and location where I lost her. Maybe…

    By SheryLeigh June 20, 2017
  • Sheryl's Pearls Blog,  This Thing Called Life

    The Last to Know

    The heart will always remember first.  As the days pass, it will become more sensitive than usual, with every word, image, and sound evoking emotion. The soul will follow.  It will grow heavy, all sighs and deep meditation.  It will…

    By SheryLeigh August 25, 2016
  • A Faith Walk,  A Love Jones,  Dream Chasing,  Sheryl's Pearls Blog,  This Thing Called Life

    A Letter to My 80-Year-Old Self

    At a time when everyone seems to be writing letters of reflection to their younger selves, I am instead focused on you.  Young Sheryl may be near and dear to my heart, but she had her chance.  This is yours. Before, you were…

    By SheryLeigh October 16, 2015
  • Sheryl's Pearls Blog,  This Thing Called Life

    Unfinished Business: Making Hard Decisions in the New Year

    The world is a scary place when you don’t trust yourself.  When you can rattle off a list of mistakes and bad decisions with the ease that Catholic school children recite the Holy Rosary, it is easy to question your…

    By SheryLeigh January 5, 2015
  • Sheryl's Pearls Blog,  This Thing Called Life

    Self-Discovery Tour: N is for Never-ending

    On the eve of my 30th birthday, I knew myself better than I had at any other point in life.  I was secure in who I was, digging the way I looked inside and out, and confident about the decade…

    By SheryLeigh October 19, 2014
  • A Love Jones,  Sheryl's Pearls Blog

    The Beauty in Admitting He Hurt You

    “If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”  ~ Zora Neale Hurston I have been the strong, silent type before.  Smothered the angry flames engulfing my heart without as much as a sideways…

    By SheryLeigh October 16, 2014

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