All Waves
This blog is my canvas, where I share my thoughts and engage in dialogue with you through your comments.
The Dishwasher Decision
I was going somewhere with my daughter recently. Normally, I’m playing my music, and she’s wearing her headphones listening to hers. I don’t know if she forgot her headphones or what the deal was, but we talked. Her job at home is to do the dishes. She doesn’t like doing…
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More than Money Spent
Fatherhood comes with a profound realization: life is no longer just about you. The moment a man becomes a father, his priorities begin to shift. His decisions, actions, and values carry greater weight because there is someone watching, learning, and depending on him. For a season of life, fathers are…
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I’m Just Hot
This isn’t some profound writing. I’m just hot. I’m tired of being hot, and summer isn’t even here yet. Growing up, I was always cold. It wasn’t warm out until it was past 80 in my book. I was the lady in the meme walking down the runway in a…
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Patient to a Fault
I hear the phrase, “patient to a fault,” often. I always thought of it as a badge of honor. But as I get older, I realize that the meaning behind that phrase can be good or bad. It can mean that you have patience in situations where others would have…
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Gifted, Not Bad
I recall a moment in elementary school when I pushed a boy, not realizing I pushed him right where he had stitches. I also recall getting into trouble at school for it. The next thing I remember is being sent to another school on the other side of town. I…
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I Am a Christian.
I am a Christian. And I am not ashamed – even if, at times, the way others carry that label makes me want to be. I believe in living a life that is worthy of that label.And still, I make bad decisions.I stumble.I fall. Christianity does not make me perfect.…
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Healing Without the Hoops – My MS Journey: Part 3
The Beginning When I was first diagnosed, I encountered some in my family and my faith community who had a whole lot to say to me. I know these people love me and want the best for me, so please know that I am not saying that people were spiteful…
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A Diagnosis – My MS Journey: Part 2
In March of 2018, I had some doctor appointments to figure out what was going on with me. One was to my allergist because I had what I thought to be recurring sinus infections. My normal doctor was out that day and a different doctor saw me. I believe this…
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The Day My World Shifted – My MS Journey: Part 1
March is MS Awareness month. This series is an updated version of my MS journey. It started with a moment I didn’t understand. This was followed by months of symptoms. I tried to explain them away. Eventually, I received a diagnosis that changed how I see my body, my faith,…
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You Don’t Have to Look Like What You’ve Been Through
I don’t look like what I’ve been through. That’s the thought that keeps coming to mind after several discussions with someone I’ve recently met. At one point they said something like, “Look at you. You look like you’ve had the best life.” I gave them a rundown of a couple…
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Ginger Ale
Recently, I was sick with a stomach bug. I woke up with a weird sensation in my stomach that I misinterpreted for hunger. About a week earlier, my son woke up saying his stomach felt funny and that he needed to eat something. He was looking in the fridge for…
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Anxiety
Anxiety, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear, often marked by physical signs and self-doubt about one’s capacity to cope. This topic seems to be all around me. It feels huge when it shows up in real life. I’ve had my own…
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Agree as Touching
I heard the statement, “Let’s touch and agree,” so much when I was growing up. A hand outstretched, reaching for another hand. At least two people join together in agreement to make a request to God. One day, I read the scripture for myself, and I was changed. Matthew 18:19-20…
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Kindred Voices Wave
This space is for voices shaped by shared faith, lived experience, and honest reflection. Each Kindred Voices post offers perspective from someone walking the journey alongside us—through gratitude, grief, growth, and the in-between. Different stories. The same steady God. The Storm Is Passing Over by La-Kee Yesterday, when I informed…
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Be Grateful
There are plenty of scriptures that emphasize gratitude as part of a Christian’s lifestyle. But I shouldn’t really need a scripture to tell me to be grateful. Out of the blue, the song “Be Grateful” by Walter Hawkins was in my head in the shower one morning. It was a…
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Your Enemies Can’t Betray You
I often see people post online how they thought it would have been their enemies who would betray them, not their closest friends. I groan each time I see that. Why? Because your enemies can’t betray you. Betrayal, as defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “the act of betraying someone or something…
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What I Hear When Christians Say ‘Woke’
When Christians use the word “woke” as a weapon, what does it reveal about our hearts and our faith? In this personal reflection, I explore inclusion and representation. I discuss the example of Jesus — who consistently welcomed those the world tried to exclude. When “Woke” Becomes a Word of…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 4
This is the final part of my series on church hurt. In the first three posts, I shared experiences that reshaped how I view community, leadership, and trust within the church. This last post isn’t about the wound — it’s about the healing. It’s about what I’ve learned, what I’ve…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 3
Hurt…Again When we found our new church in 2016, I thought the hard part was over. I was hopeful—maybe even a little naive. I wanted this to be the place where healing turned into belonging. But healing isn’t always linear, and community can be both beautiful and complicated. A New…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I shared how I grew up in church. I also discussed how I poured myself into ministry. Eventually, I reached a breaking point. It left me burned out and disillusioned. Walking away was both freeing and unsettling. I didn’t know who I was outside…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 1
**I want to approach this gingerly. I realize some people have suffered severe abuse and are now dealing with the resulting trauma and crisis of faith. It’s important to note that I am only speaking from my own experience. I fully acknowledge and respect that each person’s experience of church…
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Banner Year
In the year of our Lord, two thousand and twenty-five…nah, I’m just kidding. For real though, this has been a big year for me. This is the year that I celebrated 50 years of life. At the end of last year, I had an idea. I knew how I wanted…
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Impostor Syndrome part deux
A little while ago, I wrote about Impostor Syndrome. Here is the link if you want to read it https://katrinaswaves.com/2024/09/01/impostor-syndrome/. Last month, we had a series of seminars and webinars at work to enhance our development. I don’t remember which talk it was or what the topic was, but in…
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I don’t know what I was thinking. I thought after the election, my timeline on Facebook would be done with politics. Boy was I wrong. It was relentlessly toxic, and unexpectedly so. I was in a funk, so I did a thing. I left Facebook. January 29th is my daughter’s…
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They Hear You
As parents, we wonder if the things we teach our kids or tell them about life ever registers. They seem to not be listening half the time. Their minds always seem so preoccupied with other things. When you ask them most questions, they answer, “I don’t know.” We have banned…
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Am I Carnal?
Recently, during a message at church, the scripture reference was 1 Corinthians 3. “However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to [a]worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ! 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food; for…
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Honoring My Brother’s Legacy: Excerpt from His Devotional Book
I started this blog one year ago today on what would have been my older brother, LaWayne’s 50th birthday. Unfortunately, his life was taken at the hands of another in 2021 when he was 47. In thinking of how to mark this day, I landed on sharing a couple pics…
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Impostor Syndrome
What is this? I’ve been hearing this used in some communities that I’m in. I thought I knew what it meant but I was confused. It kept being used when someone was talking about how they worked so hard for this thing they got but they felt like they didn’t…
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Past Katrina
How many times have you started something with the intention to go back to it later in the day to finish it? You only realize that you didn’t finish it when its “undone-ness” causes a problem. My husband and I joke about how the past versions of us are jerks…
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Vitamin D
Earlier this year, I had a bout of fatigue and migraines. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2018 and both are symptoms of MS. Even though I hadn’t had migraines for months and thought I had the fatigue under control, having either is not unusual for me. I…
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