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My Gratitude List for 2022

in , by Linda B Hurd, December 19, 2022

Flowing from my heart is gratefulness. This holiday season I am grateful for quite a few things. I wanted to create a list of fifteen things that I am wrapping up this 2022 year with a grateful heart for. I believe that many people do not take the time to practice gratitude or reflection. 

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I learned a little something in June 2021. I made it through the beginning of my last trimester of pregnancy sain and feeling better than what I did earlier during the month. I decided to create a shortlist of things stuck with me in June rather than just long hand-writing them out. Let's get into what I learned! 

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What I Learned In May 2021

in , , by Linda B Hurd, May 31, 2021

May was a fascinating and productive month for me. This month forced me to re-evaluate my life, short term goals, and how I talk to myself about myself.


Chapter 27 Is Here! 27th Birthday Reflection

in , , by Linda B Hurd, January 30, 2020

Gratefulness flows through me. Peace is expelling from my heart. I am now 27. I have learned at 26 that I had a bad habit of pouring from an empty cup. I would oftentimes give more of my time to others in ways that left me depleted. 


You want to know an honest truth? My sister and I use to crave for lemonade so bad. We would break yellow highlighters and remove the ink. 




Sometimes we don’t take the necessary time to reflect on our growth. We use to tolerate so much from people, in the workplace, and within how we viewed ourselves. When you realize that you are much stronger than you use to be it feels refreshing.




Here are three subtle signs that you are much stronger than you use to be: 

I’m stepping into 2019 to the rhythm of a high hat. This past year has brought me so much clarity. I have peace within my spirit. I have peace of mind. Within in this year, I had mustard seed faith. I challenge myself time and time again keep going.


I’m a place in my life that I never thought I would be. I’m distant. Distant from the family that raised me. Distant from my mother. Distant from my siblings. Distant from the hurt. The crazy part about it is that I use to thrive from being so close to those things. My family was dysfunctional. My mother always wanted the best for all her children even though she was illiterate.


What’s going well in my life right now is my marriage. I hardly ever really touch on my marriage on my blog mainly because I’m not really open to sharing my marriage. I’ve been married ever since December 20th, 2013. 

Over the past year, I have grown to become out of touch with almost everyone in my immediate family. I was raise by my mother who is a very shallow and one of the most introverted people that I have ever known. My mother is very superstitious and small minded. She raised her three children to be a sheer image of her in many ways.



I used to waste unnecessary energy trying to explain my motives to people and even for them to see things my way whenever an argument may have arisen. During these times in my life I always felt like I had to speak up and when I did little did I knew I spoke to those who took what I said with a grain of salt. 

Tell The Truth was one of my favorite tracks from the Empire 2015 season by Jussie Smollett inspired this blog post. I wanted to dig deep into me and share another part of my life story with you. Here is a photo of me when I was four years old and Lord, may I say that every time I look at this photo I break down into tears.




To myself exactly one year ago,



We are now officially in the month of March! Can you believe that we are three months already into 2018? It's an exciting feeling! I am amped up to take on this month of March.



Around this very same time last year in 2017, I discovered that I was 5 weeks pregnant. I for one had no clue that I was either. In fact, one of my co-workers told me that I didn't seem like my jolly-ole-self

I had thought about what she said and gave it deep thought. She did have a great point. I was tired, unmotivated while getting work done, and I was very dizzy. I felt like I was in a daze while at work. My first thought was I must have caught a cold or I was running a mild fever.



I wouldn't trade my postpartum body for the world. In fact, I fell in love with my body even more after giving birth. I'm embracing my stretch marks, discoloration, and body weight.
I'm now 8 weeks postpartum and anywhere around 10-15 pounds my post pregnancy weight. 

Moving Foward | Spilled Ink Pt.1

in , , , by Linda B Hurd, May 03, 2017

To make a long story short, I needed to use this post to vent. To just pour out the thoughts and raging emotions within me. For the month of May, I am going to focus more on tacking on my inner strengths and weaknesses. I spent most of the month of April mentally searching and thawing through my past.


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