let joy reign.

One hour before throwing a surprise birthday party for my soon-to-be 15-year old, I called a friend to ask a small favor and as soon as she said, “Hello,” I knew. “What is wrong? I can hear it in your voice.  You are not doing well.” She started crying and said she wasn’t doing well […]

Hi, my name is Ashlee and I am a recovering perfectionist.  I thought I had healed this little flaw and found my way, but somehow perfectionism has crept back in.  A funny thing about healing perfectionism is the desire to do so perfectly.  🙂 I’m not sure exactly when perfectionism reared its ugly head again. […]

Thomas Edison stated, “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”  I have been giving this attitude much thought as I am knocking down old false beliefs.  Yes, even the teacher has negative ideas that stop me from progression.  Right now, I am preparing to launch my energy […]

“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” (John 15:2) Sometimes there are seasons of planting, weeding and harvesting. I love those seasons! I have learned how God works in each of those situations and they […]

You.  Yes you! You were put on this beautiful earth to create an amazing life. Not just any life, a great life. A life that gives to others. A life of influence. A life that satisfies and invigorates you. You have everything you need to be a power player in your circle of friends and […]

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

R. Buckminster Fuller
1895-1983, Architect, Author and Inventor