Tamra E Witt

PEACE

The adrenaline rush. I’ve had a lot of adrenaline coursing through my veins lately. Life is messy. If you have people in your life, you will feel the feels, no doubt about it. People tend to do what they want instead of what you want. Imagine that. When I was a young teen, just startingContinue reading “PEACE”

FREEDOM

Last night, I started commenting on a social media post asking what people thought about the movie “Sound of Freedom,” and it disappeared. The post had only been up for two hours and had only 99 responses, several of which were disturbingly mocking. I wonder if the forum deleted it or the author did, butContinue reading “FREEDOM”

FRYING

A melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend as one. Some countries primarily consist of people of the same race, religion, and culture. America has traditionally been called a melting pot. The term “as one” is an important distinction because it does NOT describe what is happeningContinue reading “FRYING”

HELLO

He said “Hi, Tamra”. “Do you remember me from math class?” Here I am in Costco on Monday, looking at refrigerated dog food, when my thoughts of “Will they eat chicken? Is this actually cheaper? I wonder what it smells like?” is interrupted by a man coming up behind me and asking if I rememberContinue reading “HELLO”

NEIGHBORS

Things happen. We’ve lived in our neighborhood for almost three years, and for the first two, our mail and packages kept getting misdelivered. It didn’t matter if it was by USPS, UPS, FedEx, or Amazon. Granted, our neighborhood wasn’t located on Google Maps, which was part of the problem. A few of our packages wereContinue reading “NEIGHBORS”

LAZY

Disclaimer: Don’t read this if you aren’t ready to hear the truth in love. Christian, don’t be so focused on being a “work in progress” that you don’t progress. It’s great when you can admit you aren’t perfect, make mistakes (sin), and make the necessary adjustments in your life to change. It’s another thing toContinue reading “LAZY”

HEALTH

I have always been low maintenance. No mani-pedis or expensive hair treatments. No fancy makeup. I have carried the same purse for months. I love jewelry, but most were given to me as gifts or inherited from my Mom’s vast costume jewelry collection. I had never had a massage until my sons gave me aContinue reading “HEALTH”

VALUE

Note to self: Everyone has value. Love people. Period.

SAUCE

I am on a quest. I’m looking for the perfect authentic Italian pizza sauce recipe. Of course, I googled and found a recipe that listed all the ingredients I shouldn’t put in my authentic Italian pizza sauce because these ingredients are what Americans put in to suit their taste for Americanized Italian sauce. These ingredientsContinue reading “SAUCE”

SERVING

I had an epiphany recently. Let me tell you about it. For several years, I’ve been praying that God would tell me what He wanted me to do to serve Him. I’ve been plugging along, doing odd and end jobs at church, and feeling an emptiness inside that I couldn’t explain to myself, let aloneContinue reading “SERVING”