Victoriously Broken Podcast Interview: Sitting Through Your Pain
"if I was to see someone that I considered a friend and they came up and kicked me…there would be the physical pain, but there will also be the pain of betrayal from a friend, which is its own pain. And so, I think that part of the nuance of it all is that, you kind of accepting the pain feels like you're saying it's okay but now I'm getting to the understanding it doesn't mean that you accept the pain, it doesn't mean that you accept what happened to you, it doesn't mean that you accept the b
Intermission – Building Dreams
All Blog Activity will continue on April 13. Until then, please continue building your dreams! ~Leslie Diego Delso [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commonscaption
Thankful Thursdays: Are you happy?
Originally appeared on February 20, 2013 Monday I had a rotten day. I was sick with a head cold, sorting through personal finances, everything I scheduled for the day turned […]
What Peace Looks Like on a Thursday
The last time I opened this blog up was to post a blog entry on inequality for Blog Action Day. I wanted to write about how inequality always adds this […]
My Desire to be Healthier
I have spent the last several months positioning myself for my new healthy life. This is just the beginning. A Healthy Les When: April 16 through August 20, 2012 (90 […]
Waking Up
I snapped this photo as I was breaking into Ohio territory after a trip to West Virginia. I felt so alive…so Awake! My morning prayer call began with “I woke […]
Knowing When to Slow Down
I couldn’t sleep so I went to the gym this morning at opening, which is 5 a.m. I got on the Elliptical machine and tried a new program which simulated […]
No Time For That
One of my favorite skits on the Rickey Smiley morning radio show is “Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That”. Using Sweet Brown’s viral description of a fire that she shared […]
Supporting Your New Goals
I have to keep reminding myself of why I started this challenge in the first place. When starting a new goal, it is important to have a system of support in […]
Scaling Back to Scale UP
Day 16 of 90. 8 pounds down, many more to go! Scaling Back My overarching goal this week is to scale back. That’s scaling back on food, portion sizes, commitments, […]
New Year, Another Calendar, Different Goals
I have never been able to fit within the box. Never. But, in the last few years, I have started to embrace that. A few years ago, I spent much of […]
Somebody Prayed For Me
I Let “It” Go Christmas morning and table grace have been my only prayer since Friday. I don’t know…no reason really…just been so busy worrying and trying to take care […]
New Year Resolutions: Become a Miracle in Motion
It’s about that time. With 2011 heaving its last heavy sigh, people are ready to commit, recommit, and become resolute in their goals. How do we find a way to […]
Walking Before the Rain Stops
Last week, a friend and I decided to go walking. Neither of us had noticed it was raining cats and dogs outside. On my way to her house the rain seemed […]
Michigan Mom Brings Breast Cancer Awareness in Life and Death
Michigan Mom Brings Breast Cancer Awareness in Life and Death Update! 8/27/11 Guestbook is up and ready to sign: http://www.chfuneral.com/View%20Obituaries.htm Save the money on cards and roses and help […]
Leslie’s New Year
For the most part birthdays were always great growing up. Plenty of food. Plenty of attention. Plenty of cake. My eighteenth birthday was a page out of a dream with […]