Tierra Fértil

Blogging about Total Mind and Body Health. The Blog's name (Tierra Fértil) translates to Fertile Ground. It is on fertile ground that I will journey to find balance for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, social-emotional, and financial aspects of life.

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Aware... no longer Vulnerable.. the Path to Healing...

Aware… no longer Vulnerable.. the Path to Healing…

I recently read a blog that shared the path to healing is to be vulnerable. Seemed to make sense. I decided to google the word vulnerable, curious to read the exact definition and it read “susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm“. That was startling! While the idea of being vulnerable is something often suggested, after reading the definition I had to rethink how I considered the…

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Am I making ANY progress? My life as a Glacier...

Am I making ANY progress? My life as a Glacier…

Random fun fact… did you know that glaciers can move as fast as 98 feet in a day or as slow as 20 inches in a year! Which means even on their fastest days, a glacier is only crossing the 32 yard line on a football field! Wow that’s slow… My tangential musings about glaciers was sparked by my random musings about my life. Sometimes I wonder, am I gaining yardage or just standing in place? It’s…

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I'll be happy when... Are we there yet?

I’ll be happy when… Are we there yet?

Most days when I think back to the Donna of yesterday, it feels like forever ago… as if that girl was someone else, another lifetime. Recently, when reflecting on those days gone by, I remember when I used to daydream about what life would be like when I got to the exact place that I am now. It looks nothing like I thought it would, and at first I was saddened by that fact, thought I had failed.…

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Are we a weaker generation?

Are we a weaker generation?

I was in a very reflective mood recently. Thinking back to former times and remembering just how weighted down I once felt. I often felt like a slave to my emotions, as if I had no say and no authority to govern them. Anxiety was my master, while depression was a cruel and merciless overseer. But some might say being depressed is a luxury that all can’t afford. But is that really true? It’s also…

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What is wrong with me?

What is wrong with me? Who knew that one day I could find happiness while eating an apple and while being single (did I add - with no dating prospects in sight)!

I sat at my work desk, apple in hand, with a slight smile on my face. I felt content. Who knew that one day I could find happiness while eating an apple and while being single (did I add – with no dating prospects in sight)! It felt odd that something so small, apple eating, could be so emotionally fulfilling… while something so BIG, such as relationship status, seemed to no longer matter as…

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Strolling Down Memory Lane

Strolling Down Memory Lane

It’s been so long since I’ve written… Initially I stopped writing here because I had a stalkerish relative who I didn’t want to keep feeding updates to. And then I just fell out of the rhythm of posting, you know how it is… life happens… But I am back now. So much has changed. One day I’ll have to go back and fill in the gaps… For now though, I want to start by noting that over the last few days…

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10 weeks left!!!

It’s so hard to even comprehend this thought but there’s only 10 weeks left to my pregnancy!

What a journey this has been to just conceive her… so many twists and turns, highs and lows… and then one day I finally got pregnant… And now, there’s only 10 weeks left! Wow.

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I'm (Finally) Pregnant!

I'm (Finally) Pregnant! It still amazes me to say, type, or even think those words but it's true. It's been SUCH a long journey to get here, but I'm here!

Today I was in a reflective mood – which led me here to write…

But that’s when I realized – Wow! It’s been Months since I’ve written! Ten months to be exact…

The ironic thing is that when I read the last post I wrote, it was crafted on Mother’s Day. What is so unexpected by all of this is that when posting, on Mother’s Day 2018, I was not yet a biological mother. Sure I had spent 16 years of my…

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First kickball game since High School! Made it on base! Yessss! #wakakickball #kickball #adultleague #adultsports #atlanta #funnysocks #grassyfield #fieldturf #selfie #actionshot #actionphoto #runningtofirst #shessafe #onbase #anothergoal #takeoff #takerisks #havefun #livelife #colorfulsocks #faceanxiety #nofear #lifegoals #justme #naturalhair #getinthegame #funsocks

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Mother's Day... Joy or Pain?

Mother’s Day… Joy or Pain?

It’s Mother’s Day and I am smiling…

Smiling at the potential and the promise inherent in my tomorrows!

This day reminds me of this life lesson:

Life is a path – we each get to decide the course we want to travel upon…

Path A

For me this is a day of Joy… I decided to spend the day learning how to crochet, as I intend to crochet during my pregnancy.

No I’m not pregnant but I expect that one day I…

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Standing In Place

It’s been some time since I’ve written… much has changed and yet some things have remained the same…

Am I the only one that feels life is often two steps forward and then two steps back, so that you end up in the same spot? But the cool thing is … I don’t feel like I’m in a rut… I’ve accepted that it will take a little bit more time as I await a few dreams to come true…

Kind of cool that my…

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Princess for an evening! Old School 90's concert @ The Fox! #90sparty #princess #tutu #bathroomselfie #foxtheater #foxtheatre #blueandblack #1975baby #90smusic @damionhall_guy @teddyriley1 @guy #fridaynight #nightonthetown #brownskin #brownskinbeauty #naturalbeauty #justme (at The Fox Theatre)

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Ask yourself what one thing am I grateful for this morning? Gratitude is the key! #gratitude #thankful #wednesdaywisdom #morningmotivation #grateful #earlymorning #refocus #focus #lovelife #sunrise #startyourdayright #drdonna

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Living this life of mine! #live #livelife #notetoself #itsyourlife #you #drdonna #tuesdayreminder #tuesdaymotivation

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And I'm still unfinished! #mandisa #unfinished #godshandiwork #loveme #she #innerbeauty #growth #happy

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2017... what a year...

2017… what a year…

I began the year sick and I’m finishing the year… you guessed it – sick… SMH! Sounds like not much has changed – and yet so much has DRASTICALLY changed! During these last 12 months I have grown in many immeasurable ways, but I will try to quantify them here: I am able to do a left split I climbed Stone Mountain in 24minutes & felt strong Although I’ve been a dancer my whole life, this was the…

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Finding Me...

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I was looking through my website and came across these random, (not) posted thoughts: my similarities to the sun sometimes overshadowed by clouds occasionally eclipsed by the moon but always living to rise to a new dawn I started this list – Three years ago… wow… that would have been 2014. Some things are the same about me and my every day existence – yet I feel different! Probably because the…

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