by Monica A. Coleman | Sep 6, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I grew up in the 1980s before AIDS was called HIV. My closest friends and I were trained to be deathly afraid of unprotected sex. At worst, you would get AIDS and die. And best, you got pregnant and there went your career dreams. Or so we believed as we sat around the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 31, 2011 | Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog, Uncategorized
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ve noticed that I’ve been really quiet lately. Like all summer lately. What’s up with that? Well, part of the challenge of writing about depression is that it’s hard to write when depressed, and, well, depression happens. But I’m...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 19, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I’m an ordained minister, but I’m not good at all that the life of ministry requires. I’m particularly embarrassed at how bad I am with hospital visitations. Early in my ministry career, I delighted when I put the clergy pass on my car’s dashboard and parked in the...
by Monica A. Coleman | Aug 16, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
I have a big cookie, I break it in two Some for me and some for you I’m sharing! When my sister was in pre-school, she learned this song. The last line about sharing was shouted in loud toddler glee. The short song is catchy—it was stuck in my head for hours after she...
by Monica A. Coleman | Jul 20, 2011 | Blog, Monica's Blog, The Beautiful Mind Blog
Borders Book Stores are closing. It’s the end of an era. That’s a little melodramatic, I know, but I’ve got my reasons. Although Borders Books is known to most people as a large chain that could be found all over the country, it’s still a neighborhood store to me. I’m...
