Stop on Red week kicked off with an event in Titusville Friday a.m. with guest speakers Georganna Gillette , executive director, Space Coast TPO, Titusville Mayor Dan Diesel and Police Chief John Lau, Lt. Tara Crescenzi with FHP and Melissa Wandall with the National Coalition for Safer Roads. Melissa Wandall with the National Coalition for […]
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To Feel Sprightly Beautiful, once More!
Feeling “beautiful” and sharing those sentiments with others does NOT mean that we think we are “physically” beautiful. It means that whether it comes from the peace of God, the Joy of our children, the Love of our signigicant other, our friends, those we care for or our work we feel beautiful inside and it […]
All Roads Lead to Hope
Melissa Wandall fills her days helping local grieving families navigate life after loss, and ensuring traffic safety for commuters throughout America’s roads. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan BY BRITTANY MATTIE – Originally Published in SRQ Magazine Widowed suddenly at nine months pregnant, Melissa Wandall became a single mom to her first child while simultaneously grieving her […]
Unveiling Reflections on Us
This man…This love…This mountain of living without him. This gift…this gift in him and of the work that is healing in his name and in this life because we simply loved. His laughter, our laughter, our bond and these memories, ours to keep and mine to cherish. These “snap-shots” of life, to brief to comprehend […]
Unveiling Emotional Pieces We Keep
The “pieces” of our emotional self we keep after heartache inspired me to dig more. I was not the same person the moment my husband died. Pieces of my heart, pieces of my soul, pieces of my thought process all went with him. Five days after our 1st wedding anniversary I was no longer called […]
Unveiling the depth of hidden emotions
Love, loss and the experiences in life are all deep within my soul. They move with me each day as I navigate the days the best I know how. One thing I do know it is always with God’s direction and grace. What is below the surface will surely rise…it always does. What matters is […]
Unveiling Freedom in Forgiveness
Jumping into forgiveness sparked a fierce fire in my soul. Jumping into forgiveness allowed me to have the freedom to walk life’s circumstances whether good, bad or ugly, in authentic love. We have to forgive that life often times, brings heartache and pain. If we choose to take what we have been given God will […]
Positively Blooming in Her own Space and Time
We all grow in our own time and space. Most of us…for the most part…try to help others grow, too. We “think” we know what is best for others and unintentionally at times we force them to grow in places that ultimately lead to devastation for that person because they were not ready to be […]
Celebrating Hope on Father’s Day
Father’s day… a beautiful day full of celebration and contentment. A day of downtime and remembrance. For others it is a day where there is hopelessness, sadness, looking for guidance that is no longer there – a day full of remembrance that you can no longer “touch” and a day of remembrance that you wish […]
A Decade-Long Struggle for Safer Intersections in Florida
In a unanimous decision earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court upheld legislation known as the “Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act,” allowing Florida municipalities to continue to use cameras to ticket motorists who run red lights. Click here for full story!
