Ericka's Blog

In 2008, someone I thought I respected as an online writer acquaintance told me I was an awful writer, one of the worst he'd ever seen on the website we had both contributed to. I had, in youthful stupidity, written a blog post saying something negative about the...

Guessing if you are seeing this, you may already have seen some of these on Facebook or Instagram but in case you missed 'em, I had to share! We never did family photos when I was a kid. It was just that good old church directory photo that was taken every few years...

Hello friends! It's so nice to be back in Indiana because I celebrate all the holidays with my family, instead of looking longingly at Instagram stories & Facebook photos of them hanging out together while I'm in Virginia. This year, the first that Jacob could...

*If the video interview above isn't showing up, click here to watch it.  My ten years in Washington, DC was time well-spent. I loved my adventures there and one of the most positive aspects of it even now is all of the connections I still have. When I worked at in the...

"For as he thinks in his heart, so is he." -- Proverbs 23:7 It's so true, isn't it? This Bible verse could be applied non-religiously, course, and often is. Our thoughts often determine our emotions, outlooks, actions, reactions and in turn, goals, accomplishments and...