Category Archives: Celebration

The Legacy of Maria Bazan

IMG_9021You never realize how much of a backbone someone could be until you lose it. The natural things that occur bring upon the darkest grief, upset, frustration, sadness, anger and the like.  Then the next natural will arise
where you will see the fearless move mountains in the midst of fear.
We are afraid.  We don’t know how it is going to be now or where it is going to go.

Can I be honest? Or maybe I’m not the only one. Could I have been there more YES but I was not. No excuses follow that statement.
Did she love me any less? NO she did not. She loved me with no conditions except a phone call.  Many lasted less than minutes, sometimes they extended. Yet a word of advice she gave me… that I would never forget. Continue reading


Into The Deep Grace of God

IMG_8041I started out this morning on a Facebook live video for the first time sharing a quick reflection that the Lord placed in my heart. How much grace we have from God–it is a GIFT!

You know sometimes people don’t accept gifts. They refuse, dislike, deny, re-gift or try to give them back to the giver.

Why do that? It is a GIFT! Which is the same way God has given us a deeper gift of grace that is beyond the surface. It cancels out all the history, the shame, the guilt, the pain and all the other darkness you could have found in your life. Places where you needed redemption! Saving! That is where He comes in with the best gift–His Son Jesus.

No matter how much sin there is in this world–there is more grace!

But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.
Romans 5:20

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For My Daddy

imageToday was a powerful memorial service.  I didn’t get to write this week or on papi’s day because I did have a lot of things on my mind. Work life balance is seriously necessary now in my life. So the words to express during an intimate time like this had to come spontaneously straight from the heart.

I started with this verse. I think it is best to describe the daddy concept I had of Mr. Carlos Cruz, Jr. 61 years of life he had.

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.One thing that my big bro Creatan said today that was very impactful was that he would not compromise who he was for anyone. And so he would say the same to anyone. He would find a way to speak something positive in the midst of any situation.
John 15:11-17 NKJV

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We Are The Testimony

imageThere is nothing like being a child of the most high God! There is peace there.

Forgiveness.

Healing.

Love.

Victory!

When walls seem like they are closing all around, it is God sustaining and keeping us for the next BEST thing! Even though all this is occurring–there is a God that is bigger than our situation to carry us right on through and above it all. We shall soar like eagles. We shall do the victory dance. For not only do we have a testimony to shout from the rooftops but–We are the testimony! Continue reading