One year ago, I decided to build my own blog and website. Let me be fully transparent. I had no tech education.No coding background.No website experience.No computer courses.No clue what “widgets,” “themes,” or “HTML” even meant. I barely knew where the “publish” button lived. Truthfully, before all of this, I had barely ever used a…
What it cost then to watch from a distance—and what it may cost us today There Are Moments in history That Do Not Fade There are moments in history that don’t disappear when the headlines move on. They linger.They echo.They press themselves into the conscience of every generation and ask: Who will you be when…
There are things I don’t write about lightly. Not because they are shameful.Not because they lack healing.But because they carry weight. And if I am going to offer guidance, it has to come from truth — not polish. For years, people have called me strong.Courageous.Wise. But I need to say something plainly: I never felt…
This has been a hard post to write. It has required stepping back.Questioning myself.Examining my own bias.Trying to see the bigger picture instead of reacting to the nearest fire. And to be honest, it has required courage. Because I am concerned.And yes — at times, I am afraid. Not in panic. In the glowing embers…
I don’t think most Americans know where they are right now—or even fully understand what’s happening around them. Not because they aren’t paying attention, but because everything suddenly feels unfamiliar. It feels less like watching the evening news and more like watching history clips from somewhere else. From another country. From another time. Somewhere along…
Adversity has a way of demanding our attention. It arrives loud, disruptive, and uninvited. It presses on every vulnerable place at once and dares us to decide what it will make of us. Not everyone realizes this, but adversity itself is not the deciding factor in who we become. Focus is. Two people can walk…
We like to tell ourselves that life is random.That we’re born by chance, shaped by coincidence, bruised by bad luck, and eventually… we fade out. It’s a convenient story.It requires nothing of us. But it’s not a true one. Because randomness doesn’t leave fingerprints.And life is covered in them. You weren’t born into just any…
Every year, right about now, the resolutions start rolling in like clockwork. Eat better.Work out more.Lose weight.Get healthier.Accomplish greatness.Become a calmer, shinier, better-behaved human by February…or at least until someone brings donuts into the break room. And listen—none of that is bad. Truly.I’m not anti-salad or anti-movement. I respect a treadmill. I just don’t want…
From the outside, everything looks fine. Quiet street. Normal house. Respectable life.The kind of place you’d assume smells like coffee, laundry detergent, and responsible adult decisions. From the inside? It smells like lime, sulfur, and consequences. Ringworm dip does not arrive politely.It enters. It doesn’t knock. It doesn’t care about your mood. It does not…
Christmas Eve has a way of softening everything. The lights glow a little warmer. The rooms feel fuller somehow—even in their quiet. And for just a brief window of time, the world itself seems to exhale. People slow their pace. Voices lower. Distractions loosen their grip. Whether gathered with family or sitting alone in stillness,…
Tina N. Campbell
Centerville, Ohio 45459
echoesofgrace66@gmail.com