SATURDAISIES: Madonna Made Me a Feminist – Jesus Made Me a Princess
Madonna’s “Blonde Ambition” tour completely altered the entire trajectory of my thinking in regard to my place in the world. Her admonition to me when I was in high school to “Respect [Myself]” had...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Strategies for Coming Out Safely with Your Secrets of Sexual Abuse
A little girl plucks up the courage to tell her mother that she is being molested by the man her mother has been dating for six months. She is sent to her room and told to stop spreading such horrible...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Hope is Here — IF We Bring It
Anger. So much anger. And fear. More fear than sense, apparently. At least fear and anger are emotions that I can understand and, if we’re all being honest, there are some pretty good reasons out...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: #HopeTour2016 with Cody Stauffer and All That’s Holy: Blue...
Hello Rainy Dais Family! I’m going to start a series of posts where I’ve transcribed my interview with Cody Stauffer and the All That’s Holy: Blue Collar Podcast. You’ll be able to read the interview...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: #HopeTour2016 with Cody Stauffer and All That’s Holy: Blue...
Hello Rainy Dais Family! I’m going to start a series of posts where I’ve transcribed my interview with Cody Stauffer and the All That’s Holy: Blue Collar Podcast. You’ll be able to read the interview...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Thoughts on Getting Past Child Sexual Abuse Once and For All,...
If you’re serious about finding healing from your past, hashing out your crap with God, confiding your deepest, darkest secrets to a safe person in a safe place, and wanting to replace those years that...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Kayla Harrison – Gold Medal Olympian, Survivor, and THRIVER!
You know I love the Olympics for just one thing: GLOBAL UNITY! I love when the planet comes together! Now, if the Olympics just didn’t have so many sporting events… HA! Just kidding… mostly. Kind...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: A Hope Givers Book Review by Roger Wolsey
I am very blessed and honored and thrilled to have had my second book, Hope Givers, reviewed by Roger Wolsey, an ordained United Methodist pastor who serves as the director of the Wesley Foundation at...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: I Walked Into a Bathroom and Walked Out with a Blog Post –...
The first house you see as you drive into my neighborhood always sports some variation of a “Turn or Burn” sign held up by some cheap PVC piping. You know, something to the effect of: One day last...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Daisy Rain Martin is Wearing a Trump Hat — Oh, Mylanta, I HAVE...
Based solely on this picture, this blog is likely going to get more hits than the post I wrote about Mary Kay Letourneau’s ten-year wedding anniversary to the former student she molested, had two...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Fabricated Fears and the Derailment of HOPE
I recently saw a meme like this one on Facebook that stated: “The American flag should remain in public schools! SHARE IF YOU AGREE!” The comment attached was something to the effect that there should...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: #TangibleHope #BlackLivesMatter – Hope at Ground Zero
Yesterday afternoon I drove down to one of the local TV stations, (KTRV) and filmed a quick interview with Derrick Boles to talk about #HopeGivers. He arrived just a smidge after our scheduled time...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: A Video Snippet of #HopeTour2016
Here’s a big shout out to all those who made the Friends & Family launch of #HopeTour2016 such a great event! ^^^My Holly Chamberlain, the best emcee in the wide world ^^^ ^^^ Ryan Bayne and I...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Please share #HopeTour2016 Information Pack with Pastors and...
Hello all! If you are interested in having me come speak to your church, please share this information with your pastors and friends. Simply click on this link, and it should download automatically:...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Hope Tour 2016
We are putting together the HOPE TOUR 2016! If you are interested in having Daisy speak to your church in Northern, Central, or Southern California as well as Las Vegas between: – July 11th and July...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: When Gods Die
How phenomenally gut-wrenching… A man loved and adored by so many has left behind a tragically tainted legacy and is in the news yet again. All that Joe Paterno accomplished, the whole of his life’s...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: What Do You Say to Hope Givers that are Getting Their Butts...
We tell our kids all the time, “Stand up for what is right!” as if that’s all they need to know. That IS what we need to tell kids, and it’s also what we need to model for them every day and how we...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: Where is the Life Guard? With RAIN Writer, Kelly Gibbons
I’ve heard people say they’ve reached the bottom. How did they recognize it as the bottom? I always wondered what their point of reference was? Had I reached bottom? I mean, how would you know if...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: We Have Every Right to Tell Our Stories — They’re Ours
First of all, I want to thank my niece, Shelby Roeder for her brave and eloquent post last week. Her story of getting out of an abusive relationship as a teenager really resonated with my followers,...
View ArticleSATURDAISIES: RAIN Writer Saturday with Shelby Roeder – The Dark Side of...
by Shelby Roeder There are times in life where you feel hopeless. Where no matter what choice you choose you seem to get pushed further down the wrong path. I know that life almost always gets better...
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