Iameverretmaxine

08/09/2025

This year has been the hardest in returning to the classroom. I love being an educator and helping plant the seed of knowledge into young minds but so much happened last year that left me discouraged, exhausted and feeling like a failure. This year you have new laws, an increase of students not performing well academically, so many voices from the sidelines that have never stepped in a classroom and many parents treating us like we are the enemy instead of respecting the work we show up to do. This year I am reminded this is a God assignment. God appointed and anointed me to do the work, but I seek Him always every step of the way. In my own strength I become frustrated, annoyed and irritated.
I hope my students feel the love in preparing the room for them. My cart was broken by boxes of books that fell and whew chile I left a ton of textbooks unopened. This weekend I shall rest. So I can hear God with clarity as press forward in doing my assignment for this season.

08/08/2025

Tonight at 7pm I will have opportunity to share in the discussion “Church Hurt, But I Still Believe…”. Hear part TWO. Life is challenging, heartaches happen and disappointment too, yet GOD is and will always be faithful. Have you experienced church hurt? Have you taken accountability for your healing? Follow on YouTube or view on Facebook Live. Don’t miss the blessing because I do believe this message is a breakthrough for several listeners. If you missed part one, it is linked in the bio.

07/31/2025

Did you miss the virtual workout challenge for July? Download the Nike Run app and hit the link in the bio to join the AOH Community towards a 30 mile goal for the month of August.
Last month was a challenge but I made a progress of 20 miles even though I did not reach my goal. August I will reach the goal of 30 miles and you can too as we support each other and hold each other accountable. Life is heavy burn so of the mental, physical and emotional weight, so that you can bloom this season.

Hey, join me in the Bloom & Burn ( August) in the Nike Run Club 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💪https://nikerunclub.sng.link/A6sko/96h7/r_e5538dfdb6

07/31/2025

The Absence of Her is more than just a podcast, it is now a COMMUNITY. Are you a teen girl or woman that has experienced the loss of a mother and/or absence of a mother in your life? This opportunity for connection is for you. Hit the link so you can share your interest and know that you are not alone. Go to the website and complete the interest form. We also have a private facebook group for conversation amongst the community.

www.theabsenceofhercommunity.org

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16itA1YTXh/?

A community providing connection for motherless daughters, whether by loss or absence. The AOH Community strives to help develop a positive mindset thru pain.

07/26/2025

If you missed the opportunity to watch our conversation last night “Church Hurt, But I Still Believe “, the link is available in my bio. Have you experienced church hurt, not offense? They are two different things. Did you separate yourself from God, due to the actions of man? Do you still believe in Jesus after the hurt? The conversation continues on Friday August 8th at 7pm.
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07/22/2025

Hey Y’all it has been a minute since I have spoken publicly and I am so excited about the connection God has sent through my work in building . This Friday July 25th at 7pm I will have opportunity to share in the discussion “Church Hurt, But I Still Believe…”. Hear part of my testimony in real time. Life is challenging, heartaches happen and disappointment too, yet GOD is and will always be faithful. Follow on YouTube or view on Facebook Live. Don’t miss the blessing because I do believe this message is a breakthrough for several listeners.

07/12/2025

On 07/12/2015 I posted:
It was this day a year ago my sister called around 1am saying John Henry had been moved to ICU. As I drove to Bay City to pick up my mother ,after we had not even been home a good 2 hrs, then drive to Ben Taub it seemed I couldn’t breathe...like I was waiting to exhale. It’s a year later and I’m still waiting for that moment or sign to know that we gonna be alright without you. Nothing is the same without Big John Oneal, it’s said that with time it is supposed to get easier... Some days I just don’t know.

Today 11 years later I breathe, because I have accepted that God’s deadline for us was created before we were even born. I breathe because God has put breath in me daily, to love them and remember them, but to press on. Saying goodbye to my father was harder than my mom. It all happened so fast. The excruciating pain in her cry when she realized he was gone 😭, made it easier to accept her transition 4 years later. I know that may seem insane for some, but when you love people, you do not want to watch them in pain. When you see spouses that truly love each other, you can’t even understand what it’s like for them to live without each other.

When you first graduate high school, you get a job and a few years later begin living on your own. It feels like you have arrived into adulthood. It may feel to some that parents have done their job and now you’re starting your race on your own. But something you won’t learn, that life will teach you, is just how much you need your parents in your latter years. I still can’t believe that before the age of 40, I buried both of my parents.

I am living breathing proof of God’s strength.
God will keep you if you let him. 🙌🏾.

07/06/2025

Hey FB friends and family, the new school year is on the way ☺️. This is my 2nd year teaching 7th grade math. Any purchase from my wishlist is greatly appreciated 💜.