Jackie Sikes

1 week ago | thecabin.net | Jackie Sikes

Empowering women has been a significant part of my life. Growing up watching my mother struggle to raise three girls by herself set me on a course that taught me that my gender should never hold me back from whatever I wanted to do with my life. For the most part, it hasn’t, and I have done what I felt was best for my family and me all these years. Now, as I settle into my new role of being retired, I hope my life and accomplishments have empowered other women by the example I set.

2 weeks ago | thecabin.net | Jackie Sikes

One of the first places I remember taking my children when we moved to Arkansas was to all the state caves, caverns, and the Museum of Discovery. Moving from southern California, we experienced many marine life museums and aquariums. My children loved science and the outdoors. I found one exhibit at the Museum of Discovery very fascinating: the weather area and all the information they had on tornadoes.

3 weeks ago | thecabin.net | Jackie Sikes

‘Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.” Michael Eric Dyson. This week, I had the opportunity to see justice served in a case that was really a waste of the court’s time, but justice prevailed, and the courts saw this injustice for what it was. Does this always happen? Sadly, no, but we need our justice system, and we also need to remember that the men and women who serve us are human, and humans are not perfect. “Never mistake law for justice.

1 month ago | thecabin.net | Jackie Sikes

A riddle: what am I? I’m present every day. You can’t see me. You can’t hear me. You can’t taste me, but you feel me. I cause you daily to struggle with wanting to face the day. I prevent you from engaging in a genuine smile; it’s more of a fake face I force you to show to your loved ones. I am the reason you are sometimes irritable and moody. I am pain. Twenty-one percent of Americans suffer from chronic daily pain. That is 51.6 million people, and those numbers rise every year.

1 month ago | thecabin.net | Jackie Sikes

‘Life is short. Say I love you like it’s both hello and goodbye. Those words never waste anyone’s time.” Unknown. I say I love you more times than is warranted by some but that doesn’t stop me because it’s one of the most important things I do for my loved ones every day. Too often I have been shown how precious every day is and I do not want this to be a regret, something I wish I would have done more so I tell those close to me that I love them every time I am with them.