LIFE HAPPENS

Been a Loooong Time

2015-10-21T07:35:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since my last blog and soo much has happened! I've gotten divorced, lost my mom, and received a better job. My little one is not so little anymore and I finally have my own place! This is a quick post as I'm at work (taking a break hehehe) but I will be back online with updates.

THE WHY STAGE...

2012-01-31T12:49:00.000-08:00

Hello my wonderful people and how are you this magnificent warm-like day?? As some of you know I have a remarkable 2 year old who has now just entered the "why" stage. I ask what happens when you run out of answers?? My daughter asked me this weekend "who locked the door" I answered her and every question after that was "why?" with the most sincere look she could muster up. What happens when you just don't know, other than saying I don't know...Have you ever had a 2 year old make you feel like you really don't have them all?? LOL I had to dedicate this post to my little munchkin whose turning into my little lady.

God Knows...

2012-01-11T11:25:00.000-08:00

Today my lovely readers I was given a message to pass on to you so here it goes...

God Knows Where You Hurt!
It’sa wonderful day to be a child of God. Today, I have been commissioned tocome and minister to you. My brother, my sister, I feel led of the Lordto send you a short message today. Something that will minister to yourhurting area. You know, the area you have hidden from everyone. Youknow, the area you attempt to hide from yourself. My friend, God Knows Where You Hurt! While you are attempting to fake it in front of everyone else, the Lord knowswhere you need true healing.
He knows where you need divine     intervention.
He knows what you are dealing with     internally.
He knows what you are battling with … right     now.
He knows what you are faced with on your job, in     your home, at the church, in your finances, in your body, etc.
He knows, He knows, He knows.
He knows how much you can bear.
He knows you are tired of being tired.
He knows you are in need of relief.
He knows the lies spoken about you, the     rumors spread about you, the traps set for you and the backstabbers     plotting against you.
He knows the problems in your marriage.
He knows the attacks coming against you by the     devil.
He knows, He knows, He knows.
Beloved,God knows all, sees all and can handle all things. Be notdismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you; Beneath His wings oflove abide, God will take care of you (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/w/gwiltake.htm). Child of God, GodKnows Where You Hurt!
Scripture Readingfor Today: Psalms 103
MayGod Bless you at Your point of need!
YOUR CHALLENGE THIS POSTING... HAVE FAITH!!! *SMOOCHES*

2012 RESOLUTIONS

2012-01-04T12:13:00.000-08:00

Ok, it's been a minute but since it was the holidays can I get a pass? LOL. Well I was discussing with Lyds (follow her blog) about new year resolutions and why it seems like we have the same resolutions every year. What is it about resolutions that we can't keep? Do you find yourself saying the same thing every year?? I'm going to lose weight, I'm going to be more blah blah blah, but to look up and here it is December and you are 10lbs heavier and nothing you set out to accomplish has been done? WHY IS THAT??
As I reflect on what my resolution would be this year, I had to think of ones I can actually keep. Here are some that I know realistically isn't going to happen...
1. This year I will not take others issues, burdens, and troubles, personally or to heart.
-Ok been there tried that. I'm wayyyy to compassionate to not feel for others. So I have to alter this resolution to I will not make others problems my own, but try to be or offer a solution.

2. This year I will work out EVERYDAY..
-Ok so as some of you know I have a rambunctious two year old who is very attached to mommy making this almost impossible. But maybe with some serious hard work and dedication this could work....hmmmmm

3. I will not dwell on why things happen the way they do. I will just accept things as they are and move forward.
- I'm a really analytical person so turning my mind off just doesn't work. I'm always trying to figure things out, especially things I don't understand. However I do realize that this gives me a headache after a while which does force me to move onwards LOL.
Biblically...
Twelve is one of the perfect numbers, three is divine perfection, seven is spiritual perfection, ten is ordinal perfection and twelve is governmental perfection. It is thus that the children of Israel are divided into twelve tribes. Even though there are in actuality thirteen tribes, every time they are listed only twelve are listed. Similarly in the New Testament Jesus chose for himself twelve apostles.

So now I've covered what I'm not going to make my resolution.. this leads to what I will...

My resolution for 2012 is to continue to be grateful for the things that I have and not worry about the things that I don't. That includes, work dynamics, companionship, and some material things.

What are your resolutions? Will you keep them? I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Your challenge: Making realistic resolutions and keeping them!

until later Miracles and Blessings....

Feelings...Seasons...Reasons...

2011-11-30T11:56:00.000-08:00

Hello ladies and gentlemen...
I pray you all had a wonderful holiday! I know I did. Busy but good. You know, I've been thinking a lot about feelings and emotions lately. As the holiday season approaches, I begin to think about what this time really means and you know what it depresses me a little. Now don't get me wrong, I love the idea of celebrating the birth of my Lord and Savior and I'm really looking forward to my daughter being able to participate in the festivities but on a personal note, I feel lonely and empty. I know with God my life is full and that I'm never alone, but I do find myself missing companionship and having someone to smile and share the good spirit with. I can't believe I'm opening up to you but, hey you are all my family and friends--who better to be vulnerable with?
I'm sharing this to say that if you have a significant other, a beautiful family, etc. Appreciate it. I know no one and nothing is perfect, but thank God for what you do have. Now not to confuse things, I am happy with the conclusions and decisions that I've made. I'm now in a better place, mentally and spiritually. It's just hard when you are used to sharing your life with someone to no longer have that. So with that being said, keep me in your prayers and I will do the same for you.. This post challenge: I challenge you to think about your life and relationships, how you treat others and how others perceive you. Are you doing unto others how you would like done unto you? Are you taking those you love for granted? Until later my friends, keep smiling and striving.. remember God's got your back!

THANKSGIVING

2011-11-23T23:53:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving my beautiful people!! Well I have to say I sat today and really thought about Thanksgiving and the point of it. I wondered why only one day is designated to show how appreciative you are for God's blessings. Now I know the history behind the holiday and that's not what Thanksgiving was initially created for, but let's be honest the things that we are thankful for came from our merciful father so I kind of tweaked the thought a little bit. :-) Well I'm going to let you in on a few things I'm thankful for.. First that God gave me life and made me the woman that I am. I wouldn't trade places with any other woman in this world. Second for my beautiful daughter, family, friends,church, our wonderful troops, and of course all of you and that's just to name a few!
Now I have to tell you today was a long one! After work, went straight to choir practice, then came home and started Thanksgiving dinner. I am really tired so this post will be short...But I can't leave you without a challenge... Today I challenge you to really think about what you are thankful for and why. How would your life be without it? Hit me up and let me know your thoughts....

LIMITLESS...

2011-11-09T13:01:00.000-08:00

Hello my wonderful peeps! I want to chat with you about limits and how I've discovered that I've been limiting myself in a lot of areas of my life. Have you ever been in a situation where you are just unsure of the choice to make because you don't want to make a mistake? I tell you I've been there more times than I can count but I noticed where my lack in taking risks have possibly held me back from some great opportunities. I know it's been a minute since my last post but that was because I was thinking back on my life and how I've grown so much this past year. I want to tell each and every one of you... DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF or get in your own way of greatness! I realized that I was afraid to take a chance on just life period. Now I'm not saying throw caution to the wind, you still have to use your common sense :). It's hard to take a step forward when you don't know which way that you are going, but as long as you have God guiding you remember you can never get lost. I've just realized that so expect to have some good posts in the future...
One thing I'm going to start doing at the end of my posts is challenging you.. so this posts challenge is to really take a minute to think about where you are and where you want to go with your life and see if you are limiting your self in any way. Think about it and hit me back! Oh and DON'T FORGET TO SCROLL DOWN AND VOTE!! :)

Last Night's Candle Light Vigil

2011-10-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

Last night in Springfield, OH a candle light vigil was held to show support against the needless shootings/killings that have been taking place not only in that community but in communities all over the United States. Our young people are being senselessly gunned down and it's time for this to COME TO AN END!! We need to come together as a people and a community and provide our youth with positive events and organizations to participate in so that things like this can be prevented. Remember my people FAST MONEY = FAST DEATH I know that things are hard and they are not getting any easier, but involving yourself in situations in which you know you have no business doesn't make things better. Is a fast 20, 100, heck grand worth your life?? Think about it.... Let me know what you think.. Oh and check out my mom below at the vigil you can tell she's tired of this foolishness!

My First Halloween...

2011-10-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

Now folks I can specifically say I do not remember my first Halloween but in the spirit of everything I am trying to make my daughter's first Halloween special. Today we went to church yeah I know church to a Halloween event they had for the youth. Now at first I was thinking "How does Halloween fit in with church, I mean really?" and you know what I really still don't know. So I would like to hear your comments on that, but I digress. (You will find that I do this a lot anyways...) So I take my daughter and it's really nice. They have hot dogs, chips, juice, goody bags and the kids got coloring books and crayons. They also showed a cute movie called Spooky Buddies by Disney. The sad thing is that there were only 2 other kids besides Tear!!! Out of all the children in church and in our community we only had 2 kids to come and they weren't even members of our church. This saddened me and made me think of how we as parents complain that there is nothing for the children to do but when positive places have events we don't support them.
Now Halloween isn't one of my favorite holidays besides getting free candy but I remember as a child really looking forward to dressing up and being with my friends. I remember going to one house on Halloween and it had a coffin in the yard, well after I got my candy Jason jumped out of the coffin and chased me with a real chain saw, I swear I almost peed on myself. Jason laughed so hard that he dropped the chainsaw and had to take off his mask to show me he wasn't real. Well I wasn't buying it I remember kicking him dead in the nuts! Then it was my turn to laugh! LOL Do any of you have good Halloween stories! Hit me up. Oh and DON'T FORGET TO VOTE AT THE END OF THE BLOG! WHAT'S WORSE...

It's Friday!!!! Home Coming Time!!!

2011-10-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

Ok loyal page viewers (yeah I know, no followers yet but it's going to happen LOL) so it's Friday and I know you are wondering "What's are you going to be up to?" Well the truth is I have no idea. I have some thoughts in the works but nothing solidified. So holla at me, what's going on besides the Home Coming here at Wittenberg?
In thinking about Home Coming, I started remembering how college life was and I must say I really enjoyed my college experience. When I was in school... we (the African-Americans on campus) stuck together and had each other's back. It didn't matter if you were pledging and needed some place to hide, wanted help in a particular subject, or was having personal matters, we were there for each other. There wasn't any hating at least not to your face, and we created our own fun. Shoot calling up a few people to just hang out and play cards at the Black Cultural house was the thing to do! We also had seperate activities and events planned for Home Coming. Now as I walk around campus I barely see "us" hanging together. I was told our only African-American sorority on campus no longer had membership but was still active and to me that's sad!! This fall Wittenberg took in the largest population of African-American students in it's history a whopping 50+. Prayerfully they can come together and bring back the good ol' days where you socialized with everyone, but was still true to self.
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So why is it when it's raining...it pours!

2011-10-20T14:54:00.000-07:00

Ok people so today I had to start off my new Life Happens blog with a funny story. Today all of the drivers who pick up our students for their workshop were not available so guess who pushed the big van! That's right my people and guess who was driving when the inside of the van started smoking??! You've got it again ME! Turns out the fire estinguisher had busted in the van previous to me driving it and when air it it the dust made it look like the inside of the van was smoking. So my students being the darlings they are, all jump out of the van shouting "Fire" and "I'm going to die" when all of a sudden it was discovered what was causing the smoke. So needless to say my kids were about 5 mins late to their workshop but I'm sure they didn't mind that as I think they were trying to delay me anyway :-). I had to shrug my shoulder and just say... "Heck Life Happens". Now this story was a little lame compared to what I have to share with you but I had to start off this journey slow... Stay tuned for the next episode..

The first of many...

2011-10-19T13:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new blog. I must say this was inspired by my big/little sister as a way to vent, laugh, and just share how LIFE happens to the best of us. I will be posting material related to all facets of life both the good and the bad. So look forward to the first official post prayerfully coming tomorrow. Can't wait to share with you!!!

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