Gone for a Minute...

I'mmmmmm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!

Your fearless writer has returned!

I've been enjoying life...warts and all, but all in all, glad to be putting fingers to the keyboard again!!

Some highlights:

*BOULE. WAS. THA. BOMB.

*Enjoying the HELL outta my new car!

*Still dateless, but the desperation has truly passed...

*Making changes to some places I go and people I choose to associate myself with...when God ushers people out of

*The BFF came to town, and got to hear him play with his band (3 chords, man, 3 chords!!)

*Made some realizations about the next phase of my life, and what I need to do to GET THERE!!!

Ready for the next phase...wanna join me??

Put The Eggs and Tomatoes Down!!

I know! It's been a good hot minute since I've blogged!!

To my single-digit number of readers, sowwy!!!

To my friend, Jian - I need to get back to it!

Between traveling, working, gettting ready for another GRADUATE funding program (this time, it's the nephew, RME)...been way too busy...

Good news, it's allowed the story fairy to leave nuggets here and there....

So, I may put up a story link sometime soon, and you may get to read some things...hopefully, the story fairy will keep sending me gifts.

More Than A Number

114. 

This is more than an arbitrary number.

This is the number that did it for me.

This is the number that ends my silence.

This is the number that should end yours as well.

This is the number that should make our President pay attention to this epidemic.

This is the number that should make every African-American get up and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

This is the number that is probably an under-exaggeration, because there were deaths that probably WENT UNREPORTED.

This is the number that cannot be argued.

This is the number that others can't dismiss anymore.

This is the number that politicians cringe at, because their jobs may be on the line for it.

This is the number that law enforcement agencies see EVERY DAY, and yet the number continues to GROW.

This is the number that history should look back on and say, "this was when they said 'enough is enough already'."

It's more than a number...it is an indictment to our country's "bury your head in the sand" syndrome...ignore the problem, and maybe it'll go away...it's not MY problem...it doesn't affect ME personally...why should I care...

STOP. RIGHT. THERE.

ENOUGH.

114 of my brothers were killed from behind the guns and badges of so-called "peace officers".  That number should make you UNCOMFORTABLE.

#ijs  #nojusticenopeace

From Becoming to Being A Godly Woman

Okay, so the first picture happened on Independence Day... just a partial explanation as to why I've been AWOL.   It was time for a new car - if y'all woulda seen what I was driving BEFORE??? Wooooo!  

Ain't she beautiful??  Just in time for my birthday....

It feels like this has been my year of transition and transformation.  I can't say that I understand all the changes, but they have been for my BETTER.  I thank God for them.

So now, I'm wondering where else He's gonna make some changes.  I know there are some internal things that are changing.  And I'm writing and praying so that I can get a better handle on them.  It's GROWTH.  And I thank God for that as well.

There's a couple or five other things I'd like to get done...and those will be revealed as they happen. They are, for me, a reminder that HE is in charge of the changes being made.  I want to move from becoming to BEING.

So when I saw the second image on Pinterest, it made sense for today. 

I can be NOTHING without HIM. 

But in HIM, I live, move and have my BEING!

Let the transformation continue.

#IJS

Silence

I was in my room this morning, laying in bed, enjoying the quiet.

My TV was in power down mode, and my phone was charging.

I realized, I have my TV on in the background, just for sound.  I rarely watch it, unless there's a show that I want to watch.  Other than that - background noise.

My phone charges, and I catch up with social media, news, etc., but it's background lighting.

Sometimes it's in the silence where I can let go and reflect on yesterday, find out where my mind is today, and plan for tomorrow (Lord willing).  It is where I find peace - and pursue it.

Silence can be as loud as a buzzsaw; yet in the stillness and quiet, I can hear God whispering to my soul.

It is where I meditate, think on higher things, and allow baser things to be released.  It is where I achieve my highest sense of being.  

So, bye bye 'book, toodle-lo Twitter, ta-ta TV, and  I'll catch u later Instragram... time for a return to silence.

(maybe I can finally type out this book! IJS)

Back On My Grind

Been gone for a minute, now I'm back again...(Awesome lyrics, btw)

I've had the BUSIEST month:

*Teaching like a madwoman at church
*Running to and from meetings for Sorority Fundraiser during the past 3 weeks
*Created a souvenir booklet for said fundraiser (soooo glad that's done)
*THE ACTUAL FUNDRAISER!! (glad it's over)
*Father's Day (never a chore, but with all the running...)
*Pricing mailout for work - very INVOLVED
*Took work home to catch up
*Babysitting on off days (the little critter is getting BIG!)
*Trying to catch a spare minute to BREATHE!!

And the month isn't done....

But it's been busy enough to keep me from writing...and I GOTTA get back to it.  My accountability partner is chomping on the bit, as he has stepped his game ALLTHEWAYUP (gotta catch up to my oneie).  To him, I say WATCH. YOUR. BACK. SIR.

I think that I'm getting ready for some changes.  Good ones.  I welcome them into my life.

Busy, Busy, Busy....

Sorry, haven't had time to write, but hopefully, by the end of this month, that will change.

Meanwhile, here is where I find myself today: ever had a dream that seemed so real that when you were jolted awake by the REALNESS of it,  you couldn't go back to sleep?

Happened to me.  Wonder if there are some things I need to get ready for?