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Oh my goodness! Where did february go?! In retrospect maybe I should feel grateful that I've been busy with work and life that the month has almost slipped by unnoticed! Since we have 9 days left in the month, I wanted to do a blog post on what ive been up to lately. Reading : Love: The Way to Victory by Kenneth .E. Haggin Drinking : Lemon Zinger Tea with Honey. I am really trying to cut back on my caffeine intake and limit it to the days I work at 5am in the morning. Cooking : Anything that can be thrown into a crock pot.  Waiting : EXCITINGLY to go see BLACK PANTHER!!!!! (Am going this Wednesday) Listening : To podcasts on my long commutes. I'm just now getting into it. I will do a blog post about what I listen to some other time. Right now am listening to a lot of life motivational lectures and some comedy stuff in between. Feeling : Tired. It's been go go go lately. And while I appreciate the work opportunities, I need to figure out ...

Instead of doing a book review, I decided to answer some of the questions from the guided questions geared towards a reading group. Please keep in mine this is MY PERSPECTIVE on  the questions being asked. I consider myself a reading group of me + all my blog readers ok? Link to the complete list of questions  Here Q . In 1977, the word that kept cropping up for Debbie was the word desire. What does that word conjure up for you? If you could name one desire—a secret dream—for your life, what would it be? (Don’t be afraid to dream big.) To own/run my own wellness center. Q .  In 2004, Debbie was surprised by the word that came to her: surrender. Have you ever been surprised by something God seemed to have in store for you? How hard is it to surrender to His agenda? When we work so diligently to keep control, is it scary to consider surrender? What does it take to get there? The way I have come to understand surrender is through obedience....

Happy Birthday to moi! 🎈 The year 2016 was such a dark year for me, it took the daily practice of writing in a gratitude journal to get me through the year.  In 2017, my journaling process was guided by words of healing, rebirth and self discovery. The evidence is in the pudding. For the past 2 years, I had no birthday reflection; a normal blog tradition  for my birthdays. That's because I was barely hanging in there.  Don't let an active social media presence fool you about the reality behind people's lives. Today I want to reflect back . Specifically on the last 730 days journey of healing + recovery in the wake of a  life blindside that threatened to destroy the foundations of my identity. Life gave me limes and I had no tequila shot or water to ease the acidity of the experience. In the spirit of what turned out to be the beginning of my healing process in 2016( I bought a guided gratitude journal to FORCE myself to write down happy though...

In my  2018 New Year Resolution post, I mentioned how one of my goals for this year was to partner with a local non-profit organisation.  I currently work part-time for one so am debating if I should invest more non-paid volunteer hours towards our community events or if I should just find something else to do.  MLK Service day is a perfect time to kick off this goal. With the marathon holiday season from  Thanksgiving to the New Year Celebrations sometimes we get so caught up in our lives... ( which is not a crime, we should celebrate our blessings). ... but sometimes it's also nice/neighborly to pause and  reach out to those who are less fortunate. Location: Massachusetts, USA Christmas holidays are a difficult time in general for most people.  For some the lack of food, shelter or the ability to have a heated home during these cold winter months, makes for a more difficult  experience. Volunteerism should extend beyond Martin L...

Happy Near Year! Pittsburgh, PA This new year's eve was a first one for me. An intimate dinner  in pittsburgh, pennsylvania surrounded by friends sans alcohol listening to faith filled evangelist Jonathan Shuttlesworth from Revival Today , encouraging us into the new  year.  2017 made me a benefactor of many blessings from friends and strangers.  I was all about self preservation, self mental health, self awareness, protecting my joy , self love , self discovery etc etc... It was a year of me stepping back from social media  ( I quit facebook + twitter + barely blogged) retreating inwards and focusing on myself spiritually, financially, emotionally. For 2018, I am filled with so much gratitude + peace, I want to be a giver and not a taker. I want to challenge myself to give more this year than I have ever before. Volunteer my gift/skills to a   LOCAL non-profit organisation. Financially support ministries ...