Another birthday has come and gone and I’m practically on 30’s doorstep. Highlights of the day:
Lunch with some of my work peeps.
A funky Bob Marley shirt my mom bought me.
A much needed GAS CARD!!!!
…still getting better with age…30, I’m (almost) ready for ya!
Today, May 1, is National Day of Prayer. I’m reaching out to all of my readers to pray for me. I need the strength to say NO to submitting a story and photo here. The site is a bunch of mayhem and foolishness (to quote Niecy Nash), but when I happened upon it the other day I just got the urge to do something crazy! Please keep me in your prayers because the temptation is strong.
Lisa C gets the honor of tagging me for my second meme. This meme requires me to reveal 6 weird things about myself…this list could go on and on and on…
So here are the rules:
Link the person who tagged you.
Mention the rules in your blog.
The fun part ~ Share 6 unspectacular quirks about yourself.
Tag 6 other bloggers and link them.
Leave a comment letting them know you tagged them.
Here goes:
1. It’s possible that I’m addicted to chapstick. An ex-boyfriend would tease me about eating it because he said it disappeared way too quickly. Hahaha! I don’t seriously think I’m addicted…well, maybe Burt’s Bees.
2. Watching people eat cereal is disgusting! and please don’t watch me either. You know the Biggie video for Warning. The part where he’s eating the cereal, I have to cover my eyes during that part! Continue reading ‘Second Meme’
Thursday morning, I dropped in to Starbucks for a soy chai and walked out with Lizz Wright’s latest album, The Orchard. I was delighted to find that she remade Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Hey Mann. Her voice complicates my soul. On the one hand the husky, sorrowful sound with a hint of longing…aching, is unbearable; but the sound is so beautiful, it begins to feel good to wallow in my sadness. The lyrics are practically the story of my last relationship:
Hey mann,
Whatcha doing here?
I don’t remember letting you in.
Hey mann,
How’d you get in here?
You’re in my heart without consent.
I always took pride
in my self control,
To my heart only I had the key.
But something’s gone wrong
in my radar screen.
You slipped by
and you captured me.
I done all I could to keep my head clear,
Logic tells me that this should never be,
But there’s no mistaken the shape I’m in,
Love has filled my every waking day.
Now here’s the strangest thing,
A day has come I thought I’d never see,
I walk smiling in a light glow
and I’m calling out your name,
I’ve lost the battle,
and I’m quite well pleased
I know I’ve said this before but I don’t care, I’m saying it again! I feel so blessed to have a supportive family. As much as I’d like to believe I’m independent, self-sufficient, I can do it all by myself; the truth is I really can’t. My sister (N) in the picture above is so caring and thoughtful, and has helped me tremendously in the past year. And Nia adores her. Nia and her daughter are 19 months apart, which is the exact same age difference as N and myself. By the way, that was not planned. A friend asked me that once, and I just laughed. If she only knew…
And I have some future posts in store about that little one on the right. She is a riot!
We’re 2 weeks into 2008, and I think i’m still gassy from all the black-eyed peas I’ve eaten over the past couple of weeks. Hope my finances don’t suffer this year becuase I didn’t eat the traditional collard greens. I know I had a heaping helping last year, and I’ve never been as broke as I was in 2007. Being broke is no fun, and I vow to never be in that state again.
I feel a headache coming on as I think back on 2007. Coming out of 2006, I was on a high, what a great year! I was driving through a valley in 2007, lots of low points. I felt insane because these low points were often experienced in tandem with joyous moments. Up and down, up and down all year long.
Although 2007 was stressful, back-breaking, extremely tough, the year was one of tremendous growth for me. The biggest lessons: I need to change my thinking, and I need to trust that where I am and what I’m going through is exactly where I need to be and what I need to be experiencing to continue my spiritual and personal growth. Because as I’ve said before, I get better with age. Like a fine wine! And I’m not gonna let a few mishaps or people who don’t have my best interest in mind, derail me on my journey to love and happiness.
No resolutions this year. My primary goal (i left this comment on a MommyDaddyBlog post:
i just want to spend time, quality time with my baby.
*time* is the one thing you can never get backthe past few months of my life have been so hectic. i want to be able to step away from all the stress, and just feel so free in her presence.
just trying to slow things down, and appreciate what’s most important in my life.
So if I stick with this goal, 2008 will be a great year for me, regardless of any outside forces that try to threaten my happiness…and sanity!
Happy New Year to all of the Jasiri readers.
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