Pieces of Me: A Journey Through Life

No one should ever have to beg for affection from their significant other. It is something that should be given freely, randomly, intensely, gently and daily. It is caring and a great way of showing that you care. There is never such a thing of giving too much affection, especially if you claim to Love the other person.  When this claim of Love is given, and affection is not shown, eyebrows are raised because affection is a great indicator that Love is present. If not, then it is believed that maybe the Love is not as strong as it is said to be. When a baby is born, affection is given to that child immediately, and on throughout. Why? Because the parents have genuine Love for their child and it is human nature that we affectionately show it.  Affection is projected in a manner that not only makes one feel physically good or needed, but it goes deeper than one might imagine. It is only noticed when affection is not given that a person feels neglected and unwanted. Feelin...

As I have grown into the young woman that I am :), I have learned a lot of things going through this thing called life. Born to be a lover, I do so hard and I cling to Love like my life depended on it, which I feel that it does. Lately, I have done something that I have never willingly done. I told Love not to stay on account of me, that if it needs to leave, do so and grow into what God wants it to be. That was probably the second hardest thing that I had to do. Something I thought I never could do. I realize that if I cling to Love too much that it can not grow, neither can I. For once, selflessly, I want Love to go and let God. I will be right here waiting,  "Love Will Be Waiting For You" For Real . I no longer want to stop what could possibly be Love's livelihood. It would be selfish of me if I did because Love helped me discover my livelihood, or should I say that Love pushed me to work towards my livelihood. Love never let me down. Love only wanted me happy an...

Today, I was inspired to write about just being you. A lot of people get twisted in this very influential society about joining the crowd and being like someone that they are no where near like. I just do not get how grown folks would want to follow a trend that does not represent them well. What makes it so bad, is some people are well over 35 and the people they try to follow are half their age. Come on now, lets be realistic. Blue, pink, and red hair is not for everyone. And by the time you are 30 and older, do you not think that it is time to dress and act appropriately?  Today, I have on a business suit and I look like I'm ready to go and work at a fortune 500 company. Is that me? Yes, it is. As a business owner and trying to get things moving, I feel that it is appropriate to look the part. Crazy thing about it is, I do not have any meetings to attend, I am just preparing myself for what is to come. There is nothing wrong with that. I feel if you condition your whole se...

I am the type of person who gains all kinds of friends. I tend to realize that all friends are not good for me. Some friends I have to keep at a distance, some I wish I could keep with me at all times. Over the years I have come to terms that all friends will not stay around forever. Although that saddens me, I now understand that it might be for the best. After all, we are true to each other, friendship, just like life, runs in a full circle. There are different points in your life where you have to be without the ones you hold dear to you. I have come to learn that this is not because they do not deal with you anymore, it may simply mean that you both need a chance to grow.  I used to did not understand this at all believing that if they were really my friend, no matter how big or small a situation may be between us, that they should always be around. How silly of me, not understanding that God was only allowing us a chance to grow into the people He desired us to be so th...

It really gets me how some people tend to want to play the flip flop role with you. I just can not understand how one can pretend to be your friend and then you hear from someone how they been talking down on you. It makes no sense to be a half friend. If you can not be a true friend there is really no need for you to call yourself friend. If you are down for someone and it be real, you will build that person up. You will always have positive words for that person to their face and behind their back. There would be no need in breaking that person down if you are really down for that person. If your friendship is for real, if that person is down and out, you will uplift that person, if that person is all the way wrong, you will call that person out, but out of love. You will only give that person constructive criticism if they need it. When the person that you call friend needs to hear the truth you will give that person just that no matter how much it may hurt. That pers...

Before the sun came up I was still up celebrating my Mr. President and another four years. I had stayed up so late handling business, I felt it was no need in going to sleep because if I had, it would have been time to get up to handle more business. Before 7am I was out of the house on a mission with a good friend of mine. Before we could even leave out of my neighborhood, we saw a young lady and a very young boy. The young lady had many bags, and the little boy even had him a little bag. I said to my friend, "It looks like she has a lot going on." My friend agreed and wondered if we should stop to see where the woman was going. I did not hesitate to say yes, so she stopped in the middle of the road, thank God we were not on a busy street. I asked the lady where she was headed and she stated that she really was not sure. She said that she was not from around our parts and was just trying to get home. Home for her was New York, so we knew we had to let her in the car. ...

Perserverance - : continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition : the action or condition or an instance of persevering : steadfastness quick do you give up? Or when you put your mind to it do you fight it to the end? When I first actually decided to leave Alabama, which was not the easiest decision I've made in my life, I made a vow to myself that my goal was to go to school and do better in life by God, me, my child, and my family. It was not an easy feat but I was so determined that I was going to finish school, get a job, and start doing things in which my heart desired. Things went far from smooth as I was almost homeless, rejected by my own family member and so called friend, and did not have transportation to get there. I had a week to think about it which was the beginning of the second rotation of classes. I really did not know how I was going to get to school. Luckily I was blessed with a real friend who let me l...