I am who I and My God says I am

I've been stewing and brewing on this for a couple of months.  I was at work and speaking to one of my co-workers and we were talking about how we get along with some of our other co-workers and she said "I'm a virgo, I'm real!"  And that set something aflame within me.  Why?! Mainly because I don't subscribe to astrology.  I don't believe that a certain sect of stars can determine how I behave on a particular day.  Because if that is the case then I'm not a true Leo.  I don't see many of the qualities that the stars say that I am supposed to have.  So that means I or the stars are lying, and HOW do I lie about my behavior when you can see my behavior.

So whats my point!?  My point is this...I am who I say and MY God says I am.  I'm not trying to make this into a super religious post.  I'm not trying to force My God down your throat. I'm just saying that whatever it is that you worship or don't worship your behavior, your actions, your reactions are a direct reflection of YOU.  Not a star or a planet that lined up in a particular order.  If that was the case every year when THAT star and THAT moon and THAT planet lined up in THAT order; you would do THAT thing faithfully.  But here is the thing about THAT thing... although you would do THAT thing it's NEVER really the SAME.

My life and my behavior is predicated upon my beliefs. And I believe that astrology is good for nothing more than having something amusing to read while on your way to work.  I believe in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. And it happens to be the relationship that I have with My God  that exhibits to you who I am. And that is real!

Help Needed

So, I decided to try something,  I started a crowdfunding page to help me build up some money so that I can take care of some financial business.  No, it's not to buy some useless electronic or toys (although my kids are in need of some.) I need to be able to keep a roof over my head figuratively and literally.  So please if you are stopping by this page please stop by  www.gofundme.com/tokeepmyhome    and please pass this link on.

Sometimes I wonder

I was on the train the other day. I was frustrated (i'm still frustrated), I was tired, anything you can think of I was that at that moment.  And everything in me wanted to break down and cry.  And a thought came across my mind... I'm going to say that thought and I'm going to leave it there.

Lord, what is  it that I am not learning that I gotta keep going through this?

Lessons I wish my mama would taught me - Take Your Time

I wanted to start off this blog with something that would catch your attention.  There is nothing like a visual aide to help drive home certain points.    This is one thing that my mother never used to say.  I guess its because I never really asked nor was I ever really interested in growing up.  I wanted to be a Toys R Us Kid.  But this is still a lesson I believe one of the first lessons that ought to be taught to kids and teenagers all over.  TAKE YOUR TIME, DON'T RUSH TO GET OLD.  It's a trap.

I understand that there are certain freedoms that come with being older, but with each of  those freedoms also come 10 different types of responsibilities.  What children, teens and even some adults do not seem to realize is that there is no such thing as ABSOLUTE freedom.  Everyone is governed by some set of rules and regulations or laws for that matter.  

When you're under the care of a parent you tend to think that your mom or dad is being so unfair and totally out of touch and they just don't understand.  What you don't seem to understand is that they understand all too well.  They have been where you are,  they've done what you're thinking about doing, they've been caught and have paid the price for that action.  And they're trying to protect you from making the same mistake.  And believe it or not... at the end of the day they still have to answer to someone ABOUT YOU.

The other part of this is this:  Like I said before, there is no such thing as Absolute freedom.  You can't just do what you want and think that there are no consequences.  If you break the law you have to answer to the judge, When you get a job you have to answer to your boss, when you get sick you have to follow the recommendations of your doctor in order to get well again.  There will NEVER EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVEERRRRRRR be a time that you will not have to listen to someone or abide by some governing body's rule.

So, I just hope that you will take your time, don't grow up too fast.  Take it easy!

Lessons I wish my mama would have taught me Introduction

I am the mother of a curious little 2 year old boy.  And I can just sense that he knows more than I can even begin to imagine.  
Even with all of that I know that it is my job to still teach him and to guide him and to make sure that he knows everything that he needs to know about life.  

I cannot teach him how to be a man, that is what his father is here for.  For the first few years of my life, I didn't have my father so I had to learn a lot from my mom.  God rest their souls. However, there were still a lot of lessons that they didn't teach me.  I actually learned on my own.   Life would have been so much easier if they were just explained to me at some point during my upbringing.

That is why, I'm compiling those lessons and putting them here and I will be naming this series:  Lessons I wish my mama would have taught me!

The way I'm going to set this up is there will be one lesson per week just so its digestible, and it can provoke thought among yourselves.  The first one will be posted in a little while. 

See ya later!!!

Good Morning All,

Welcome to my domain.  Have a seat make yourself comfortable.  Hopefully you're here for a while.  Shoot, hopefully I'm here for a while. This is the relaunching of this blog spot.  I took a lot of time off to deal with life.  That was a fun little jaunt.  Anyways!!!!  I hope that the content that you find on this page site is entertaining, amusing, informative or what have you.

Too much time on my hands

As I sit here in front of my computer trying to figure out what site I want to go to next, I listen to my tenant downstairs watching Spongebob Squarepants on netflix. Is it the fact that he's 29 years old watching Spongebob that has me blogging. NO! Every once in a while you need to embrace that little kid on the inside. The thing that has me thinking is Spongebob himself.

Ok here we have a cartoon sea sponge. That has the mind of a child, acts like a child,is a child; has a heart of gold, has a job that he loves and takes pride in, a house of his own, his best friend has a house of his own (although its under a rock), has and takes care of his pet.

And I wonder why is it that a cartoon sponge has more responsibility than some grown folk. I mean, why is it that a cartoon character who is a child handling grown man/woman business. He doesn't live with his parent, He cooks, he cleans, he apparently pays bills and goes to school.

YET, you have people in the real world who refuse to get a job, refuse to clean, refuse to take care of their responsibilities. Maybe, just maybe we need to follow in SpongeBob's footsteps.