I wrote this one a while ago.. I sat on it.. so here it is! One thing I like to tell people is that if you ask me a question, I will answer it. But, you do have to ask the right question.. LOL. I have been posing a question to myself and I had to take a good look at myself and my emotions. I said to God, can it be about me for a little bit? Well, I received an answer. It wasn’t the answer I was expecting, but it was an answer none the less. The answer was No. But, but my mother just died (my father died years ago) and now I am an adult orphan… “No” No, are you kidding me right now? As my son would say. No, He wasn’t kidding me. Even though I may be experiencing what I feel to be a difficult time in my life, doesn’t mean that it should revolve around me. Yes, I would love that to happen, but what would be the result? Probably me living a box and not grasping the reality of the situation. Or me not helping other people who may go through a similar situation. Case in point Ch...

I am the GREATEST! I attended a fabulous Black History month musical at my son’s school. The music was great and the dancing as well. But there was one moment that really reached me. The music teacher paused for a moment and he said he wanted us to listen to this person. He said, I want you to figure out who it is. I listened, and this person was sharing that he was “Cassius Clay and he is the best, the greatest…” and   I said, this  must be Mohammad Ali (before he changed his name).    He (Cassius Clay)  went on and on and ON about how great he was and that no one was going to beat him. The teacher stopped it as Cassius Clay went on and on about himself. The music teacher shared that Muhammad Ali had confidence and that the children could do anything that they wanted to do with a little confidence. He had the confidence of greatness before he KNEW that he was.  Do you have the confidence to proclaim who YOU are before you realize it? ...

It's been a LONG time.. but, I'm back..... Don’t Make Excuses! Take Responsibility! My son is always on a mission in school to attain the behavior grade daily. Each day they are graded on their behavior using a color coded system. Pink is the highest, Purple 2 nd highest and the list goes on until Red.  The Joy of the 1 st Grade! This week he came home from school and he was not his normal cheerful self. I asked him what was wrong? I wanted to get on Pink! I said, what color did you get? “Green!” he pouted. I told him green was good.  But he proceeded with I wanted Pink! So I asked what happened in school today that you attained green instead of pink? He started to share a few things about the color where he started, then he was lowered to yellow, for not listening, then he clipped back up to green again. Then he started to talk about Timmy and Jimmy, and Joey (not the real names) and how Timmy didn’t want him to get on Pink so he said this and that, and it...