I believe in the power of prayer and I believe in what people can't see, feel, or even understand because I know in the end there's a power much greater than man. There's so much I want to say, so much is tossing inside my head I need to release some emotional energy. Sometimes sharing with strangers is easier to do than with friends or family. For now I will keep my thoughts simply and ask to whoever reads my blog to lift up a prayers to someone in need of God's healing hand to be laid on them at this very moment.

"Dear Lord, thank you so much for all of your promises. Lord, I know you are the Great Physician, the Great Healer. "By His stripes, we were healed" and I am standing on that promise, Lord. I thank you for the healing, Lord, and will glorify Your Name as part of our testimony. Thank you for hearing my prayer. I ask this in Jesus' Holy Name. AMEN

Today, tomorrow and Saturday, is my mental day of preparation before I start writing again. I was inspired to re-design my reading and writing room, a place to escape into my own little world. I think every writer need that one destinated place or spot to call their own. I have mine, but its time for a face lift. So today I'm going to paint and decorate my space.

Later I'm going to brainstorm some idea's, write them down and by Sunday July 1, I'll be ready to write :)

Healthwise- walking will be my time to reflect upon my writing, get in tune with me and spend some moments with God and my thoughts. My eating habits has changed drastically. I'm eating less than half of what I use to eat. But yesterday, I felt like I was starving so I went out and had a raspeberry lemon swirl cheese cake from the Cheese Cake Factor inside Barnes and Noble. I have no shame because it was sooooo good. But my stomach would only allow me to eat half if it. I realized it's ok to give in to a crave every now and then.

I'm releasing the PAST
long gone at last

I'm releasing YESTERDAY
a faded out memory

I'm releasing TOMORROW
not guarantee to be apart of me

but I'm holding on to TODAY
the promises of this moment.

One thing on my 43 list of goals is learn and write different forms of Japanese Poetry (haiku and hanibun). I'm joining the ever growing list of poets with One Breath Poetry by participating each week. This week prompt is critters. I really don't have a flava for bugs but I do observe and luv the dance of a dragonflies during mating season.

buzzing silently
dancing to the summer heat
it's mating season

united as one
seductively intertwined
the cycle of life

In 1 year... 43 short- term goals written based upon my age, plus one for my birthday. One thing I've learned over the years, age is only a number. It doesn't define who you are as a person, it's the experiences in life that refines who we are and where we want to go with the one life we live.

These are my 43 goals I hope to accomplish in one year:

Starting today: Monday- June 25, 2007
Ending: Wednesday- June, 25, 2008

In Progress
Completed

1. write everyday at least 500 wrds or more
2. start on my second project for submission "Something for my Sistah's"
3. write a short erotical story with no boundaries
4. participate in NaNo-2007
5. listen more talk less
6. lose all my extra weight
7. walk everyday
8. give up soda's for one month during the summer
9. become a reading mentor for my kids
10. treat myself to something nice once a month
11. spend the weekend in Akwaaba D.C. (Washington, D.C.), Langston Hughes suite
12. learn to cook a vegetarian meal
13. send a list of gratitudes to a new friend
14. go on a ghost tour in Houston
15. learn to write Japanese poetry (Haiku & Hanibun)
16. start an online book club
17. attend the Romance Slam Jam in Chicago 2008
18. attend the Atlanta Book Fair 2008
19. read a book a week
20. go 2 days without talking on the phone
21. refrain from gossip
22. acknowledge a daily blessing
23. treat myself to some fresh cut flowers once a week
24. do not use my credit card for 6 months
25. create a cleaning schedule for my house
26. take a bus tour
27. keep my blog updated
28. visit a psychic for fun and curiosity
29. have movie night on Fridays with kids during the summer months
30. spend individual time with each kid before school starts
31. do something positive in a negative situation
32. send a scrape card to a friend via US Mail
33. send an e-cards to a blog friend anonymously
34. call grandmothers twice a week for one month
35. visit grandmothers once a month
36. re-design my writing room
37. create an inspirational wall of writers
38. go on a seasonal shopping spree
39. start something in honor of domestic abuse and literacy
40. don't stress over things I can't change but change the things I can- me
41. clean the mess off my computer
42. become a reading mentor to a child
43. visit my dad's grave

and one for my birthday to complete my year's goal
44. send a post card to PostSecret


The hardest thing on my short-term goals to do, visit my dad's grave. I frown at that thought because my dad and I wasn't close. I never consider him a real dad in the first place. It's been nearly 10 yrs since his death and I still hadn't made a visit to his grave. I don't see the purpose but a challenge to do something I really don't want to do. I find in life there are times we must do something we don't want to do, so this is it. I'm curious to know what feelings I keep inside if any at all about my dad as he lived and died once I make that visit. I don't think I have any resentment towards him but then again I don't know what I feel for him because I can keep things buried deep inside and never know if it's there or not. So visiting his grave will be the most challenging thing to do on my list of short term goals.

I'm going through a phrase of re-defining me and discovering my muse. I love the field of nursing but starting my Mondays working the graveyard shift of 12 hrs with kids isn't in my over-all plans. I'm now writing full-time again and enjoying the early morning hours of the serene sounds of nature, the fresh scent of the first morning rain, and the silence of life while drinking a cup of java sitting on my front porch.

I am traveling on a journey of my own destination!

8 Random thoughts and habits about me:

1. I am really a loner and I like my solitude
2. I sucked my thumb until I was in the 7th grade
3. One day I want to wear a pair of jeans without panties underneath
4. Death doesn't scare me, it's only a new beginning elsewhere
5. I'm going to start keeping in touch with grandmother's
6. Lately I been wearing loose fitting baggy clothes
7. Sometimes I wished I was living single and HAPPY :)
8. I want to visit a psychic for fun and curiosity

I am a woman, a mother, a friend, and a writer living a southern life while re-discovering me.

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