To wrap up my Birthday month, I decided we would take a hike back into history and pull out a timeline of pictures. Folks, that is what I have done. By doing so there has been a lot of real healing being done. Hope you scroll for the walkthrough of my 44 years. In my … Continue reading A Timeline of Birthdays – In Pictures
Category: memories
Birthdays of Yesterday
Before I get started on this recollection of my past birthdays, I want to say not all the good was great and not all the bad was horrible. It is what it is. It has shaped me into who I am today… If I think hard, I can remember my 3or 4 yr. old birthday. … Continue reading Birthdays of Yesterday
Cake. More Cake. All The Cakes!
Birthday cakes. Throughout my life, I have had some amazing birthday cakes. To my knowledge most were chocolate. I have had all kinds of homemade cakes decorated in all kinds of ways. ( you can barely see it but that's coke cake on the table) One of my favorite birthday cakes is a coke cake. … Continue reading Cake. More Cake. All The Cakes!
Birthday Wishlist!
A question you often get asked when it is around your birthday is, “What do you want for your birthday?”. Of course, there are things I wish for when I think of gifting to the world. I wish for peace and love to flow. I wish gun control would be an actual thing and police … Continue reading Birthday Wishlist!
Happy Birthday, Luv Bug
She was just having her first birthday when I met her. She was the cutest thing I ever laid eyes on. Because she was a mixed baby, I imagined my own future babies to look just like her. When I imagine my babies in heaven, to be honest, I picture the way my nieces looked. … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Luv Bug
Kailani’s Birthday
Today my sweet girl turns 21. We used to have many dreams of this day and how we would spend it together. Now we are apart and live way more than a few minutes apart. How I miss the fact we were so close. I imagine now that if I lived there still, she would … Continue reading Kailani’s Birthday
Blog Series: Internet Relationships – Guys vs Girls
Making friends is hard when you’re middle-aged. It’s just facts. Most people are already coupled up with groups of long-time friends. I thought the friends I made in my early 30s would be my ride or die for life. I felt so at home with all of them. We supported each other, we went to … Continue reading Blog Series: Internet Relationships – Guys vs Girls
Diary 101 #10: All The Big, Scary Things
Have you ever done big things? Things you could never imagine you would do? Well, it just so happens I had one of those experiences. Sometimes when I'm down, I start to wonder if I will ever have anything to show for my life, and then I remember I have done big scary things. I … Continue reading Diary 101 #10: All The Big, Scary Things
Blog Series – Internet Relationships #12: The Ex-Friend
What is more drama and more difficult than talking to boys online? Being friends with women. Beauties, why are we so complicated? I swear - female relationships stress me out so much. Lately, friendship has not been good to me. I made some mistakes, and let people in too much. The story goes- As luck … Continue reading Blog Series – Internet Relationships #12: The Ex-Friend
Adrienne Bennett. Rest in Peace, Angel.
Normally I wake up and check my email and Instagram. June the first, I woke up to Instagram telling me that I had lost another friend in the plus-size community. Adrienne Bennett. If you know Adrienne from Instagram you know that she had the motto “no more hiding”. What she gave to the plus-size community … Continue reading Adrienne Bennett. Rest in Peace, Angel.