Tag: Celebration

Happy Holidays, Beautiful People!

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Holiday Greeting, created with Canva. Yes, that’s my Christmas Tree. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

If you celebrate this time of year, Jernee & I are wishing you a safe and happy holiday season.

May the upcoming year bless and keep you throughout each month.

Peace and blessings.

100,000 Views?!

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This morning, this happened . . .

WordPress/Jetpack App notification

And I’m still sitting with this because I’m not typically big on a lot of achievements here on WordPress.

I’m grateful to have a community of wonderful people willing to “pick up what I’m putting down.” Really, that’s enough for me.

And connection! Connecting with others sends my soul “drifting on a memory,” and makes me incredibly happy.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about my work. Thank you for making being a writer a somewhat easy thing. 🙏🏾💙

Peace and blessings.

Oh, Hi There 40!

Oh, Hi There 40!

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Please, if you have it in you and the time to do so, stop on over and wish my big cousin a happy 40th birthday! I’ve always looked up to her and that has not and will not change.

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Someone asked me, “What’s so exciting about turning 40? It’s just another day.” At first, I heard it and thought Hmm…maybe I AM putting too much into this whole birthday thing. Maybe I need to expect less and just be thankful to live to see it.

But then, I thought HECK NO! I’m not lowering my level of joy because someone else doesn’t think like me! (That thinking didn’t come instantly. It took me about a month to come to that realization!)

So, to answer the question, here’s why I’m excited about my 40th birthday.

  1. Every day is a gift. Living 365 more days is a blessing. Because so many people didn’t see those days get ticked off a calendar this year, I’m grateful for my birthday.
  2. I am ready to make myself happy. And if that means eating cake, wearing a tiara or being lazy all day, it’s a…

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