I did a video blog (vlog) post last night for #bloglikecrazy, but after watching it decided against posting it. I’m not nearly as television-friendly as I had hoped so just scrapped that one. It was my first try, so I will try again and let you know how it goes.
This brings up a good point that I mentioned the other day – insecurity. Wowzer! Watching that video, I notice how distinct my lisp is (that I don’t hear at all when I talk), my chipmunk cheeks, my lazy eye. All things that you may not necessarily notice or zone in on, but I do! WHY do I do that? Why do WE do that? Aggghh! Have I learned nothing from this awesome post?
Anyway, I will try try try again and post something.
“Now this looks like a job for me so everybody just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause it feels so empty without me”
~ Eminem (Without Me)
Today’s #bloglikecrazy prompt asks us to write about something controversial. I may lose some followers, but I hope not.
LET PEOPLE MARRY WHO THEY WANNA MARRY!
Boys, boys, girls, girls, black, white, yellow, green. Who cares? I am a Christian and I know what people “say” the Bible says but isn’t the most important lesson that we love each other? In a world where it’s difficult to both be alone or find someone you can really be yourself with, why would we impose rules and restrictions on love? We already have enough trials and tribulations during our lifetimes without adding nonsensical clauses on who can be with whom.
I am proud to say I have a boatload of LGBT and interracial couples as friends. Just like yesterday’s post, I would not be the intelligent, caring person I am today without those friends. They are no different than all my other friends, but they have been through more crap and have helped me see what really is important in this life. And quibbling or even disowning friends or family members because of who they love is the biggest waste of time and energy.
You are entitled to your beliefs and thoughts. And I am entitled to mine. I believe the greatest thing we can do in this life is love each other, help each other, and give back. Let’s focus on that and less on who you want to hold hands with for the rest of your life. I’ll hold yours if you hold mine.
Love yourself.
Find peace inside.
Share happiness.
Note: I’m not sure why this post didn’t publish yesterday from my iPad, but it didn’t so here it is a day late, but I’m still counting it because I wrote it YESTERDAY. lol.
Today’s #bloglikecrazy writing prompt is about celebrating friendship. Though I’m not single (and a lot of my girlfriends aren’t either), I’ve loved this song since the 90s and still feel this way today:
Growing up I got along better with guys than girls. Girls were catty, manipulative, superficial, and cliquish. Guys didn’t seem to have those hang ups, at least not that I saw. I had a few very close female friends and, thankfully, still have a few from childhood to this day. And as we got older and matured, I found out that girls became less cliquish outside of school and more open to new friends.
Since graduating, I have formed an impenetrable circle of women around me that have proven time and again they are true friends. I started with a small group in Montgomery around 1996 and we’re still tight today, including the few I grew up with during school and all my adopted moms. Once I moved to Virginia, I gathered a few more into the fold and miss them everyday. Since moving back to Alabama, that circle has grown exponentially and I’ve got the greatest group of girlfriends that one could ask for.
Every group from my history brings something different to the table and I feel well-rounded and complete with them in my life. I know exactly who to go for during certain situations and when advice is needed. These women have helped me blossom from a young, immature girl into a focused, intelligent woman who values friendship more than most things.
With that being said, thank you to all my girls who have seen me through tough times, given me a place to live, a bed to sleep on, help when I’m in trouble, support and encouragement when I have a hare-brained idea or need a shoulder, pushed me to do more outside of my comfort zone, and have given me more laughs than I can count. (I really should have six pack abs as much and as hard as I’ve laughed with them. Go figure!)
You all are a huge part of my life and world – I wouldn’t be where I am today without you. For you girls: (note: adult language)
Love yourself.
Find peace inside.
Share happiness.
It’s late again and I’m just now writing. I am truly sorry. But today I needed to decompress from the technology (for the most part) and get some things done around the house. And just spend some time with my books, magazines, mail, and myself. And that’s exactly what I did. I caught up on my reading, cleaned out the mail pile, and folded and hung up about 5 loads of clothes. I haven’t had weekends off in quite some time and tomorrow is quite busy. So today was my “me” day.
There was an EPIC ball game on tonight – Auburn vs UGA. If you missed the last minute of the game, go find it. It will be a quick search, I promise. That play is no doubt the play of the year. I love my team and they got very lucky tonight. But that was beautiful.
Have a lovely evening and we’ll pick back up with “meatier” stuff soon! Sweet dreams!
Or rather, I have one. Ok, so today’s #bloglikecrazy post looks fun. We are to write a post celebrating a part of our body. This is a wonderful prompt from Javacia because I don’t think we do it nearly enough as women. So, hopefully today there are tons of Janes out there writing about how awesome they are. Let’s make it everyday, ladies!
Not to sound arrogant, but I have a lot of great features. We ALL do. And though it may knock things over on its own every time I turn around in a department store, I LOVE MY BIG BUTT! lol. I’m not really sure why and I *probably* shouldn’t be so proud of it since it is rather large and basically its own planet. But I’ve always had it, I’ve learned to embrace it, J Lo helped A TON growing up (“In Living Color” anyone?), and it is what it is. It fills out my pants, it cushions me when I ride my bike, and it keeps me warm. It has a ton of positives. There are some negatives, but they don’t matter and I’m not thinking about them.
There you go – short and sweet. My bum rocks. 🙂
And just to give you even more awesomeness to think about, go read this amazing post I saw online today. I think it may be my favorite internet post ever because it hits so close to home. Thank you, Teresa. You are my new hero.
Love yourself.
Find peace inside.
Share happiness.