Let there be light!

Editor's Note: for best effect, play the song as you read :) lol

"rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and..."

I am seeing the beauty beginning to mold again... I was starting to wonder where it had all gone. My swag is back... granted, it never goes far to the naked eye but I was pretty broken... I admit. I was doubting my professional gangsta (oxymoron?) since January when my contract ended abruptly... then I ran into a very... terrible organization that was poorly ran, unethical and a few other choice words that I will avoid...



because if NOTHING else it allowed me to meet some great girls (who I still keep in touch with) who the world had turned its back on and it also kept me housed and mobile by paying my rent and car note... for that, I am thankful. It also gave me more experience on the social services side to move into my new position with a STABLE organization for which I can really, finally see myself growing... I am just so overjoyed.

Because I had the interview of all interviews (a series of them, really) where I was reminded why I've been so arrogant when it comes to what I do. I do it well... and they saw it in me without me saying much at all. This is the job I've been looking for. And I am going to be magnificent at it. And I humbly thank Jehovah God because he looked out for me with this one. And I will keep my word and study his... praise him in happy times. Remember him even when I can't stop smiling or when I'm in tears. For in each, I always need him... and I should let him know it as often as humanly possible.

In other great news, I finally found a daycare!!! *(cue glorious music)* QUITE exciting.. it has everything except for a daily toy sanitize (it's weekly) that I was looking for including but not limited to: a potty regimen, learning curriculum, diverse students (blacks, Latinos, whites and even some Asians), and a clean and fun play/learning environment, close to home with competent, educated staff and a contract that we're comfortable with... of course all his daddy cared about was the price. lol Slightly over budget but we made it do what it do. Thank you lawd!

I've spent the day doing a house deep clean. With the new week upon us, now we should finally be able to embrace it but be ready for it. I am still training so my schedule is pretty set and it looks like I will have to go somewhere sunny for my final training before they release me to the trenches... but I will be ready. I've been doing a lot of research and territory building in my spare time. Truly looking forward to all I can do with this position... can you tell? :)

Tomorrow, the house will be complete (currently doing laundry) when I tackle the desk drawers and the storage area. But for now, I'm about to enjoy some boxing and take in a cocktail while I enjoy coming out of the darkness... the next few weeks will be a little foggy as I try to catch up on everything, but I feel very confident in saying that the sun...

...is out.

I got a the job!

Shaaa-na-naaa-nah... Sha-na-na-nanah!

Whew... after what might be the best week ever... in months... I find myself gainfully employed again with a company with growth opportunities and what could possibly be the best team ever. I hope it's as good as it makes me feel right now...

Paperwork Wednesday...

Start after Labor Day... I should start looking into day cares... yes.

But for now, I celebrate.

Cosmos with muh girls... it's a CELEBRATION!

Give Us This Day... Our Daily Bread

Today was a monumental day... too big for words just filled with emotion. I wish my father were here... my father who died on the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who died on the birthday of my father... I know you both would be proud today. I cherish this day, for ya'll.

He takes the Oath




Five days after MLK's born day legacy we induct the next best hope of a man who will lead us into the next level of change. Mr. President Barack H. Obama... we love you. Love you for being so bold and brave and honorable to carry the weight of the people on your back... the nation on your shoulders all the while, showing us that the Black Family is real, possible and peace.

March on Washington...

Inauguration 2009...


Thank you so much, for taking the oath to SAVE our country. We believe in you and will take your charges... Joe Biden, you pretty damn cool too, it seems. :)

Love Worldwide... Kenya celebrates...


The first daughters looking like their dad and mom, respectively...


Vice Pres and his first lady


What Would MLK do?


Tomorrow the work begins... WE BELIEVE IN YOU... Thank you, God, for sending him to us... finally. Barack Hussein Obama, we support, love and cherish our country, your vision ... and you.

Ujima

Since March, I have worked for a tutor/mentor organization that serves 7-12th grade at-risk youth. This is my first stint at trying to work for a non-profit and it truly fulfills me. Even on days where I am stressed beyond belief, just knowing that I am making an impact on my community makes it that much more tolerable.

We have a social responsibility, in my humble opinion, as Blacks to maintain our community. It is easy to sit by the wayside and complain about our youth, the crime, our politics, our PEOPLE as a whole, but it takes a lot more heart and consciousness to do something about it. Black studies professors, some politicians, non-profit organization CEOs, presidents and board members take the charge and hold the reigns tightly vowing for little to sometimes nothing wages to change the community. The time is always now to act... to make our brothers and sisters problems OUR problems. You don't have to be the org's CEO or even an EMPLOYEE to want to change the community around you, thereby changing the world our kids will grow up in. The more brains tryin to work through it, the sooner we get to the solution.

In a broader sense, a (wo)man is only as strong as the foundation he/she has built upon. How can we really provide for the community if you can not love and cater to your own blood, family, time, good true friendships? Collective work AND responsibility start at home. Remember that one can't TRULY represent The Movement without the love and support, the bond that comes from family. It's a collective circle that once made whole one can do all things in community and abound.

As you focus and strive this Kwanzaa season, when you are ready, it is time to volunteer to an organization helping a community you care about, want to build, want to change.