Pray for Charleston

Last night, June 17, a man walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and opened fire after sitting with the people at bible study for some time. He killed nine people. For someone to walk into a church where people are studying the bible is just beyond words. As Cornell William Brooks stated, "There is no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of God and slaughters innocent people engaged in the study of scripture." What has this world come to? How have we gotten back to this? I feel as if we are reverting back to the days of Jim Crow. This shooting is reminiscent to the church bombing in Alabama that killed four little girls in 1963. 

The Terrible Twenties...

I am so guilty of this. I have spent most of my twenties up until now worrying about not doing what I thought I should be doing. I thought I should have my life together by the time I was 25 years old. I thought I was a failure because I changed my mind about what I wanted to do. I decided that being a lawyer wasn't for me and I felt like my life was falling apart because I was 23 and didn't know what I wanted to do. But now I realize that I do not have to have it all together. I still don't have it together. I have no earthly clue what I want to do with the rest of my life besides write and help abused and neglected children. I can't figure out what it is I want to do because I still don't really know. I have a general idea. Your twenties are supposed to be be for you to figure out what you want in life. And that goes for every thing from what job you want to pursue to the romantic relationships you want to try. To how many children you think you want to have. I know I want to adopt from the foster care system, at least one or two children and maybe have a child or two of my own. I still have a few years to figure out what it is I want to do with my life and then some. Life is unpredictable and messy and frustrating. It does not come wrapped in a neat little bow or with written out instructions. You just have to take it one day at a time and figure out what it is that works for you.

Dante's 3rd Birthday

My nephew celebrated his third birthday last Wednesday. I know everyone says this but where does the time go? I was just getting pictures of a newborn baby now he's three and talking and walking. He is the cutest little boy and I love him so much. I bought him a Spider-man costume for his birthday and it arrived today. His mom sent me videos of him with it on and some pictures that i posted below. I cannot wait to meet the little guy. Hopefully I'll be able to go to Louisiana in July and see him.

Creative Creations and Writing

Since January, I've been working on two baby blankets for my boss Kristen and my friend Heather. Kristen is due in June and Heather is due later this month. I was worried I wouldn't get the blankets done in time for the showers but I was able to finish both blankets. In the last few months, I've finished two crochet blankets, two fleece tied blankets, and two novels. A productive semester if should say so myself.

One Year Ago Today...

Exactly a year ago today around 8:30am I was being wheeled into surgery for my ankle. They put that mask on me and asked me to count down and I remember only getting to 8. A year ago I had surgery and was looking at recovering from the surgery all summer. I was going in thinking my ankle would be fixed after this. I cannot believe it has been a year and how much can change in a year.

It's been a while...

These last few weeks have been crazy and busy with deadlines, baby showers, semester winding down, finals, and mad dashes to finish blankets. I’ll try to include it all in this one post to give an update but I may miss something or decide to do another post a little later.

February...

I started Spring Semester in January. So far this semester is so much better than last semester. I am only taking four classes this time around and one of them will end on the 28th of this month. One of the classes I'm taking this semester is a publications class where I will be working with other classmates to publish two of our academic journals. I'm learning so much already and I am really enjoying this class. I am also taking a grammar class and the last ASL (American Sign Language) class I need. I just haven't had as much homework so far this semester so it has allowed me to write and work on my crocheting. This is exactly what I needed after the crazy, stressful semester I had this past Fall.

Goodbye Tigger... You will be missed

Yesterday I had to give my cat, Tigger, away. I've had him since he was seven weeks old. He was such a tiny kitten when I got him with so much energy. I watched him grow up and get so much bigger. He was a good cat and I loved him a lot. It was hard taking him to that shelter. I had to drive a ways and he was not happy about that. He cried and mewed the whole way there but once I got him out of the car he did well. He sat in his case on the counter relaxing not knowing that I was giving him up. I cried when I knew it was final and the ladies there were nice. I was still crying when they took him back but I knew it was the right thing because it felt right. I'll miss him dearly but it's what needed to be done.

New Year's Resolution

I never do this but I thought I'd give it a try after seeing my friend do it on her blog. Maybe having it on a blog will somehow hold me more accountable. It's worth a shot because I have quite a few things I want to work on in the new year.

New Year’s Resolution/Goals

· Figure out Ankle issue and how to get around it to exercise

· Lose weight (20lbs by April)
· Crochet for at least an hour every week
· Read/Edit Story for 1 hour every week
· Stay focused with school and try to get all As this semester
· Work on getting a car by April, May
· Create Landing Page for Freelance Business
· Visit my grandparents before the year is out
· Meet my nephew before the year is out
· Stay in Contact with Friends (Tierra, Heather, Rachael, Carissa)
· Do more fun things for Me/Get out more

Christmas

Christmas this year was pretty good. I watched games all day and it snowed today. It never snows on Christmas day and I didn't get any pictures. But I got some really good gifts that I wanted. I am missing my family. As I sit here alone blogging about this. I wish I could spend another Christmas with my family. I was on Facebook and saw all these pictures of my family hanging out having a good time with each other and I was filled with jealousy and sadness that I couldn't be there. The pictures should have made me happy but they really only depressed me and reminded me of what I was missing. I have to get back home to Georgia because being so far away is killing me and making me sad. Next Christmas, hopefully, I'll be spending it with my family.