Thank You 2016

Thank you 2016!

2016 hasn’t been as bad for me as some of you based on your Facebook post but I am appreciative of the good, the bad, and ugly.  Thank you 2016 for all that you gave me.

     1)      Puberty

I’m finally getting my adult body which is a blessing and a curse. J It’s only 15 years late.

2)      Opportunities

My cup runneth over.  But like for real though.  Opportunities that are mine and I can do what I want them. Make them as big or as little. Ask and ye shall receive and receive abundantly. I am beyond thankful for the opportunities/learning experiences that are making me a better person and preparing me for whatever is next in life.

3)      My dying procrastination

With all my new opportunities, has come a severe illness to my art of procrastination. I can no longer put things off. When I do I get behind and end up experiencing forms of anxiety because I have a zillion things to do and no time. I now try to be a head of the game.

4)      Support

I am truly thank for my “team”. It often seems extremely small but I can count on the ones there. They look out and are there when I need them. They teach routines, come through with those Beyonce tickets, turn their house in to my personal bed and breakfast, etc. I am truly winning because of them.

 

5) Belief in the IMPOSSIBLE

 

2016 showed me to believe in the impossible. Go for the job I'm not qualified for. Set goals that aren't really realistic. Hopefully someone will have faith in me.

 

6) Racism is still alive and well and NOW loud.

 

I knew racism was alive. Hell I've dealt with it recently pre-Trump era. I've had people essentially slap me in my face with their white privilege as a sat across the table fighting for something completely different than they would ever begin to understand.  BUT TRUMP has shown me a completely different beast. Requiring me  to be more. More strategic with my opportunities. More loud with my people. More real with my people. I have been reminded why I work in communities where people look like me. And even more in my opportunities to empower little black girls.

Thank you 2016! Because of you, I will be even better in 2017. PEACE!

 

Obama Out!

I am so ready for the Obama’s to leave The White House. 

Yea! I said it but not for the reasons you think. I am a huge fan of the Obamas. I’m just ready for their abusive relationship with America to be over.

I think they have done a wonderful job as the first black family. The first family not to fit the “normal” mold of old white guys and their families.

Our president, has done his best to create change in America with what he was given. You can’t change the laws alone and most of his colleagues refused to work with him. But let’s see, he’s killed Osama Bin Landen, he had gas prices so low I felt like I was in high school again, I can go pick of prescriptions for birth control and go to gynecologist and not pay anything, and my dad was able to get health care that he could afford that in turn allowed him to have his neck repaired after he broke it. (And don’t get it twisted, my dad ain’t a lazy black man like most of you probably assumed. He has always worked and when I was in school he at some points had 2 jobs.) And those are just the things that personally affected me.

Our first lady, has shown nothing but class. She is not only attractive but she is also super intelligent and can hold her own. It is empowering to see a strong black woman speak well and loved by so many. She has been attacked but when they go low she continues to go high.

The first children, Malia and Sasha, have probably had it the worst. I cannot understand how people can be so disrespectful to children. They can’t even be normal children. They are scrutinized for dressing like the rest of the teenage population and going to parties. But did we forget the Bush girls. They were definitely a part of the fun time gang (not judging them at all because I was fun timing pretty much the same time they were) but many call the Obama girls entitled spoiled brats. They have served in this role much better than any that have come before them and they didn’t have a choice.

I have never seen a first family so disrespected as this family has. Don’t get me wrong I was not a fan of Bush. And he probably got to where he was through entitlement but I would have never disrespected his wife and children the way the Obamas are. (I personally respected Laura Bush. She was a teacher and that was our connection and Jenna often does the teacher stories on the today show. So I have come to like Jenna too.) I am happy to see the Obamas go and get out of the spotlight eventually. Stop getting so many attacks although I am sure they will continue somewhat. I’m like that friend who is waiting for a loved one’s suffering/abusive relationship to end.

It’s been real Obamas! No first family will ever do it like you do! You will forever be my favorite First Family. *An Obama drop of the mic*

SN: I am very fearful of what is to come...