WOW! Had an event packed weekend! After a few days of Gene and I talking with individuals about talking with individuals about ways to MAKE THE CONNECTION in their relationships... I was EXHAUSTED!
We have been working so diligently to get the word out about our events that I had not realized how little sleep I had gotten over the past few months. From producing Lovers' Rendezvous to publishing Soil Soul and then updating on our class and workshop curriculums, I have found little time for sleeping... Meaningful, deep sleep that is... I have four sons though, so I am no stranger to sleepless nights.
Sometimes, HC feels like a colicky baby. Fussy and temperamental... Crying for hours at a time... Needing a lot of attention... Keeping the mommy and daddy up all times of the night rocking... bouncing... stroking... E.T.C. just to keep it satiated. But commitment to its success seldom seemed to be rewarded in tangible ways.
This past weekend went a long way to calm the baby down. It kinda felt like the baby had a growth spirt or something. It slept through the night. I could hardly believe it. I rolled over in the middle of the night and... nothing! No wimpering. No whining. No NOTHING! And at the end of a full night's sleep... I woke up 10 hours later... FULLY RESTED! Whew... sigh...
What I realize is that there are seasons when we are required to deal with situations that are like 'colicky babies'. The good thing is that usually they are seasons... And by nature, they change. So I am enjoying my season of restoration and replenishment...
Never know when we will need to 'sit up' with another aspect of our amazing vision.
Drea
August 10, 2009
April 22, 2009
THE TRADE OFF
You know, I always knew that there would a price to pay for anything that I really want to accomplish in life. I was prepared to deal with the sweat equity that would be required in order to see a dream or goal manifest and become a reality. What I had not considered was the other costs involved. I did not quite know how to express it until I read an article the other day by John C. Maxwell where he described it as 'the trade off.'
There is a price or a trade off involved in order to receive anything new into your life, and often it will require you to sacrifice something important to you. Only you can decide whether the cost is something you are willing to do without. Only you can decide if you are willing to give up something you cherish to attain a greater prize. Remember, some things (ie. relationships) are irreplaceable.
Ask yourself this...
Is what you are pursuing worth what you are willing to give up? Is it a fair trade?
There is a price or a trade off involved in order to receive anything new into your life, and often it will require you to sacrifice something important to you. Only you can decide whether the cost is something you are willing to do without. Only you can decide if you are willing to give up something you cherish to attain a greater prize. Remember, some things (ie. relationships) are irreplaceable.
Ask yourself this...
Is what you are pursuing worth what you are willing to give up? Is it a fair trade?
February 04, 2009
An 'Inside' Job
I had one of THOSE dreams again...
You know, the kind where you are jarred out of your sleep and the moment you wake up you realize that you have been confronted with something that, if it were true, you would really have no choice but to deal with it. It's the kind where you wake up saying, "Oh God... PLEASE don't let anything like that happen to me..." and you make a decision to eat right and treat the ones you love right and budget your money right and make the most of each day... And, like a New Year's resolution we set out to love those we deem unlovable... we start exercising like crazy... we set new goals to achieve and decide that, this time we are gonna kick that bad habit ... for real.
As I sit on the side of my bed and type this, I am motivated to, once again, commit to do what's right in so many areas of my life. Why?
Because I want to LIVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE, I want to LOVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE, but I want to be HEALTHY!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE and be HEALTHY, I want to be SUCCESSFUL at the things that I have been put on earth to do!
That's a tall order isn't? At least I know that it's possible. God desires me to PROSPER and be HEALTHY as my heart and mind, my soul, get HEALTHY and PROSPER. (3 John 1:2) Wow... another one of those 'inside out' things again... My outside life reflects my 'inner' sides. So if I want to see change on the outside then it's an 'inside job'.
My LIFE and LOVE and HEALTH and SUCCESS will be determined less by decisions I make while under emotional direst, as my heart pounds and adrenaline pumps through my body. Those decisions are often temporary and sometimes regrettable. We change from the inside out. As our minds change about why we are living and our perspectives change about how we are living - WE CHANGE the way we are living and our lives CHANGE... but it's an INSIDE job. No one else can make it happen for you but you. It happens one decision at a time.
And on that note, I'm gonna stop typing and get off the side of my bed... I feel my shoulders tensing up from looking down at the screen for so long and I have been told by my PT that this neck position is not gonna keep my spine healthy... and of course, I want a SEXY SPINE, too! Oh well, then I guess I better go do my YahwehYoga, too...
Dang it!
You know, the kind where you are jarred out of your sleep and the moment you wake up you realize that you have been confronted with something that, if it were true, you would really have no choice but to deal with it. It's the kind where you wake up saying, "Oh God... PLEASE don't let anything like that happen to me..." and you make a decision to eat right and treat the ones you love right and budget your money right and make the most of each day... And, like a New Year's resolution we set out to love those we deem unlovable... we start exercising like crazy... we set new goals to achieve and decide that, this time we are gonna kick that bad habit ... for real.
As I sit on the side of my bed and type this, I am motivated to, once again, commit to do what's right in so many areas of my life. Why?
Because I want to LIVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE, I want to LOVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE, but I want to be HEALTHY!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE and be HEALTHY, I want to be SUCCESSFUL at the things that I have been put on earth to do!
That's a tall order isn't? At least I know that it's possible. God desires me to PROSPER and be HEALTHY as my heart and mind, my soul, get HEALTHY and PROSPER. (3 John 1:2) Wow... another one of those 'inside out' things again... My outside life reflects my 'inner' sides. So if I want to see change on the outside then it's an 'inside job'.
My LIFE and LOVE and HEALTH and SUCCESS will be determined less by decisions I make while under emotional direst, as my heart pounds and adrenaline pumps through my body. Those decisions are often temporary and sometimes regrettable. We change from the inside out. As our minds change about why we are living and our perspectives change about how we are living - WE CHANGE the way we are living and our lives CHANGE... but it's an INSIDE job. No one else can make it happen for you but you. It happens one decision at a time.
And on that note, I'm gonna stop typing and get off the side of my bed... I feel my shoulders tensing up from looking down at the screen for so long and I have been told by my PT that this neck position is not gonna keep my spine healthy... and of course, I want a SEXY SPINE, too! Oh well, then I guess I better go do my YahwehYoga, too...
Dang it!
January 20, 2009
This Moment...
HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!
I can hardly believe that this day has finally arrived. Emotionally, I have been unattached from all of the Transition and Pre-Inauguration events over the past couple of months, but today is different.
Today, my oldest sons are home from school and we will be watching the events via television all day long. I have, personally, never been so focused on politics or world events so much in my thirty-six years. My hope is that as we gather around to view all of the day’s events, this day will be etched into their hearts and minds for the rest of their lives..
A friend and I are trying to envision ‘hair grease’ and ‘hot combs’ in the White House… Braids and ponytails… Those are the types of things that a couple of decades ago some blacks would have just said, “It’s a BLACK thang… you wouldn’t understand.”
Now, on a level greater than mere hair maintenance, we have the opportunity to live in a time when we have people as leaders who do understand on so many different levels.
Enjoy this experience… I am gonna go do the same.
More thoughts later… when they have put the official seals on the motorcade after President Obama has uttered the words, “So help me God.”
I can hardly believe that this day has finally arrived. Emotionally, I have been unattached from all of the Transition and Pre-Inauguration events over the past couple of months, but today is different.
Today, my oldest sons are home from school and we will be watching the events via television all day long. I have, personally, never been so focused on politics or world events so much in my thirty-six years. My hope is that as we gather around to view all of the day’s events, this day will be etched into their hearts and minds for the rest of their lives..
A friend and I are trying to envision ‘hair grease’ and ‘hot combs’ in the White House… Braids and ponytails… Those are the types of things that a couple of decades ago some blacks would have just said, “It’s a BLACK thang… you wouldn’t understand.”
Now, on a level greater than mere hair maintenance, we have the opportunity to live in a time when we have people as leaders who do understand on so many different levels.
Enjoy this experience… I am gonna go do the same.
More thoughts later… when they have put the official seals on the motorcade after President Obama has uttered the words, “So help me God.”
December 10, 2008
The Day of the Mahogany Daughter
The average person would send a THANK YOU card that says:
Thank you for attending my birthday festivities.
Your presence was greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Andrea
Of course, my name is DREA, and I couldn’t just do that. It's not how I'm WIRED! For those for whom the above sentiment suffices, there is no need to read any further.
For the rest of you:
Picture this…
Drea's House, December 2008
It is Saturday morning... Drea is sitting on the couch in a bit of a daze. As she glances around her living room, everything seems pretty normal… the Christmas Tree, Gene’s HD television, a coffee table, the artificial tree by the steps and other insignificant objects that assure her that she is indeed at home in her usual surroundings. As her ‘eye tops’ become heavy from the exhaustion she worked up the night before, a picture flashes through her mind. They come briefly at first, like snapshots and then full scenes begin to roll out in her mind. It is as if she is half sleep/half awake. (Kinda like when they began her endoscopy before the anesthesia had taken effect.) She is very much ‘in the moment’, even though it’s not apparent to anyone else.
Had all of this really happened?
She sees familiar faces that seem so real that she could reach out and touch each one. In her ears, she hears the smooth, raspy voice of the poet, ‘JO-SEEPH!’, as he spits lyrics about LA FAMILIA, the virtues of the mahogany woman as BLACK DIAMONDS and shares his admiration for his CA-DIL-LAC! (There are a lot of mocha sisters in the room, but she swears that he must be talking directly to her!) She observes the 'ExtraTerrestrial' Puerto Rican Percussionist, Edwin, on the congas. He is out of this world! The Latin minstrel, JC, serenades her on his guitar with his song, Love Within, that he dedicated to her, and the sound he creates with six strings mesmerize her.
Reliving those moments in her mind, she turns to gather a panoramic view of the room. Her thoughts bounce from one memory to another:
AAAAHHHHHH!!!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT GENE DID THIS FOR ME!!! OH, MY GOODNESS!!!! Joseph Dominic and JC are in my living room! I LOVE THESE GUYS! Oh my! This is for real! THIS IS SO COOL! THIS IS JUST FOR ME! I think these guys just moved up into MY FAVE FIVE of musical artists! AAAAHHHH!!!! ~ Look at my FANTABULOUS sister standing over there by the camera. I’m so glad she is here... and that she didn’t get lost and miss the party this year, too! ~ GIJoeBro?! He came! Dang, he makes me so angry sometimes… but I love him and I’m so glad he’s here… I won’t let him know that tonight though… ol’ busta... ~ HA HA HA!!! Bill Cosby? You gotta be kidding me! I always knew my big brother was a nut! After twenty years of marriage, my sister knows he’s crazy, too, that’s prolly why she is just staying behind the camera helping us make memories. ~ Look at my sister… I can’t believe that all of her men came! Very cool! Pregnant and all, ‘she still got it’! She has such a beautiful voice. Yeah, she’s right I am SPECIAL, but I’m CRAZY, too. ~ This Chick is a NUT! She really came! I thought for sure that office party would keep her from making it. It’s after 10:30… I know it’s about to be hoppin’ in here now! ~ I can not believe the sounds that I am hearing coming from the left of me. God, You really DO love me. I feel like I am in Your throne room… It’s been a while since I have had an opportunity to enter into worship with people who value Your presence the way I do. They have MADE my entire year. ~ Man, it’s good to see her out and about with the baby. She and my brother brought HARMONY into the house in more ways than one, as my nephew used his voice to stir the presence of God around our home. I am so proud of him, but I see his dad is prouder. ~ Listen to the angel that is sitting to my left as we sing about our worthy Lord. She interweaves her voice like colored threads through tapestry… simply beautiful. ~ Did he just call me AMAZING? I can not believe he employed such eloquent speech to describe me… just listen… wow, my brother is comparing me to the stars and other celestial bodies… he says even the way I’m WIRED is simply AMAZING! ~ Oh, wow… why the tears? I said I wouldn’t do that this year. But this night is all about family and why each one of these people are so important to my journey. Most of them really only know one … or maybe two sides of me, but they don’t even know that I have about as many sides as an OCTAGON! Maybe it’s okay if I am transparent and show them who I really am. But what will they think of my tears? Forget everybody! IT’S MY PARTY! ~ Wow, I have heard my sister recite this poem… ‘Drip, drop…’ I’ve heard it before so many times, but tonight it’s for me. She’s talking about my tears. So precious… just what I needed. ~ I wonder if this was as much of an EXPERIENCE for them as it was for me? Well, see… yeah, he’s calling it an ENCOUNTER. That’s what I mean. I wonder if this time has changed them as much as it has changed me.
I began this email many drafts and several days ago. I wanted to find just the right way to say THANK YOU, but I haven’t found it yet. How do you show appreciation for what you all did for me Friday night? How do I explain the JUMPSTART I feel in my spirit or the EMPOWERMENT I sense for the next phase of my life? How do I talk about the INSPIRATION that was expressed through so many of you? I don’t think I can, so I’ll just settle for…
thank ya!
Thank Ya!!
THANK YA!!!
Pardon the drama, but I must say this....
YOU GUYS TOTALLY RUINED MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!
I felt like I was in a comatose state most of Saturday. I thought it was just fatigue and out right exhaustion at first, but as December 7, the day of the Mahogany Daughter, has come and gone, I realize that the pinnacle of my birthday season has been reached and it would be near to impossible to top what you all have given me with your presence and L-O-V-E. I want that evening to be seared in my mind as a life altering, defining moment in time. Just when I thought that 35 could not be outdone, you made 36 unforgettable for me. YOU ALL HAVE MADE MY ENTIRE YEAR SPECIAL!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
I have been officially shamed into dealing with my CREATIVITY (that's what Gene calls the mess on my side of the room) that my wonderful husband allowed you all to see in our bedroom. He insisted on using our bed as a coat check even as the surrounding space sat in its POST-BOOK WRITING ERA. I went through and collected the 20 or so books used for design ideas, several styrofoam cups that held my nightly ice slushies, pieces of paper, sticky notes and THE CLOTHES... (outer and under... OMG! I will leave those unmentionable...) I think that you got to see every outfit I contemplated wearing that night flung some where around the room. My brothers and sisters, I have accepted the fact that if we weren't FAMILY before, WE IZ NOW!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
We are planning the book release for a Saturday afternoon in May and would love for the FAMILY to be a part of it. We will keep you posted about the exact date.
Hugs and Kisses…
Honey and Molasses…
Peaches and Cream…
And all the rest!
Thank you for attending my birthday festivities.
Your presence was greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Andrea
Of course, my name is DREA, and I couldn’t just do that. It's not how I'm WIRED! For those for whom the above sentiment suffices, there is no need to read any further.
For the rest of you:
Picture this…
Drea's House, December 2008
It is Saturday morning... Drea is sitting on the couch in a bit of a daze. As she glances around her living room, everything seems pretty normal… the Christmas Tree, Gene’s HD television, a coffee table, the artificial tree by the steps and other insignificant objects that assure her that she is indeed at home in her usual surroundings. As her ‘eye tops’ become heavy from the exhaustion she worked up the night before, a picture flashes through her mind. They come briefly at first, like snapshots and then full scenes begin to roll out in her mind. It is as if she is half sleep/half awake. (Kinda like when they began her endoscopy before the anesthesia had taken effect.) She is very much ‘in the moment’, even though it’s not apparent to anyone else.
Had all of this really happened?
She sees familiar faces that seem so real that she could reach out and touch each one. In her ears, she hears the smooth, raspy voice of the poet, ‘JO-SEEPH!’, as he spits lyrics about LA FAMILIA, the virtues of the mahogany woman as BLACK DIAMONDS and shares his admiration for his CA-DIL-LAC! (There are a lot of mocha sisters in the room, but she swears that he must be talking directly to her!) She observes the 'ExtraTerrestrial' Puerto Rican Percussionist, Edwin, on the congas. He is out of this world! The Latin minstrel, JC, serenades her on his guitar with his song, Love Within, that he dedicated to her, and the sound he creates with six strings mesmerize her.
Reliving those moments in her mind, she turns to gather a panoramic view of the room. Her thoughts bounce from one memory to another:
AAAAHHHHHH!!!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT GENE DID THIS FOR ME!!! OH, MY GOODNESS!!!! Joseph Dominic and JC are in my living room! I LOVE THESE GUYS! Oh my! This is for real! THIS IS SO COOL! THIS IS JUST FOR ME! I think these guys just moved up into MY FAVE FIVE of musical artists! AAAAHHHH!!!! ~ Look at my FANTABULOUS sister standing over there by the camera. I’m so glad she is here... and that she didn’t get lost and miss the party this year, too! ~ GIJoeBro?! He came! Dang, he makes me so angry sometimes… but I love him and I’m so glad he’s here… I won’t let him know that tonight though… ol’ busta... ~ HA HA HA!!! Bill Cosby? You gotta be kidding me! I always knew my big brother was a nut! After twenty years of marriage, my sister knows he’s crazy, too, that’s prolly why she is just staying behind the camera helping us make memories. ~ Look at my sister… I can’t believe that all of her men came! Very cool! Pregnant and all, ‘she still got it’! She has such a beautiful voice. Yeah, she’s right I am SPECIAL, but I’m CRAZY, too. ~ This Chick is a NUT! She really came! I thought for sure that office party would keep her from making it. It’s after 10:30… I know it’s about to be hoppin’ in here now! ~ I can not believe the sounds that I am hearing coming from the left of me. God, You really DO love me. I feel like I am in Your throne room… It’s been a while since I have had an opportunity to enter into worship with people who value Your presence the way I do. They have MADE my entire year. ~ Man, it’s good to see her out and about with the baby. She and my brother brought HARMONY into the house in more ways than one, as my nephew used his voice to stir the presence of God around our home. I am so proud of him, but I see his dad is prouder. ~ Listen to the angel that is sitting to my left as we sing about our worthy Lord. She interweaves her voice like colored threads through tapestry… simply beautiful. ~ Did he just call me AMAZING? I can not believe he employed such eloquent speech to describe me… just listen… wow, my brother is comparing me to the stars and other celestial bodies… he says even the way I’m WIRED is simply AMAZING! ~ Oh, wow… why the tears? I said I wouldn’t do that this year. But this night is all about family and why each one of these people are so important to my journey. Most of them really only know one … or maybe two sides of me, but they don’t even know that I have about as many sides as an OCTAGON! Maybe it’s okay if I am transparent and show them who I really am. But what will they think of my tears? Forget everybody! IT’S MY PARTY! ~ Wow, I have heard my sister recite this poem… ‘Drip, drop…’ I’ve heard it before so many times, but tonight it’s for me. She’s talking about my tears. So precious… just what I needed. ~ I wonder if this was as much of an EXPERIENCE for them as it was for me? Well, see… yeah, he’s calling it an ENCOUNTER. That’s what I mean. I wonder if this time has changed them as much as it has changed me.
I began this email many drafts and several days ago. I wanted to find just the right way to say THANK YOU, but I haven’t found it yet. How do you show appreciation for what you all did for me Friday night? How do I explain the JUMPSTART I feel in my spirit or the EMPOWERMENT I sense for the next phase of my life? How do I talk about the INSPIRATION that was expressed through so many of you? I don’t think I can, so I’ll just settle for…
thank ya!
Thank Ya!!
THANK YA!!!
Pardon the drama, but I must say this....
YOU GUYS TOTALLY RUINED MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!
I felt like I was in a comatose state most of Saturday. I thought it was just fatigue and out right exhaustion at first, but as December 7, the day of the Mahogany Daughter, has come and gone, I realize that the pinnacle of my birthday season has been reached and it would be near to impossible to top what you all have given me with your presence and L-O-V-E. I want that evening to be seared in my mind as a life altering, defining moment in time. Just when I thought that 35 could not be outdone, you made 36 unforgettable for me. YOU ALL HAVE MADE MY ENTIRE YEAR SPECIAL!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
I have been officially shamed into dealing with my CREATIVITY (that's what Gene calls the mess on my side of the room) that my wonderful husband allowed you all to see in our bedroom. He insisted on using our bed as a coat check even as the surrounding space sat in its POST-BOOK WRITING ERA. I went through and collected the 20 or so books used for design ideas, several styrofoam cups that held my nightly ice slushies, pieces of paper, sticky notes and THE CLOTHES... (outer and under... OMG! I will leave those unmentionable...) I think that you got to see every outfit I contemplated wearing that night flung some where around the room. My brothers and sisters, I have accepted the fact that if we weren't FAMILY before, WE IZ NOW!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
We are planning the book release for a Saturday afternoon in May and would love for the FAMILY to be a part of it. We will keep you posted about the exact date.
Hugs and Kisses…
Honey and Molasses…
Peaches and Cream…
And all the rest!
December 03, 2008
DONE!!!!
I'M IZ FINISHED!!!!WHOO HOOOO!!!!!!!
This morning, December 3, 2008 at 3:34 AM, I gave birth... again. Hubby was napping in the bed beside me as I pushed through to transition, but when the baby cried for the first time he was right there embracing this new life with me. I don't think I have ever been in labor so long for anything! Oh, the PAINS of BIRTH! And then the afterbirth and the other unspeakable things! I am just glad that that part is over and I can enjoy this new bundle of joy! I don't even mind the new stretch marks!
Of course, we want to make sure the baby is healthy, so we are still having her checked out. Yes, I said HER!!! I finally got my GIRL!!! And she is absolutely GORGEOUS! She looks just like her momma and she even has my complexion. When you see her you will know she is mine, 'cause she sounds and acts just like me, too!
I know I haven't been very sociable lately. Ladies, you know how it can get towards the end. Guys that have lived with a pregnant woman know, too. Thank you for being so patient with me. We wanted to wait to have a shower for her until after she is she's presentable, clothed properly and ready to greet the world. Gene and I will let you know when that is... prolly some time in the Spring.
Now, for those of you who don't have a clue what I am talking about because sleep my deprivation is too intense for you to decode my ramblings...I'M IZ FINISHED WRITING MY BOOK MANUSCRIPT! I'M IZ DUN DESIGNIN' MY COVER! I'M IZ DUN PUTTIN' ALL'A IT IN MY TEXT DESIGN PROGRAM! I DUN ADDED MY GRAPHICS, TRANSFERRED IT TO PDF and DUN MADE ME A BOOK!!!
Technically, I could publish it on line as an ebook now, but she is too special to just be online, so we are planning to have a book release shing ding or something, but right now we are just excited she is here. Plus, we need it to edited a few more times. I have been writing since August, but with one-third of my year consumed with getting this done I am ready for a change!
Gene is going through this book with a fine toothed comb and is on his forth read of this 200 page book... and I thought it would be a 50 page booklet at most. (Can YOU believe that I had so much to say?) Each time he reads it as if it is the first time and each time becomes more passionate about the EXCELLENCE that he expects from this project. He has been my greatest encourager and has continually admonished me to write for the people that are to be our audience; that our message about 'relationships with God, ourselves and others' will benefit.
Thank you for your encouragement and support! I appreciate you!
If ya been prayin' for me, please keep it up! If you haven't, please do... I NEED IT!!!!!
This morning, December 3, 2008 at 3:34 AM, I gave birth... again. Hubby was napping in the bed beside me as I pushed through to transition, but when the baby cried for the first time he was right there embracing this new life with me. I don't think I have ever been in labor so long for anything! Oh, the PAINS of BIRTH! And then the afterbirth and the other unspeakable things! I am just glad that that part is over and I can enjoy this new bundle of joy! I don't even mind the new stretch marks!
Of course, we want to make sure the baby is healthy, so we are still having her checked out. Yes, I said HER!!! I finally got my GIRL!!! And she is absolutely GORGEOUS! She looks just like her momma and she even has my complexion. When you see her you will know she is mine, 'cause she sounds and acts just like me, too!
I know I haven't been very sociable lately. Ladies, you know how it can get towards the end. Guys that have lived with a pregnant woman know, too. Thank you for being so patient with me. We wanted to wait to have a shower for her until after she is she's presentable, clothed properly and ready to greet the world. Gene and I will let you know when that is... prolly some time in the Spring.
Now, for those of you who don't have a clue what I am talking about because sleep my deprivation is too intense for you to decode my ramblings...I'M IZ FINISHED WRITING MY BOOK MANUSCRIPT! I'M IZ DUN DESIGNIN' MY COVER! I'M IZ DUN PUTTIN' ALL'A IT IN MY TEXT DESIGN PROGRAM! I DUN ADDED MY GRAPHICS, TRANSFERRED IT TO PDF and DUN MADE ME A BOOK!!!
Technically, I could publish it on line as an ebook now, but she is too special to just be online, so we are planning to have a book release shing ding or something, but right now we are just excited she is here. Plus, we need it to edited a few more times. I have been writing since August, but with one-third of my year consumed with getting this done I am ready for a change!
Gene is going through this book with a fine toothed comb and is on his forth read of this 200 page book... and I thought it would be a 50 page booklet at most. (Can YOU believe that I had so much to say?) Each time he reads it as if it is the first time and each time becomes more passionate about the EXCELLENCE that he expects from this project. He has been my greatest encourager and has continually admonished me to write for the people that are to be our audience; that our message about 'relationships with God, ourselves and others' will benefit.
Thank you for your encouragement and support! I appreciate you!
If ya been prayin' for me, please keep it up! If you haven't, please do... I NEED IT!!!!!
October 22, 2008
WRITE THE BOOK!!!
A SEASON OF GRACE!
That is what one person (SDC) calls what she is extending towards me. She says it seems like I have been in outer space. I assured her that the spaceship was still in the back yard and I hadn't left... yet! A special SISTA COUSIN (CHL) of mine said that I had that she knew that I was a BIG TIME AUTHOR and all but I could call some time. And then there are those that say, "I called you and you didn't answer the phone!" (ALD, NW, RBP, ANH, SAB,...) I'm not being rude, I just don't have the ringer on, because I know if I do I will never WRITE THIS BOOK!
Let's see who else can I tell on... can't think of anybody else so I will move on.
I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING!!!
Just took a break to send a short message to say THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU and to ask you for:
Your continued prayers for wisdom as I WRITE MY BOOK!
Your continued support as I WRITE MY BOOK!
Your continued understanding if the ringer is off and I miss your call as I WRITE MY BOOK!
Do you see a reoccurring theme here? What have I been focusing on, besides being grateful that I am surrounded by people like you that believe that I CAN DO THIS and allowing that to be fuel and motivation for me? I HAVE BEEN EATING, SLEEPING AND BREATHING MY BOOK! I HAVE BEEN WRITING MY BOOK!!!
For those that know how I can get, YES, I am in project mode right now and so I am a bit OBSESSED with completing this task that I have begun. In many ways it is my gift to myself this year. Gene is very supportive and always encouraging me to WRITE THE BOOK. My guys are, too. They seem to have no doubts about my ability to write the book and, amazingly, they think I'm pretty smart. That feels good. Their only criteria is that IT BETTER BE GOOD.
Your continued encouragement is invaluable to me. Okay... gotta go now and WRITE MY BOOK!!!
That is what one person (SDC) calls what she is extending towards me. She says it seems like I have been in outer space. I assured her that the spaceship was still in the back yard and I hadn't left... yet! A special SISTA COUSIN (CHL) of mine said that I had that she knew that I was a BIG TIME AUTHOR and all but I could call some time. And then there are those that say, "I called you and you didn't answer the phone!" (ALD, NW, RBP, ANH, SAB,...) I'm not being rude, I just don't have the ringer on, because I know if I do I will never WRITE THIS BOOK!
Let's see who else can I tell on... can't think of anybody else so I will move on.
I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING!!!
Just took a break to send a short message to say THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU and to ask you for:
Your continued prayers for wisdom as I WRITE MY BOOK!
Your continued support as I WRITE MY BOOK!
Your continued understanding if the ringer is off and I miss your call as I WRITE MY BOOK!
Do you see a reoccurring theme here? What have I been focusing on, besides being grateful that I am surrounded by people like you that believe that I CAN DO THIS and allowing that to be fuel and motivation for me? I HAVE BEEN EATING, SLEEPING AND BREATHING MY BOOK! I HAVE BEEN WRITING MY BOOK!!!
For those that know how I can get, YES, I am in project mode right now and so I am a bit OBSESSED with completing this task that I have begun. In many ways it is my gift to myself this year. Gene is very supportive and always encouraging me to WRITE THE BOOK. My guys are, too. They seem to have no doubts about my ability to write the book and, amazingly, they think I'm pretty smart. That feels good. Their only criteria is that IT BETTER BE GOOD.
Your continued encouragement is invaluable to me. Okay... gotta go now and WRITE MY BOOK!!!
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