Looking at 2011 in My Rearview Mirror..

Every year I usually post a list of resolutions, and then at the end of the year I critique them.  I just realized that last year I didn't post anything, and I'm shocked. But, 2011 was probably the best year of my life professionally and personally.  


Soon after 2011 peered its head, I received a full-time HR position with a great company.  I was able to meet a lot of new people and develop long lasting friendships.  


For the first time ever I have my own apartment, and through the help of family and friends I have a furnished apartment! =)!


I've started school again, I have 3 more semesters left and I will be done in June of 2012.


I joined a church, and I was baptized. 


Not making a resolution last year, was probably the best decision(I forget) I ever made.  I surpassed my expectations about how this year would turn out. 


I was able to give my first Maid of Honor speech, see my best friend get married, and I was able to hold her beautiful baby girl. I provided comfort and support to my friends, and laid one of my friends to rest.


I gave my family lots of hugs, its hard living (3 hours) so far from home.   


This was my first full year living in DC, and It surprises me how much I've changed.  Last year this time I had:
Long Hair, Black Hair
Short Nails, Clear Nails
and now....
Short Hair, With Highlights
Long Nails(I stopped biting after 27 years), Pink Nails
What has DC done to me!!?? =)


This year I wish for good health, professional development, and for the Lord to keep my family, friends, and myself safe from all danger, seen and unseen.


Have a Chocolate filled year.

Today I came upon a really great article that I wanted to share.  According to this I've done pretty well for myself at 27.

11 Things to Know at 25(ish)

11. Don’t Get Stuck

This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can see very clearly two kinds of people. On one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their dreams, people who know what works and what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become real live adults. Then there’s the other kind, who are hanging onto college, or high school even, with all their might. They’ve stayed in jobs they hate, because they’re too scared to get another one. They’ve stayed with men or women who are good but not great, because they don’t want to be lonely. They mean to find a church, they mean to develop intimate friendships, they mean to stop drinking like life is one big frat party. But they don’t do those things, so they live in an extended adolescence, no closer to adulthood than when they graduated.

Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.

Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? What have I learned about God this year? What parts of my childhood faith am I leaving behind, and what parts am I choosing to keep? Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”

Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe God is good and life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned.
Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.

Do You Dance for Your Man?

Do you dance for your man?

No, I don’t mean physically, breaking it down like Beyoncé in the video posted below, but do you support your man?  Recently I’ve noticed that black woman (not all), are less likely to jump up and down for their man, as lets sayyyyyy (hesitates) … a Kardashian would.  Yes I said it… A Kardashian.  Have you ever noticed Khloe and Lam Lam’s relationship? That girl does backflips for him. And while watching other shows like The Braxton’s, I am constantly seeing these black women diminish their men to nothing.  Yes I understand they have a long history, however, I would never bring my husband, my other half, my children’s father, on national T.V. and spell out “You need a J.O.B.”

Ladies, one thing a man needs is a support system.  I know its not going to be easy if he gets laid off, and you are left to pay the bills, but if you have a good man, be there for that man.  I hate seeing black men being disrespected, that goes without saying that I don’t like it when they try to diminish us to neck rolling, eye popping, loud mouths. 

All I’m saying is…. Support your man. Dance for your man, if you don’t, another Kardashian will.

As always, stay chocolate...and sexy... =). New blog in a few weeks.  Celebrating my 1 year DCinDC.