Took mom to brunch at Dizzy’s because T&L told me they have the best homemade biscuits and there was a big crowd there and the food was delicious and as I looked around at all the black and white faces, I was so happy to be in my Chocolate and Vanilla city I could spit. J and I discussed how lucky we are in our lives and how we have made a good lifestyle for ourselves.…
R left for the Ubangi camp but he’ll be back NYE afternoon and build a big fire for us and we’ll have fireworks and there will be a lot to be thankful for and people surrounding me who I love and again I say, how blessed am I?
We had a nice conversation late last night after the Swirling and the dinner and the everything and that was about understanding how powerful you are and not giving away your power to anyone who doesn’t deserve it – “they need to earn your love” – and you need to apply brakes when you want to charge – and I know all of these things so well, they’ve been told to me before, but they…
J and I walked through the park this morning with Loca and Lucky and she talked about St. Augustine’s pastor in Treme who always looks upward and says look up to the heavens – and I told her about the life coach who presented at the Woman’s Media Summit a few years back in NY who said that the best parts of life are when we have let go of one thing and are in…
J and I headed to Swirl to catch up but instead had a lot people wanting to catch up with us so we got B&K to come with us to Arabesque for a late night dinner. We sat at the Moroccan copper table in the cozy bar perched on the stools and ordered hummus, Jericho chicken, kibbe, and cosmopolitans and talked about how we wish we could all be together for New Year’s Eve but…
Text early this morning from Fatma – a picture of her drinking Raki on the Bosphorous and a note that says “Istanbul misses you canikom!”
My neighbors went away – Jerri for a week and R&A for a few days – you’d think they deserted me. But they are all back home and tucked in their respective abodes and now the neighborhood feels right again. J calls it our quality of life.
I took Jake to see the Bee Movie – it ain’t all that – but we enjoyed just watching the big screen and eating popcorn and gummy bears. When I went to pick him up, he looked different – I said “you look older” and he said, “that’s cause I’m four now” and I sighed. I told M, he looks older, and he says, yeah I know, sad isn’t it. How did that happen –…
I’m trying to understand this time thing. I mean I was at someone’s birthday party last night – they turned 55 – in 7 years I will be 55. What will I be doing? Who will I be doing it with? Right now some people have such huge importance in my life – they take up the real estate in my mind – will these people be at my 55th birthday party? Will someone be throwing…
Today my mother turns 72 – she has the health of a 92 year old – but the sense of humor of a 22 year old.