Black Southern And Eccentrically Me

Sitting here behind my desk and contemplating about life. I seem to have come to that "midlife" season and I can't honestly say that I really know what the heck I'm doing. I KNOW I'm supposed to be "grown-up" seeing as my youngest child is 20 and we have 8 grandchildren. Yet, I still feel as though I'm searching and feeling my way around and asking myself, how do I want to spend the rest of my life? Where is my passion? WHAT is my passion? Do I have enough get up and go to get out and get it? The one true thing I'm certain of is that I need to get it in gear and get focused. I've often dreamed of writing yet I have no idea what to write. Maybe there's a book inside of me but its going to take a jack hammer to get it out. I once thought I'd write fiction. I just don't see it happening. My imagination runs faulty when I attempt to come up with the simplest of plots. Maybe inspirational or a memoir? Not sure. But if/when I DO put p...

My family and I have gone through a year of changes, most of them traumatic, painful and which left us reeling.Thank God for resiliency!  Things are coming around full circle. What I've learned in the past twelve months is that we don't HAVE to live the life we are living. Even in the midst of the storm, when it seems hopeless, we can make a conscious effort to change what we can from the inside, in how we see our situation at the present time and how it can be in the future. We are not our circumstances, unless we choose to be. In the past months I've been growing within. I'm walking closer to the Lord and I'm seeking the truth that is me. I'm stepping out the mold and kicking it to the curb. No more being bound by what others think I should be and do. Not to say that I've played a pawn figure in someone's game. Its just that stuff is changing and I'm letting go of old habits and hang-ups. If the world (my world) can't deal with it then they c...

Ever have so much to say and so many things on your mind that you have no idea WHERE to start? I want to talk about God, politics, race, the economy, marriage/children, books, history, genealogy, etc. So much but where to start? Maybe I can have a separate tab and hit which ever one hits my fancy? Not a bad idea. My problem would be that I'd have TOO many tabs. Still, its worth a few thoughts. Guess I'll get more tech savvy and get on that.