mourning my loss... Happy 10 years! Daily robbery?

Its still technically thanksgiving weekend, but its really over already for me. I had 3 days off and it was a good time to reflect for me. Ten years ago this weekend was the last time I saw my mother alive. I still remember it like it was yesterday. For some odd reason (now I know why), I could not stop hugging and kissing my mom. We just held each other for a long time. I tried to leave several times, by literally getting in the car, and I would put in park and get back out, run in and love on her for a few minutes longer. The drive home was very emotional for me, I was confused, but I knew the time might be approaching.

This weekend has been hard, but also refreshing. I'm also celebrating my 10 year spiritual birthday that occurred this upcoming Sunday night. My best friend in Omaha, has already called to wish me a happy birthday. It literally blew me away. I also have already called my b/f at the time, who walked me thru the prayer of confession of my only need of a savior that could out surpass my every need to go on thru life. That Sunday night was written in stone and I'm eternally grateful for God placing Curtis Stalnaker in my life path.

So now I ask you and of course myself, where in the heck did 10 year go? This week has been a bit quiet, mommy and my other daughter Jasmine went back home to see the family in Virginia, they got back home last night.
Wednesday could of been a really bad day, but I guess you could say that "the Man" was looking out after me. Some guy came up behind me and robbed me. I didn't see it coming, but the only good thing out of the whole bad situation was, all he wanted was my subway sandwich, and that's what he got. All I could envision while kind of chuckling underneath my breath was... seeing that Seinfield episode where "Jerry" grabbed that rye bread out of the old ladies hand and ran down the sidewalk without, it bouncing every direction. That's basically what happened to me, so if your ever in my area, hold on to your sandwich, b/c they is a subway bandit out on the loose. lol

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Your already pulling that "card?"

Well I'm still trying to get adjusted to the Windy City way of life here in Chicago. This last week all of downtown and the mag mile has been busy with getting the final touches all ready for the big Tree Lighting Ceremony that takes place the last weekend before Thanksgiving week. It starts with a big event at 10am and theres tons of things going on all day. The ceremony begins at 6pm with Micky Mouse turning on all the lights at once.

This week I have noticed the downtown just transforming into Christmas decorations, very impressive I must say. Well the weather for the last 3 days has been really cold, so Katrina and I decided lets opt to watch it on TV. The place was packed, they closed down the whole mag mile south to the Trump Hotel and they have marching bands, floats, a huge parade and they really kinda went all out for this. Very cool, but too cold 4 us.

I can say that Hyde Park is definitely on the map and the African American community is going crazy over it all. People are selling buttons, hats, jackets, maps and of course his picture is all over it. So that brings me to my next topic of discussion which I'm sure will get me in trouble.

OK, let's get this all out in the open. I'm all for equal rights, white, black, Asian, catholic, baptist, whatever. I believe God wants us all to be joyful and happy, yes even if a person chooses to love the same sex. It's their choice. Now that you already have the first ever African American president elect starting on Jan 20, I have just one question. Can you please at least wait until he is in the role of president before you pull the black card? I mean cm on, it's not even thanksgiving and your already, ALREADY pulling that frickin card. People your not that ignorant, stop it.
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BREAKING NEWS>>>You up 4 a SEX CHALLENGE...

from Ed Young, well if not then you were at the wrong church at the right time?. They started a new series this weekend for married couples to have 7 Days of Sex to strengthen their marriage. You gotta see it to belive it, but of course the media went crazy over it. I think it's awesome, more exposure for the church.!

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Election week is a wrap...

and thank God for that. After we have had a solid 2months of a earth shattering fallouts in the financial system, this week was stressful, but am glad the "better man got in."

I think Tuesday November 4, 2008 will go down for me as one of the most memorial, and a proud member of a living group of radical thinkers, who decided to stop the influence of republicans ruling our society and government officials with the attempt to influence with money.

I decided at the last minute we would go down there, it was electricifing, the whole 5 mile stretch of downtown was packed with millions of people in the streets, jumping around in excitement that our next president is from Chicago and change is in order. Didn't get home till 2am, up at 3am to go to work at Starbucks Sears Tower.
Wednesday was the day the country began to feel the winds of change coming soon. Security around downtown was highly beefed up, the night was ushered in with sky rise buildings spelling out OBAMA with their window blinds, the banners were already getting hung Wednesday morning when I was going to work at 4am.
The week flew by with always a slight gasp of breath filled with the rest of my lung capacity could only hold-of excitement. I witnessed people even on Friday were stilling chanting O B A M A in different neighbor hoods, people were still high fiving people on the streets, like after a cubs game, this city is so proud and proved it, with 2 million who showed for OBAMA's acceptance speech. People were crying, because we can say we witnessed history in the making, our first African American president and I'm proud to be living in Chicago, a city none like any other.

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