Meli Monday - No Justice for Trayvon Martin

Myself, as well as many of you, I assume ~ are heartbroken, sad, disgusted over the Trayvon Martin trial outcome.  It hurts my soul so deeply to see this country in the shape it is in.  The Justice System....is flawed, to say the least. 

{via}

And we now know, it wasn't an alleged murdered....but a murderer, who was aquitted.

So what comes next?

{via}

{via}

Because this is NOT gonna work. 

{via}

As AMERICANS we should ALL STAND and see to it that JUSTICE is served and that Trayvon Martin did not die in vain.  With skittles and juice in his pockets.  CIVIL RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS!!!

{via}

I, too, am tired.  And this time...I AM NOT GIVING UP!!!!! 

Where did I leave off last time?  Ahhh, yes, NEW BEGINNINGS.   Up next....

Manic Monday - 06.03.13

{via}

Oklahoma, in prayer

It is absolute heart ache to hear and see the images of devestation and the aftermath left in Oklahoma today. 

My prayers remain strong, consistent and plentiful. 

{via}

Tragedies strike often.  This is apart of our world...but when young, innocent children are involved, it makes that sting so much more.  Some of the images I have seen tear me apart. 

Our Oklahoma family is safe.  For now.  More strong storms are expected.  They need our prayers.

We had plans to visit Oklahoma this week.  We have a cousin who is terminally ill with cancer and we wwere hoping we could visit with him before the inevitable.  Right now that visit is on hold.

{via}



{via}



Manic Monday - 05.20.13

The very least you can do in your life

{via}

is to figure out what you hope for.

{via}

And the most you can do is live inside that hope.

{via}

~ Barbara Kingsolver

Meli Monday - update on my pops

Instead of my normal, semi-not-regular Manic Monday posts, I decided to do a Meli Monday post to update on my daddy.

{via}

His surgery was postponed last month because he developed kidney stones and an infection that he had to get rid of prior to surgery.  He passed the kidney stones, which are mind numbing-ly painful. He just finished up his antibiotics.  Tomorrow is surgery day. 

I really wanted to be with my mom while he was in surgery but I took off two days last month to be with them only for the surgery to get cancelled last minute.  And now....here I sit at work.  Work being insanely insane.  I cannot be with her...

...and that is killing me. 

{via}

Comfort.  Comfort for me, holding her hand.  Comfort for her.  Holding my hand.  Why is life so tough?  I know I will beat myself on a regular basis for not being there.....

{via}

Can you spare a prayer?  Good thoughts?  Light and love?  

it's a brand new time for me

I got this
{via}
I found me, I found me
{via}
I don't need your opinion 
{via}
I'm not waiting for your ok
{via}
I'll never be perfect, but at least now i'm brave
{via}
Now, my heart is open
{via}
And I can finally breathe
{via}
Don't be mad, it's just the brand new kind of free
{via}
That ain't bad, I found a brand new kind of me
{via}
Don't be mad, it's a brand new time for me.
{via}
~ Alicia Keys ~ Brand New Me 

work shake up

Oh 2013....bringing on the anxiety already?!?  There is a shake up going on at my work this week and I am asking for prayers, good vibes and thoughts for me.  I will update later.  Oh, and if I could turn the below image into my full time working environment ...that'd be great!  Could you work on that for me???

{via}

Because I like to live free, with no worries.  Which in reality is not possible.  But I just truly want a drama free work environment and in life I really focus on that!  This is out of my hands at work.....

{via}

So today, my plan of action is as follows: 

{via}

....life had taught me undeniably 

that surrender, in its place, 

was as honorable as resistance, 

especially if one had no choice. 

~ Maya Angelou

Your Spirit Remains

Your spirit remains 

though we had to bid you adieu.

Your spirit remains 

I still feel so very close to you. 

Your spirit remains

though your sweet soul left this Earth. 

Your spirit remains 

though your body rests beneath sacred dirt. 

Your spirit remains 

in our hearts, in our tears and in the raindrops aplenty.

{image via}

Your spirit remains 

through the colors of the rainbows He has sent thee. 

Your spirit remains 

in the blue sky, the misty air and the rolling hills. 

Your spirit remains

as it always will. 

By Melissa Faifer 

For Johnnie "Honey" Lockhart 

10/31/1920 ~ 10/12/2012

my Honey...my warrior

Warrior: Honey

I see a true warrior as someone who strives to be the best they can be at all things.  A warrior is someone who lives to a strict code of honor and lives life to the fullest in full awareness and without fear of the unpredictable nature of life and of the constant presence of death.  Death is not to be seen as something to be feared but only another part of the journey and therefore as with all things it is to be faced with honor. 

May You Rest In Peace 

Sunrise: 10~31~1920

Sunset: 10~11~2012

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one.  It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives.  Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man.  We make ourselves into one or the other. 

~ Carlos Castaneda

remember to be happy

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.  

~Anthony J. D'Angelo

{via}

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.  

~Anne Frank

{via}

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts - it's what you do with what you have left.  

~Hubert Humphrey

{via}

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.  

~Herm Albright

{via}

Juny....today and always.

Today marks the third year I have, we have, had to live without my dear friend, Juny.  The years pass, but the pain of his loss never fades.  Missing you always, Juny.

Justice for Juny

And two years ago today, another sweet and bright spirit went away...thinking of you today as well, Cheryl. 

I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that 

you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around 

the huge gaping hole of their absence.

~ Alyson Noel, Evermore 

{via}

my insight I needed for the day

Only you can move you, 

only you can feel you, 

only you can live you 

and only you can change you. 

It is when you lose sight of this reality that you feel lost and hopeless. By saying I can't do this anymore, you give up responsibility, and when you don't accept responsibility, you find yourself at the mercy of the world around you. The truth is that you CAN change and it all begins with the next decision that you make. 

Choose wisely today because it is YOU who controls your destiny. 

{WORD!!!!}  

{via}

Manic Monday - 07.30.12

When glory comes,

{via}

loss of memory follows.

{via}

~ French Proverb

My sweet Honey is in a new home.  It is a beautiful and peaceful home.  Honey's body has done all it can do.  Its life has been lived well.  But it has reached its peak.  However, that fighting spirit and soul she bears has its own say....God Speed Honey.  It's okay.  You can go to the light.....I promise, we will be okay.