Listen to my story…

toes in the sand…

Someday…

I’ll be all that God created me to be!. For now I’ll hide behind the waves crashing against the banks built up  high ..protection from the other side. I’ll dance on the shore longing for more…more of what I fear to face….I can’t leave the dance of childhood memories behind…They burn…Shouldn’t they help me learn. To leave them behind…find my passion my TRUTH my hearts desire…I want to light the world on fire. The flames from the ink as my pen touches down ….I hear the sound.

Break free from the fear of what holds me from my story. The story…so many long to hear…  I linger by the ocean. Waves crashing… Knowing …

it’s time… check sound…
Check. One two… check.

days gone by…

LISTEN TO MY STORY.

KMG❤

I was never quite the example you needed me to be…
I longed to show you love…
The way I saw it in the Classics…
You watched them with me. I know you saw that hopeless romantic in me. The desire to love and be loved  forever after and even longer….
So funny, watching your love makes me stronger…
I never imagined watching my child fall in love, romance his gal …would allow me to rise the bar for what I deserved. I see her look at you with such TRUST and peace. What a treasure a gift a sense of relief.
I may not have shown you the way love should unfold.  But you my love have shown me the way the story SHOULD BE TOLD…

I thank you….ma

Time

I sit here in the hour… 

The last days  unwind…

Time. 

a thief. 

A liar. 

Unkind. 

thoughts rush my mind… Time? 

If I … 

Would have 

could have

should have

(heavy sigh) time…. 

waiting for no one…

stopping for nothing… 

The gentle tick of time. 

eyes slowly closing….. 

silence. 

Time….

Somewhere

He’s out there…

Somewhere.

When I sleep…he’s next to me, although he’s not there.

When I cry…he comforts my pain, with a whisper in my ear.

He hears my thoughts, longing for his touch…his hand.

He’s out there…

~my perfect man.

He dreams of our laughter, our rythm our love.

Let this journey begin…

Our worlds…our lives,

Let them collide, explode~

Guide him my way…

He’s out there.

Somewhere.

COVER ME ANGEL

I woke this morning..
Message says, your gone???
Lemme turn my ringer on.
I called the crew…they say its true..
I was juss talkin’ ta you.
Man why again?
I lose these friends…
They say, the good die young.
My heart strung…
out in pain.
I wanna see you again.
Tell you goodbye..

All I can do is cry.
Gotta clear my mind.
Get the crew and pray.
I promise you friend , we’ll meet again…
Someday.
Cover me angel…
until then..

Watch “Adele – Someone Like You” on YouTube

THE FRONT LINE

It seems so simple. A gentle smile. Have a nice day! Tell your family HI! These gestures were lost along the way.
My friend arrives 2 minutes prior to the school bell ringing only to be informed that HER CHILDREN ARE “LATE”!  hmmmm did time speed up? No….The bell rang early? None of this is the point. What happened next is my concern.
THE GIRL in the front office has decided over the last year that its no longer important to be kind. She MUST have decided this right? I mean we decide how we treat people!
She decided to make an already rushed morning complete misery  for my friend and her kiddos. Here is your TARDY slip..period!  Go to class!
Hmmmmm. This isn’t ok!
It takes less energy and releases endorphins in the brain when we are KIND!
Let’s think of the people on THE FRONT LINE!! If you communicate with PEOPLE over the phone or in person. THIS IS YOU!. Are you kind and pleasant? If not, something is definitely wrong and must be addressed. Management please remember that first impressions are VITAL. Decorum is a lost art. Look inside yourself and check to see if you are using all your manners! After all this WAS taught in kindergarten!
I pray for a kinder more loving PEOPLE.

TWENTY SOMETHING

 As women in our twenty’s we sometimes lose the girls that we grew up with… We loose them to a change in demographics  or possibly through the dreaded thieving of our man.  It’s COMMON ….NO JAW DROPPING EXPRESSION NEEDED… READ ON!  At that time it seems to be the end of the world as we know it…PICK UP carry on…. Don’t waste time on shattered windows… They can not be repaired.  Replace the glass. I ask you to make sure you are growing within while making these transitions… Do NOT just replace guy A. for guy B. to fill the emptiness or stop the bleeding heart..(experienced replacer here). A tourniquet is a temporary device  that  constricts or compresses a wound…when removed it is quite possible to bleed out!  In addition for trading guy a for guy b you could find yourself NOT trading guy for guy… It may be guy for a drug… It could be a trade in ….GUY FOR ALCOHOL..for OVERSPENDING,,,SHOPPING, ETC.. My point in all this is… if you have the blessing of losing a man to someone else…friend or foe… LET THEM GO DAMNIT!!! LET THEM GO!! later on…maybe many years later…it will all make sense! Now maybe your momma didn’t teach you this so I WILL!  A man that wants to be SOMEWHERE else…. is not worth crying over, chasing after or begging to stay or come back…Begging is ugly and messes up your mascara!  It seems like you just can’t let go… It seems like he is truly the ONE. Baby if he is the one God,  yes God, will see to it that he stays in your life.. FINAL WORD on that!  Our twenties are truly not supposed to be about the consumption of MEN….

Our twenties are to be about the release from young adulthood into ADULTHOOD…The real deal…Life without curfews. Life without reporting to others… It is about taking this time to get to know yourself! who am I? What are my hobbies? Is my health up to par? Am I truly growing spiritually? Do I surround myself with the type of FRIENDS that reflect WHO I TRULY AM!  This is the time to create the GROWN UP version of the younger you…. Taking your finances serious(please do this)(I did not and it killed my credit early).  Credit is so vital! It is so desperately exhausting to go backwards! Create a budget and stick to it! Find a mentor that can help you create a budget,  if you do not know how.

  I pray for this age group every day.  It is such a fragile place!

Ladies, it does not hurt to find a gal pal or two that is a bit older than you…. Mind you just because they are older does not mean they will be a great mentor…Please look for someone that you would like to emulate.  I am closer to 50 and I have mentors just as I described! Ladies that I see GREATNESS within!

Be the best you! It truly is the most attractive attribute a young female can exemplify.  SELF CONFIDENCE AND SELF WORTH!

The BETTER VERSION OF ME…releasing the gifts inside

What if at a very young age we were truly given the opportunity to be the better version of our parents… By saying this, I mean what if we looked inside our children and focused on the gifts they hold inside. We truly are all born with GIFTS. Many children are so lost, so misdirected, so sad so alone to walk this journey… What tools do they have to release the God given gifts. Many children have no opportunity to release them…Many have no idea even what lies within their lil hearts. I felt compelled to write this article after being informed by my nine year old daughter, that she would be producing a new craft channel on YOUTUBE. My response, Oh really??? yes ma’am she replied.. I will be giving tutorials on the HOW TO of many crafts and just a lotta girlie stuff! This did not come as a shock to me… This is the same girl lobbying for new playground equipment for her school. This is the girl that makes an extra effort to assist the needs of special children. She and I spend exuberant hours together. I am working on 50 (wink) SO I GET IT! The more time I put in …the better opportunity this lil chic has at SUCCESS! Do you think it is too much to say, I see the talents of my child…. let me foster them. I think not. I say, she is my gift…let me thank God by showing HIM and her how grateful I am. I have seen the PAIN of children lost with no GPS. I experienced it myself. I do not have to ask others the outcome of THE LOST CHILDREN. Would it be funny to you for me to tell you GET TO KNOW YOUR CHILD? Do you truly know what their gifts are? Do you know the desires of their hearts? I see a better version of me…. after all she is my child and I get to uplift her to greatness!

THE NEW POT LUCK

POT LUCK seems to be a word of days gone by.  CONTROL FREAKS screech when they hear the term POT LUCK… I mean !how could I relenquish the entire meal to all these ummmm people?

SCENE ONE:  Contacting friends for a dinner!  Excited in the the thought of a FRIENDS get together!!

SCENE TWO:  Create the theme…ITALIAN, MEXICAN, SOUL FOOD, etc… Desserts only… yada yada!

SCENE THREE:  The Host makes main dish! for instance, a ham. a turkey. chicken on the grill!

SCENE FOUR:  Send out invites and ask for RSVP to be complete in 4 days.  Announce theme in invitation!

SCENE FIVE: Evening of day 3 …send out reminder!!

SCENE SIX: After RSVP on day 4. start the chatter on who has a specialty…first one responding gets to pick the dish that they bring!

SCENE SEVEN:  By day 6 menu complete!  A person can even bring ice…yes…the simple things are a great help!

If a guest is bringing a smaller item request that they bring several items…ie: ice, napkins, cake plates and plastic forks…

SCENE SEVEN:  REMINDER ON “YOUR” PHONE TO REMIND GUEST OF VOLUNTEERED DISH OR ITEMS!

THIS REMINDER MUST GO OUT 2 days prior to event! 

Organization and yes CONTROL FREAKS….DELEGATION is the key to a great party…

My suggestion is that you make an announcement to BYOB bring your own booze or BYOD bring your own drinks… YES you must bring kid drinks if you have kids….

My circle of Friends has this type of party several times a year! IT WORKS!  It is lovely when a few people play photographer and then exchange via email or social network sites…ie: Facebook or InstaG. Those of us with kiddos even bring a small cooler with drinks and snacks in it!! some kids are super picky…I know I have one!  Let your child know where YOUR cooler is upon arrival or the cooler is of no use! 

FINAL SCENE:  THE PARTY IS A SUCCESS!!

A great idea for a theme cud also be WAY BACK WHEN….. sorta like a seventies party or 80’s… DRESS IN THEM…bring a WAY BACK PHOTO TO DROP IN A BOWL ON ARRIVAL…. after everyone arrives display pics on a table…let everyone enjoy guessing WHO’S WHO!!! The food could also be themed WAY BACK! WHEN …pot luck of a dish you loved  yes…WAY BACK WHEN!!

I know I continued to REPEAT A CERTAIN WORD …. yep… because…

MY NAME IS AMIE AND I AM A CONTROL FREAK!!! LOL

I HOPE YOUR PARTIES ARE GREAT FUN!!!

BRINGIN’ POT LUCK BACK!!!