Tyler Perry Does It Again

I know if you haven't seen the Madea plays or movies that you have at least heard of her and the man responsible for making us all laugh while he portrays Madea for us; Mr. Tyler Perry. Well he has a new movie coming out on Valentine's Day called Daddy's Little Girls. Please go check out the trailer for the movie: http://www.daddyslittlegirlsmovie.com/

Tyler Perry just keeps bring good solid black film to light. Keep doing whatcha do Tyler!

Something I Am Passionate About

Actually there are 2 things that I am very passionate about: kids going to college and homeownership. And really as I write this I have realized that these two things kinda go hand in hand. Not that you have to had gone to college to own your own home but I think it's the knowledge of knowing "how" to do something that I think are the same. Okay so I guess really what I'm passionate about is knowledge. I've heard it before and I'm sure you have too "Knowledge is power" and I truly believe that. If knowledge wasn't power why would the slave masters kill their slaves for learning, why are schools in poor (black) areas lacking in real education, why is it so hard for minorities to get into college, and why don't more minorities know the process of owning their own home? Well the "why" can be answered very simply: because those in power don't want us to know and because we actually have to get up and fight to get the knowledge, we quit before we get the information we needed.

The following are quotes from an article I read online today:
"Decades after the civil rights movement, racial disparities in income, education and home ownership persist and, by some measurements, are growing."
"White households had incomes that were two-thirds higher than blacks and 40 percent higher than Hispanics last year"
"Home ownership grew among white middle-class families after World War II when access to credit and government programs made buying houses affordable. Black families were largely left out because of discrimination, and the effects are still being felt today"
"Home ownership creates wealth, which enables families to live in good neighborhoods with good schools."
"Income should not be a significant determining factor whether someone should have an opportunity to go to college"

These are the parts of the article that struck a major cord with me. I think I'll be posting on this subject a couple more times because it is so important and because I don't just want to post thoughts on these 2 subject but I want to give some "this is HOW you do it" answers.

Dedication & Obedience

Did you know that it took Noah 120 years to complete the ark? Oh, and did you know that it had never, ever rained in Noah's whole life. So if you think about it Noah heard God's voice tell him to build an big boat because He was going to make it rain for a long time. Not only did Noah live far from where he could even see a boat to have an idea of what to build but he had never even heard of rain. But Noah did what he was told to do anyway. He kept working on the ark to God's specifications no matter what (as I'm sure they did) other people said. Noah had no idea what this rain stuff was going to look like or what damage it was going to do but he listened to God although he couldn't understand God's big picture. What a great lesson for all of us to learn. Listen to God's voice and act upon it joyfully and unwaveringly. Why, because He said so.

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Our daughter loves Dora the Explorer now. She doesn't really have much use for television unless Dora or some other singing cartoon is on. We recently bought one of these in the car dvd players and it is such a great product that I had to let other folks know about it. So here it is:
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Imagine This

You have a child who plays on a sport team and they play this one particular team every season. This team is full of dirty players and everything the two teams face each other the "dirty" team cheats and always wins because of this. Your child usually leaves the game feeling very disappointed and has decided that it's not even worth the time or effort to play them any more and figures that it's easier to quit since the other team is just going to win anyway.


This scenario is very similar to how a lot of people (especially black people) feel about voting. You wouldn't tell you child to be a quitter now would you? No, I'm sure most of you would say "Baby, if you play the game with integrity and do the things that you are supposed to do then you will win one day. Cheaters never really win." I believe this same truth with voting. Please get out there tomorrow and exercise your RIGHT to vote. Voting is an important right that a lot of us have that we take for granted. If you don't vote then you can't complain about the education your children are receiving, the minimum wage rate, or any other thing that our Senators, Congressman, and President handle for us! Get out there tomorrow, November 7th, and Vote!

God and His Big Picture

I know I haven't posted on my conversation with Oprah yet but I have to make this post first. I actually spoke on the phone with Ms. Oprah Winfrey yesterday. Yes, I know it was a once in a lifetime type of blessing and I wanted so much just to enjoy the moment. While I was on hold listening to her opening monolgue I prepared some notes for all the things that I wanted to get out and say to her. I wanted to thank her for doing that wonderful "Legends Ball" because I think thanking those who came before us is such an important thing as well as reaching back to pull someone up to your level and even push them further; I wanted to tell her that in my short 28 years that I have learned that nothing happens by accident even me talking to her. I had all these things that I thought would make me sound smart and interesting and that would carry the conversation.

But right before I spoke to her (I was the 2nd caller of the day) I got on my knees and prayed to God: I asked Him to speak through me to help me give Ms. Winfrey a message that she might need to hear that day, I also asked that I not be nervous so that I could just enjoy listening to her live voice speaking to me. Then I thanked Him and sat back in my seat.

When I finally spoke to her I didn't say any of those things on that paper and truthfully I can't remeber a lot of what I said to her. I need to listen to the broadcast of our conversation to hear exactly what I said. After I got off the phone, I felt like I had blown a wonderful opportunity. I really didn't want to call anyone and tell them about the great conversation I had with her because I really didn't fell that it went that well since I didn't get to say all those things that I thought I should have said. I was really down when I went home and after I expressed to my husband how upset I was, I prayed again in the shower to God. This time I asked him to let the negative feeling I had to go away, that if I had said what He wanted me to say that somehow He could let me know. I asked that if He really spoke through me that I would feel better and that sick feeling in the bottom of my stomach go away. I even prayed that He take the conflicting thoughts I had and let me know that I did please Him with what was said. I still went to sleep trying hard not to think about all those other things I should've said.

At 5:50 this morning my husbands clock went off and woke me up, then at 5:55 I could hear my daughter talking in her room so I knew that she was awake too. After bringing her into our room and getting back in the bed I turned on the radio and figured I would listen to the Steve Harvey morning show, who opens his show every morning with a prayer and devotion to God. This morning Mr. Harvey spoke about how we as people try to map out everything including our lives but it's not even possible for us to do so because we don't even know where we are going. He said "God knows your Big Picture" and asked how can we map out a route to a place that we don't even know that we are headed to. Steve said that when you pray for something and God gives it to you, you can't keep thinking about how you could have done it differently! I was crying in my bed at this point and then Steve said that he had written something else to talk about this morning and hadn't even planned to talk about this subject but that God was speaking through him. And He was! He was talking to me this morning.

Lord, I thank you for answering my prayers. I thank you for the miricles that you have placed in my life and allowed me to experience. Thank you for speaking directly to me this morning and for the kisses from Sydney. I know that was you! Thank you.

Yes, I sure did talk to Gayle King Again

I can only say that I am blessed and that although I have no idea for these wonderful blessings I just thank the Lord. Now I'm sure some may read this and say why is she thanking God just to have talked to Gayle King? Well it was something that I never even thought possible that has been made possible all due to an email that I really only sent just to say that I loved her show. I guess that email really paid off huh? Well on Monday around 10:03(actually that's the exact time, I know because it's on my cell phone!) I got a call from Megan, who is one of the producers on Gayle's show. She told me that they didn't have enough callers for the show that day and asked if I would like to participate again! I almost fell down walking. Of course I wanted to speak to Gayle again. So Meagan told me to expect a call around 10:30 to be on the show.

But I must digress just a little to tell you why I almost fell in the floor when I got this call; well that would be because at 9:16 I got a call from a producer from Ms. Oprah Winfrey's (not that I needed to put her first and last name!)XM show to ask if I would like to talk to her! That's just a little teaser for you to come back and read the post on that!

So I got a call from Gayle's producer, Mark, at 10:49 and he told me that they really liked me and that I was their super caller. I'm like okay you probably say this to everyone, and he was like "no, no one else has called in twice" So I'm just feeling even most blessed and exstatic at this point. I vowed to myself this time that I would not be as nervous as I was the first time. So this time Gayle talked about going to parents weekend at her son's college. So when it was my turn I just asked her if she stayed on campus with him or if she got a hotel, to which she replied heck no girl, I got a hotel. Also I asked her how her son was doing because last week she talked about him having a problem with his arm tingling and feeling numb. She said he was still expriencing the same problem but that they had gotten his blood work done but did not have the results back yet. She thanked me for asking and that was our 2nd conversation. I think I'm ready to have Gayle over for dinner now!