Archive for November, 2008

Autumn Colors

Ah, the amazing awe of Autumn!

Turkey Day

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            Well; yesterday was Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. We didn’t have lots of family or friends over because we don’t have lots of family and friends here; but just like last year, for my small family of three; it was a wonderful day. Read the rest of this entry »

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day here in America and I certainly have a lot to be thankful for; if we open our eyes; we’ll see that we all do. The Pastor said in Church on Sunday; that in a Christian’s life, everyday is Thanksgiving and that is true but I haven’t been myself lately. Lately I have been in a dimly lit place; it’s not completely dark; but I do feel my joy fading. At this time of thanksgiving; I am somewhat in this sort of selfish place; where all I can think about is who I should be; what I should be doing ; what I wish I had; why things aren’t the way I want them to be and on and on and on. That is not something I am proud of and that is not who I want to be. My brain feels so clogged up with gunk; I need to get in there and delete unused; unwanted and unnecessary files before its too late. Nevertheless; I am going to do some writing-therapy and write about all the things I am grateful for and maybe get in tune with what’s real and let go of what’s damaging me.

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I have a confession to make; about a month ago, ended a year long sabbatical from the House of God, when I visited my friend and upstairs neighbor’s church on the 21^st September. It’s not far, far away but I’d have to catch a bus to get there. The Church was filled with people; spacious and gorgeous. It has lots of members; ministries (e.g youth, children, etc), a band, a nursery; a Sunday school; a family room where mothers can go breast-feed their babies and still watch the service; a gift shop and so much more wonderful elements. That service was awesome; the pastor who preached was fun, fiery, young and I enjoyed his word immensely; however; that was my first and last time visiting; don’t ask me why; I don’t know. I think it’s partly because we didn’t want to catch the bus. Read the rest of this entry »

 Russia

Moscow- The Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed at night

The sender writes “Legend says that Russian Ivan was so amazed by its beauty  that he ordered to blind the archetects who designed it, so they cannot build another like this.”

That’s an interesting piece of info. To learn more about this Cathedral here is a link http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-st-basil-cathedral.htm .

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I am not sure how many postcards I have today, I stopped counting a while ago. I do know I have at least 100 or more, maybe 20 or so, I bought myself but the others I received in the mail from friends, penpals and postcrossers from all over the world. You maybe wondering; what is a postcrosser ? Well we are a group of people in this world; who love collecting postcards, snail-mail and meeting new people from around the world and were lucky enough to stumble upon a site that caters to all these passions www.postcrossing.com , my most favorite website on the planet. Click the link and see why, but before you do that, check out some of my favorite postcards collected in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

What is Proposition 8?

Wikipedia Definition:

 Proposition 8 is a California State ballot proposition that would amend the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman. It would overturn a recent California Supreme Court decision that had recognized same-sex marriage in California as a fundamental right. The official ballot title language for Proposition 8 is “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.” The entirety of the text to be added to the constitution is: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

The campaigns for and against Proposition 8 raised $35.8 million and $37.6 million, respectively, becoming the highest-funded campaign on any state ballot that day and surpassing every campaign in the country in spending except the presidential contest. The proponents argued for exclusively heterosexual marriage while claiming that failure to change the constitution would require changes to school curriculum and threaten church tax benefits. The opponents argued that eliminating the rights of any Californian and mandating that one group of people be treated differently from everyone else was unfair and wrong.

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Good Morning friends, how are you today?

Well, Thanksgiving and Christmas is soon here and the truth is; I am not as excited about it as I normally would be at this time of the year. I think I am still recovering from the last exciting thing I have experienced about a week ago. November 4^th  felt like Thanksgiving and Christmas rolled up in one; so it feels as though I used up all my Christmas spirit already and I have to get myself a new bottle. Anyway, that’s not really what I am here to talk about. I am here to talk about two issues of Essence magazine I read lately. See, my friend and upstairs neighbor subscribe to Essence magazine; so I often borrow hers and read them if there is something that interest me in it. Read the rest of this entry »

Today as I was going through my e-mail inbox and I discovered two Christmas themed e-mails. They reminded me that Christmas had not yet come. I was so overwhelmed with joy, excitement, gratitude, amazement and all kinds of beautiful emotions from baring witness to the most historical event in my lifetime (so far); I could only imagine it was the same feeling of strength and empowerment to whom where there to hear the legendary words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr; when he gave his renowned speech “I have a Dream,” at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, on August 28^th (My birth date and month) 1963.

            Another “Great One” has emerged in my lifetime and I am eternally grateful to be right here, right now.  I remember the morning of November 5^th, my husband told me a funny little story of his wife, talking in her sleep; yelling in the middle of the night; “Obama Win!;” then rolling over in silence; never to speak again; until morning wide awake. I laughed in disbelief but he swore over and over as I tried to prod the truth out of him; that he wouldn’t lie to me, it is the truth. Read the rest of this entry »