Ahhh, Micah Keita Bournes. Friend him on Facebook. He wrote a note about celebrating July 4th - from an African-American perspective. In some ways, I relate - mostly because my ancestry is not of this country. Pretty much everything that happened before 1980 is not my history. Which is coo, because there is a lot about this country's history that I will never understand. However, somewhere along the line, someone paved the way for my family. Someone fought for some kind of rights, someone built some kind of buildings and transportation, somewhere something happened so that my family could be here. And for them, I am thankful.


And if you think about it, none of these holidays are really FOR us. Most holidays are opportunities for us to engage in conversation, to remember those that the holidays are FOR, to bbq and be with family. There are so many other reasons why holidays are good.


For me, I'm OFF OF WORK. I will "clean" and hopefully get to spend some much needed quality time with my boo and his son. I am happy and exactly where I feel I should be. There are things that I know could be better, but through it all, my creator created me to belong to him...and where ever I am on this earth, I will still be long to him. But still...I need to get my isht together. I feel soooo tired right now. Lightweight overwhelmed, mostly because I can't do all the fun things I would like to do. Like concerts at Great America. Oh well... such is life.


10 positive thoughts:
My parents and family boarded the plane safely.
I got the projector worked out yesterday.
I slept safely through the night - even though I woke up every hour.
I woke up (late, but I woke up).
I have a car to get me where I need to go.
God is always with me.
Music is in me in the rawest form, I don't need to know it - I just feel it.
I love him.
I have access to food.
I have a job.