A Minute with Mo

This December will make 11 years to the day that I lost my paternal grandmother. I remember that day so clearly and I miss her like she just left yesterday.  *woo-sah* I'm trying to pull it together and not cry as I write this post. My grandmother and I were very close. I was her first grandchild and probably, well I'm pretty sure her favorite - and she had no problem letting people know that.  :)   Today would have been my grandmothers' 66th birthday! (although she probably would have told people it was her 26th, lol...) that woman was a real firecracker! :) She was also my biggest fan and the woman who gave me my 'shape' (as my family loves to point out) and the confidence to match *wink*, instilled in me my love of acrylic nails, and gave birth to my daddy. My grandmother was hilarious, had a smart mouth, AND always had something to say. I loved spending time with her. We would hang out often, watch Wheel of Fortune and see who would guess the puzz...

Sometimes I just do that when I don't know what else to do. I'm in some kind of mood right now but I don't know how to explain it so I figured I'd try to write it out of me. This year for lent I decided to give up Facebook (I knoooooooooow) and I can see a lot of the positive ways that it has helped me already and I'm only about halfway through the 46 days.  I have had a lot more time to spend with my daughter, visiting family and friends, making real-time connections with people via phone call versus a wall post and it just has been really good. Another thing that it has allowed me to do (which I'm still trying to decide if its positive or negative) is have more time to be left with me... and my thoughts... So, I'm at home and I've cleaned and put my daughter to bed and just sat on my couch to enjoy my handiwork and just enjoy ME and doing nothing for a change and I felt sad all of a sudden.  I couldnt put my finger on it at first but I came to reali...

So I took off a couple of days last week to spend time with my mini-me for Spring Break. (which was awesome by the way!)  We just talked and spent time doing whatever we felt like doing. She is such an amazing little person.  Anyhoo, Friday morning we had plans with friends to ride the train and go to the museum. So, we got dressed and hurrried out to make sure we werent late and in my haste I grabbed the trash (to throw in the dumpster on the way out), flung it in my trunk and got in the car. I carelessly  drove out of the complex and went about my day. My car was parked at the train station all day, I got back to my car, got in and went on about my day. HOWEVER, the next morning I woke up, went down to my car (not to mention it was like 80 degrees outside already) and opened my car door to get in and BAM! I got hit with a whiff of the most AWFUL, STENCH, SMELL and ODOR you could imagine. It was a real nightmare. It wasnt until then that I had my 'light bu...

I was just sitting here thinking love and what it means to me... wondering why we desire to be loved by others? What's in us that makes us want to give love and be loved... and why are we so fascinated with it... The SIMPLE definition of love is to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.    But  love is so much more complicated than that. I wish it were that easy but the truth of the matter is that it is NOT...not at all... not even close... Matter of fact, I think love is just a state of being - something that defies all boundaries and definitions... you cant describe it or explain it to anyone... love just IS... Its only understandable to the person that is experiencing it.  As a young girl, I know I wasn't  the only one that used to think about how my knight in shining armour would come in and whisk me off to this magical land and we live happily ever after.  The reality is that in real life it never really hap...

happens to be one of my favorite movies... it was a great movie, good entertainment with an inspiring story to tell... but it also depicted a lot of things that love isn't... it also goes to show that LOVE alone is not enough to make a relationship work. (I've had to learn that the hard way) What I've been seeing around me is that people I know that are great people, have beautiful personalities and wouldn't hurt a fly and can 'hold their own' are being held hostage in relationships that they are in because their partner is physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive. This has always been something that I've never been able to understand and maybe I cant understand it because I've never been there or because I know my mouth is too doggone smart to not say something if I feel someone is trying to push their limits with me. I know for people that stay in abusive relationships they have their reasons for doing so but what I want to understand is wha...

For those that know me, know that I love everything finance (just about) - money/debt mangement, financial consulting, tax preparation and credit repair. Well the time has finally come and I'm ready to open my very own financial services firm that will offer accounting, financial advisory and consulting services to individuals and small businesses! YAY! I'm sooooo excited about it. I really need some help coming up with a catchy, memorable and pertinent business name. I would like for the name to represent me, my expertise, strength and professionalism and excellence and creativity. I've had a few friends thinking about names and I'm going to list some of the ones that have been submitted to me and I need YOU to tell me what you think and I'm also still open to new suggestions so please feel free to comment and leave them below. Mo Knows/Bo Knows - A Financial Services Company for Everyone Prestige Financial Spark Financial Consulting & Management <<...

TODAY'S REMINDER:  W e were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges. Wow... I couldn't have said it better myself. Interesting statement. (I love these little things my mom sends me by the way) - dont tell her I said that though. This one is very touchy... I think people, (even more so Christian people) forget that we are called to witness and tell others about the good news of Jesus Christ and inform them about the gift that God has given us all - Salvation. It is not our job or responsibility to tell that that we THINK what they are doing wrong but our OBLIGATION to tell them what the WORD says, and not what we've been taught or bred to believe and then they have the opportunity to take that how they want and go figure out for themselves. Thats it... simple, huh? We make things so much harder thinking we have to take on the burden of 'bringing somebody out' and 'delivering them' when that is for God to do, not us. People need to pause before they...

So...I watched the Katy Perry - Firework video for the first time today and I love it! I always liked the song cause it was really catchy and cute (I'm a sucker for a nice beat and chorus, I listen to lyrics later, lol) but after seeing the video I love it even more. I love the messages in the video and what the song means... talk about a spirit lifter, if you havent seen/heard it check it out below. I also pasted some of my favorite lyrics in the song...  Do you know that there's still a chance for you/ Cause there's a spark in you/ You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine/Just own the night/Like the Fourth of July/ Cause baby you're a firework/Come on show 'em what you're worth/Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"/As you shoot across the sky-y-y/Boom, boom, boom/Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon/It's always been inside of you, you, you/And now it's time to let it through Sometimes life and people beat us down so much we forget the...

Marriage I've had my ups and downs with the thought or 'idea' of marriage and its been on my mind even more lately... with line sisters getting married and more and more of my friends and people around me heading in that direction.  On yesterday I had a conversation with a really good friend of mine and it really brought up questions to me on how I feel about marriage or what it means to me, rather. My parents met in the 7th grade and became 'boyfriend & girlfriend' and continued on until high school and 2 kids later got married, had my little brother and wallah... we had our nice happy family. I witnessed a lot of highs in my parents marriage but honestly even more lows... by the time my parents divorced I had decided I never wanted to get married.. I felt like 'whats the point?' if people are going to do what they want to do anyway, might as well be single. So I got a little older, had a couple of relationships of my own and frequently daydreamed a...

So for the last few days... my mom has been sending these emails called TRUTHS and today's email got me to thinking about some things... TODAY'S REMINDER:  Simply put……peace often begins with acceptance. & TRUTH:  If someone doesn’t see you in their future, maybe it’s time for you to put them in your PAST. I couldnt agree more with the two statements posted above: if you dont accept something that IS and continue to think its another way in your idealistic world how will you ever come to terms with it. Acceptance is part of the healing process. Accepting what is and in turn what may never be. I was talking to someone from my past today and they started asking me questions about 'moving on' and being the skeptic that I am I was hesitant to answer so I hit them with the 'well you go first' and well they did. So they tell me they have a 'friend' and I'm like ok cool. (Dang, guess that makes it my turn huh-I really didnt think I would...

So.... What's up peeps? Welcome my world (the little one inside my head)...there's some really fun stuff that goes on in there and I figured I'd let some people in.  I've been secretly blogging for a few months now... but I've never been brave enough to let other people in and see what I thought and/or felt.....until now. Writing has proven to be really therapeutic for me and it helps me to process my thoughts, so from time to time I'll be writing about how I feel, random things I'm curious about or just crazy stuff that I see or come across and would like YOUR  feedback on. We might laugh a little and cry a little but this is me, sharing a piece of me... enjoy... Mo