Things That Made Me Smile

Remember gratitude is the attitude! You can't get more of what you wan if you aren't already thankful for what you've got!

*Meeting with my new favorite writer Taylor Diamond. He's 11, has more figured out about life than I do at 27 and buy his books! * Finally reclaiming my space for me * Forgiveness * My j-o-b (whoo-hoo tomorrow is payday!!!) * My article in the November issue of Jezebel peep it * An email from Jez's managing editor saying she LOVES my December piece * Texts and chats with the most awesome member of my 3rd tribe Caren West! * Patrice suddenly being so wise * What does a fern look like? * MFCM laughing with me from the bottom of his peanut heart * Time apart * BG being a mama * Bistro fries!! * Cupcakes * Discoween * Love * ACIM * Tapping with Brad * The job that I don't have yet but I will have soon* 3 weeks * Ecc 7:14 * Dinner * Halloween with old and new friends * Quantum shifts * Jay Z* Knowing what is real * Seeing * Crispy weather * Updating my iPhone * FRANK 151

Things That made Me Smile

Meeting all of my deadlines * The monster at the end of this book * Family "emergencies" that allow me to get my real work done * Pumpkin cookies!! * Learning that one of my tribe members is a real live Sookie Stackhouse * Jimmy John's veggie sub...the sprouts give you life * 8 of Atlanta's Most Beautiful People from the inside out * Getting the right kind of feedback on my writing, finally * Big girl job opps beginning to roll in * "Don't trade your time in for this" * Sonnaween planning * Yogi tea speaking the truth (Word is bond!) * Reading A Return to Love * Connecting the right people at the right time * Passing my copy of Spirit Junkie on to the original OG, BG * Running into my favorite swimsuit designer Kenyatta Williams and her mom at Barnes and Nobles * Red wine and alone time * Imitation of Life * Green Smoothies!!!

This week I'm also throwing in a list of people who've saved my life at one point or another whether or not they know they did. So without further ado here are the DJs that have saved my life:

BG the OG * Ari S Diddi, please say the Diddi * Amber * Tricie Stackhouse * Keisha * Yosef * Silly Sill * Rodney * Kindra * MFCM * Eric (not THAT Eric but it would be nice) * Ashley E Doggie * Gabby B (never met her but she did save me ) * Lil Lauren * Moe Breaux * Jodi * Benz-O * Ms Janice * Mrs Wiggins * Lil Curtis and Bellinger * Cheryl * The Broke and Pretty crew * Jay * Elle Jay *Gabs * Junji * The Kaiser * CW

Things That Made Me Smile...

Last week was a doozie and this week has been equally challenging but in the spirit of trying to come from a place of love, here are the things that made me smile last week and this week.

*The boyfriend returned (more on that another time) * Dropping wisdom on the freshmen at Clark * Being invited back to drop knowledge on those kids * Being unemployed was the best vacation ever * Getting a new job (more on that another time too) * Bottomless mimosas with Janice and BG * Going to the Equally Wed Love is Love wedding show where BG and Janice were constantly being mistaken for a lesbian couple * Seeing some of my fave Atlantans @GoGlenCocoBlog, @fashionadostyle, & @CarenWest at the Equally Wed event * With events come goodie bags!!! * Seeing the progress on Gamine's logo, it's going to be AWESOME!! * Being interviewed for a full time big girl job doing pretty much the same thing I do now, blog, but getting paid much more for it (positive thoughts they call and rescue me from retail purgatory soon.) * Getting my copy of Spirit Junkie * Oh and this happened like two weeks ago but I forgot about it...Getting a few texts with photos of me as a kid because my parents lost pretty much all of them during Katrina.