astray...

Where has everything gone? Friends? Loved ones? Time? Hobbies? ????
Throughout the hustle and bustle of each God given day, it is hard to hold on to the things that do not require your undivided attention on a daily basis... such as friends, hobbies, loved ones, THE TIME.... It is (in my opinion) hard enough to keep up with your own sanity given our hectic schedules, our work responsibilities, our family commitments, and your religion comittments (again, just my opinion).

My mind then creeps to the subject of romance and love lives and self confidence and self assurance.... how do you keep up with all of that? The answer is....YA DON'T! YA CAN'T.... Something or somethingS go astray. They get lost, they fall by the wayside. The things that are most important to you began to be your life line. The things that you cling to in times of trouble. For me, it is my mom and Grandma. I speak to my mom at least every weekend unless there is a situation. Thankfully there hasn't been many of those. And my Grandma is everyother day. I have learned my lesson with not keeping in touch with my family. I would love to be available to go see her more often than not but that is not my reality. Again, things that are most important to you becomes that life line...

So, the moral of my story is.... carefully construct the things that you hold near and dear, because these may become the things that you rely on for the most important stuff like support, care, love or even YOUR SANITY!

Don't get so wrapped up in your everyday life that you don't take the time to reach out and take care of others.

Don't let things that you enjoy fall by the way side of get mixed up in all of your everyday craziness for this could be your test!
One love!

Just some thoughts...

Tomika

Taking it all in...

Hobbies are pretty good to get into. I have been enjoying taking time to enjoy nature and my camera! I have to say, I am seeing the world in a different sense and I am enjoying it.


This one is my favorite one. Walking along the beach, there is an empty lot where a storm ruined a house... In this rubbish, in the middle of the rubble was this perfect flower just growing there for me to adore. And so I did! Hence the picture!!!



Another beautiful one. From a neighbors yard!



This one looks like a snow leaf- to me! It caught my eye and I thought I would share...
Until next time...!

In the weeee hours...

It is 3am, typically considered to be the weee hours and I am wide away (wellllll, I wouldn't say wide awake.).. but anyhooo, I was reading a colleagues blog about early childhood and she had a quote at the end that read "Life is a progress not a station."..... this got me to thinking. I began thinking back over my life and I decided that my entire life as been a constant progress. I thank God for the good times and the not so great times. I thank you Father that our lives have been a constant progression and not at a screeching halt or a downward spiral. AMEN!

One Giant Step OR one small leap...

Sooo, I wrote previously that I was intrested in a few creative hobbies that I wanted to partake of...
Sooo,I am working on those hobbies! Just an update!

Unofficial Findings!

I was looking through some old photos and I came across these...



When I stumbled upon them:
They were inspiring,
Thought provoking,
and all one of a kinds...





While speaking volumes, They spoke for themselves
And they encouraged me to speak for myself!



And others were just adorable!

Things that interest me...

I follow a few captivating blogs that I have stumbled across during my blogging moments. They have inspired me, generated new creativity and stirred up some things that I knew I had but thought I lost along the way.

Here is a list of things that I am interested in: (some new, some old)
* Photography
* Quilting
* Knitting
* Journalism

Soooo...What to do with this list?

I truly don't know. My spare time is more limited due to Teaching... I have always been a teacher but for the past 4 years I stepped down and moved to an assistant teacher position to buy my home and to make a few other dreams come true. I sacrificed other things and it paid off. Some things were lost, other things found but these encounters all have made me the down-to-earth, silly, professional, uptight but fun, aspiring, thoughtful, loving, understanding, God loving and fearing individual that I am today.

But back to the question, what to do with the list???

Again, I have no idea! I can just jump head-first into one of these activities or I could NOT!! One of the hardest things (I think) is to make changes to your or my life seamlessly! I don't think any changes are made seamlessly. So I think I should just grab my camera and hit the streets or grab my pen and hit the paper or grab a needle and start TRYING to quilt or knit.

It only takes an idea, a gutsy move and a conscious set of actions over time to encompass a new hobby. To tell the truth, currently, I have no hobbies! So I am setting out to enjoy the partaking of a hobby. I will keep you posted!

Oh no she didn't!

Oh YES I DID!!! I did it. I said I would and now I have. I created a new blog. I will devote my time to blogging in both blogs for my followers. Lets start with what brought this on...

My first blog http://reignbowrunnin.blogspot.com/ was for specific reasons, to share with who ever would read my journey to success. I found myself with more to say about different things and I didn't want to crowd that blog with too much clutter about other things so here I am!