Celebrate The Steps of Purpose

Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate the launch of Simplysaidgreetings.com. I have the wonderful opportunity to write versus for this greeting card business. I'm living my purpose as I have a wonderful opportunity to use my writing talents, and I'm loving it. I know love is leading my life in a new direction filled with great moments. It is truly a blessing to do something you love and work for a company you believe in. I want to celebrate the success of others, as I too am taking steps toward my purpose. Congratulations SimplySaid Greetings.

Thank You

This blog post is dedicated to all my family members and close friends who made my wedding day a memorable moment. Today, I am writing my first blog post as Mrs. Neckles. I am finally married to my wonderful husband and just coming down from the honeymoon high. I had a great time and I just wanted to thank everyone for their warm blessings and wedding gifts. I am looking forward to many more happy days with my husband.

A special thank you to my sister Joy- The poem you recited at the wedding was breathtaking and enduring. Thank you for all you did not only during the wedding but the weeks leading up to my special day.

To my daddy- I know you were nervous about giving your baby girl away but you really came through for me at the end. Thanks for walking me down the aisle.

To my amazing mom and stepfather- what a surprise you guys gave me with the wedding cake. I love love love the cake topper and seriously I'm holding on to it. Mom thanks for being my photographer and to Art- what an amazing toast.

To my friends and sister in law who came from afar to be at my wedding. I know our bond will last a lifetime and I am truly blessed to have true friends.

To my girl Coco- don't think I forgot about you- sincerely what would a girl have done without a perfect "Just Married" sign- thanks for decorating the car- oh and helping my dad and I get the wedding entrance down.

I know that I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive group of people surrounding me. I feel so much love and gratitude that I could just cry. What a great day!

This is for you guys.

Love Always

These Are The Moments

These are the moments that make life worth living. I want to thank God for being able to experience this very moment. I have my health, peace of mind, and love in abundance. I am in such gratitude and awe of where I am in my life right now. Life is beautiful and I am exactly where I ought to be. I feel on track and filled with purpose.

Right now as I write I feel so full of love. I never knew that being a mother could bring me so much joy. Even though being a stay -at- home mom is no easy job, it is a job that I have come to love. I remember when I was younger I use to ask God for direction. I always wanted to know what was my purpose in life and what could I possibly do on earth that could bring me so much joy.

I thought then that it had something to do with earning a degree in law, having a career, and lots of money. Surprisingly, the truth for me is quite old fashion-for it is being a wife and mother that brings me the most joy. When my daughter Vivian Jazz Neckles came into the world she made everything instantly better; too see her smile, grow, be healthy and happy is such an unexplainable joy. All I can do right now is smile, with tears of joy filling my eyes, I am grateful for my life and all the love it has in store.

Love is In Thee Air

Okay, so I can admit that August is going to be a busy month for me. I will be happy if I get to blog anything. This month I'm getting married and have friends and family coming thousands of miles to celebrate with me. I feel so loved. Besides the wedding there is my 9 month old daughter who just learned to clap (so cute), and keeps me very busy. Oh! and with trying to get all the last minute things together for the wedding I realized that my writing has gone by the wayside again. Not! my ideal situation with putting my writing on hold. But I can't complain because love is in thee air. I am grateful that God has given me another day to experience this wonderful life. I'm still living on purpose, I'm just not getting everything done as planned.

Loves Makes You STRONG

Sometimes distractions come into your life to throw you off purpose. Yesterday was one of those days for me. But the distractions did not win, because now I'm back and stronger than ever.

For the first week of August I faced many small battles. I had to stand up against unjust and unlawful treatment by a landlord. A landlord was very unprofessional and intimidating toward a loved one of mine. This loved one was literally afraid to run into the landlord. No one should have to live in fear to someone they pay rent too. I must admit this got me pretty ticked off! This landlord (though a human being with flaws) needed a lesson in how to treat tenants. I told my loved one that even landlords have someone over them and must follow laws. I took her case all the way to the corporate office and the Department of Fair Housing. By the end of the week victory was ours, as the landlord verbally apologized for his behavior. If you rent then know your rights. Landlords can't just treat you any kind of way. And even if there is no illegal wrong doing you can always go on the Internet and give the property management a bad rating. No one will want to rent from them if they are aware of how a current tenant has been mistreated.

Yes! I'm still focused on creating more love in the world. However, I want people to know that just because a person is kind, does not mean they sit by and let injustice happen. No, but to the contrary, it is love that will give you the strength to fight against wrong doing and take a stand for what's right. Okay! so maybe it wasn't my fight but I can't stand for people to be bullied and the protester side of me came out. I had to show someone I love that you can be loving and powerful at the same time- there is no dichotomy here. In the end everything worked out peacefully but I just had to blog about this.