Author: lacrease

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My dream

Hey!

How is everyone? Lord Thank you for this day that you allowed me to see. Thank you for your many many blessings. Thank you for my friends and family whom I LOVE DEARLY. They are handpicked just FOR ME. Thank you for knowing me……..Lacrease.

This morning I had a dream that I was married. I think about being married so much that I FINALLY had a chance to live it out in my dream. Something I never get to do. I was married to this guy who was wonderful. He wasnt all that fione, but he was my husband. But he loved me and I loved him. I can still feel his Spirit while typing this. I had never seen this guy in real life, he was just someone in my dream. He had kinda like a Wyclif look about him, with lots of hair on his face, brown skin and he had a cast on his arm. He loved me so much. And I loved him something serious. In my dream he asked me for a piece of gum and I didn\’t have any more. So he looked over at me and said, we\’re married now, you can give me half from yours you\’re chewing. In my dream I was like yesssssssssssssss, that\’s right…….. here baby!!! We were so happy to do that, I can still see myself sharing a kiss with him and sharing my gum.

I remember looking at my finger and seeing this huge ring on it and feeling so good that this ring represented my marriage to this wonderful man. I remember playing a game with another couple, and having so much fun looking over at him. But coming to the end of the dream, his past was catching up with him, and he was going to be killed. That was so weird, because we knew it ahead of time, but in my dream he didn\’t die. Instead we enjoyed every minute of being married. Making love with him didn\’t seem like a sin, it was real. We were married. He loved me so much. Do yall know I can still feel that love we had for each other and it was JUST a dream.

Here is a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and his BEAUTIFUL wife Mrs. Coretta Scott King. I just LOVE THIS MAN TO PIECES!! He is surely my hero on earth. I love this photo.

I adore this photo of Ed *Ex Atlanta Falcon Foorball player* and Lisa Hartwell * she\’s from Atlanta Housewives*. I feel like crying. This is beautiful. Look how his hands is wrapped around her stomach. So romantic and so beautiful.

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*To be continued*… DONE

Hey,

Last night I was lying on the couch thinking about how I use to be when I was young and at home with my parents. I had this terrible attitude. To be honest I can\’t remember a time being happy with myself, unless I was prancing in the mirror at my * light skin* *glass hour figure* and *long hair*. Boy was I lying to myself. I was truly unhappy. For one I was a virgin and raped by a boyfriend, and just couldn\’t get over the fact that I use to exercise my bragging rights that I was a virgin at 17. And when it happened my whole turned upside down.

Nothing about me was happy. I had an attitude if I had to pick up a piece of paper off the floor. I hated everybody who didn\’t agree with me, and woe if you cross me, I had a tongue so sharp that it could cut you mentally and physically and have you bleeding from the inside out. My parents use to warn me that if I didn\’t change my ways, that it would be hell to pay. She said people out in the streets ain\’t gon put up with your mouth and attitude like we do. I had a answer for that too. OH WELL and in the words of Morris Day * aint nobody bad as me*!!!

I had come from a very close family with the best brother and 2 sisters in the world, not to mention the best parents who put us first no matter what. When my attitude was full bloom in its cancerous state, my sister who was 3 years under me, was beginning to act just like me * but worse*.

*To be continued*

* Continued* ~ Sunday morning 4:17 am.

My sister was always getting into trouble at school, getting kicked out of a high school, and fighting every gurl who she didnt like. To this day, with the family we had, how in the world did we end up with terriable attitudes?

When I turned 22 I moved into my own apartment. I wanted to get to know me. I started partying and having what * I thought* was a good time. After many many years passed, I still didnt know who I was. My sister the one under me who also had a bad attitude, had gotten older , she finished High School with her high school sweetheart, and they both went to college and got their Associates Degree.

At some point in my life I started reading my bible. I felt that it was time for change in my life I knew God, and I wanted more than what I was experiencing. As I started reading books from the new testiment I had this strong connection with Paul. Paul was something else back in his day. Just as I was. When God began to work on my attitude, I began to change. I mean really change. The things that I loved to do so much I didnt like doing. When I would see young people with all this attitude, it would do something to me, because for the first time I got to see how I looked. I didnt like who I saw, and for some reason I always was in the presense of those kinda people. What I did the most, and didnt do anymore, I had to sit in the midst of . I saw first hand how it could ruin your life.

I use to be on welfare and when I had to talk to my worker about my case. I had to talk to her nice and if I didnt I knew she would prolong my case. At some point in my life, I didnt care that she was case worker, if she got wrong with me I would get wrong with her. Not even thinking or realizing MY attitude was riding on her decision to help me now or later. I was too stupid to see that connection.

The more I was trying to change my ways, the more God put people in my life that was just like me. I was looking at these people , like dang whats going on in their life that they are just funky acting? The more I saw them, the better my attitude became. It reminds me of Paul, just as wicked as he was before, when he became a *soldier* for God he had to *work even harder to gain back the people who was lost, and then gain NEW beleivers. Thats how it felt for me. Even to this day, its even harder.

Today at 41 Im alwaysssssssssss meeting or coming in contact with people with those attitudes. Its soooo funny to me, cause I see what God is doing. Who is better equipped to deal with these people THAN ME? LOL God said Im going to pair you up Lacrease with these types of people because you know first hand the roots of the problems, and you UNDERSTAND. And within the last 2 years I just realize this.

The first thing God trained me in this area is. That people\’s attitude is NOT about ME. For example. When I was mean and snapping at people, it wasnt about the actual person who Im giving the hard time too, it was about someting inside of ME. Something already there before I got to this person. So now that I know that, its easier for me to penpoint the problem when Im talking to someone about their attitude. And guess what else I found out? Sometimes its not that people have attitudes, they may just have something on their minds. I remember a time when I would get an attitude just because you had one. LOL Aint that crazy? Until I realized that it WASNT an attitude, it was that they had just lost a family member.

When I start my gurls group back up in April 2009, this is an area Im really going to teach on because there are a lot of gurls who walk around with anger build up inside of them, and it leads to having bad attitudes. After so many years of this, it can lead to very serious crimes. They need to learn how to FIND THE ROOT of their problems and get/ask for help in those areas.

My sister who was just like me, she\’s 38 and I cant remember the last time she had an attitude. LOL Its so funny to me, cause we use to be OFF THE CHAIN. The people we are today, we try to help people cause we know what they are going through. WE know that there is a root. We know how hard it is to break the cycle of a bad attitude. We both are constantly talking to people so that they can be happier in their lives when they penpoint the troubled areas and start smiling again. Its challenging yes, but I deal with soooooo many different Spirits daily, that even though its hard work, its so worth it. God gave me all the power I need to changed the lives of others in this area, and Im using it all!

God Bless You

Lacrease

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Tyler Perry Wins in Court!!!

Everyone who knows me know that I love me some Tyler Perry. I admit, I was mad a little * got my nerves don\’t I?* that I wasn\’t invited to the Premiere of his new Studio. But that\’s life and I have moved on from those * thoughts*

I follow Tyler\’s work closely and I can always tell when something is going on with him that he hasn\’t talked about. I can always tell. I dunno why me? Its like I\’m connected to this man in a strange kinda way. And although he is extremely fione to me, I see him as a little Brother.

When I found out that he was being sued for Diary of a Mad Black Woman, I knew that had been on his mind. Preparing for court, especially when it was bought to his attention back in May 07 sometimes of last year. When something is on a Virgo\’s mind, especially involving other people, it does something to us. Even though our band don\’t stop playing, it does makes us * tired*. With a Verdict of not guilty, believe me, my friend Tyler Perry IS eating Shrimp * one of his favorites* today. LOL

One thang I know about Tyler. Us Virgos will encourage you until Jesus comes. A customer can tell me her cat is at home sick with the flu and failed kidneys, I will encourage that woman, pray with and for her, show her the Faith that lives in her, and will make her believe that when she gets home her cat will be sitting in the chair knitting HER a blanket. lol But baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby when we * Virgo\’s* are going through something really deep, We want to shut off the cell phone, house phone, board the door up, throw away the car keys, and lock our selves away till the cops come knocking!!!! That\’s how we are. We want God to come down and talk to us face to face . We need a serious word from God. It has to come from him to us. WE will shut the world off.

Every other day during the trial when I got time I would go to his message board to see what the people were saying, and many would say dang Tyler where are you? We haven\’t heard from you in a while. And I would laugh in my mind saying, YALL AINT GON HEAR FROM HIM UNTIL THIS COURT THANG IS OVER!! LOL He aint mad at nobody, don\’t take it personal, but Tyler Perry got to get through this court and THEN he\’ll be back. And don\’t expect for him to detail everything, he\’s going to straight up give you a WORD. His message is going to encourage you in some way. He knows his job description by God. Don\’t expect anything that can multiply or irritate the * atmosphere* concerning the WON case. He is straight up Ministry Minded, and for that I love him.

Today as Tyler was getting in the truck after winning his case, someone tried to hand him something in a yellow envelope, he asked them what is it? They said a script, and he said something to the fact of *Lady that\’s why I\’m here today*. LOL And it was in Madea\’s voice. I was cracking up!! I said to myself while the trial was going on that people are going to be trying to hand him scripts and he was going to reject them. So many people on the message board want him to read their stuff, and shoooooo I said to myself. If I don\’t know nothing else, Tyler Perry ain\’t going near any body\’s script. All you gotta do is tell a Virgo something one time and its a wrap. You ain\’t nevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa gotta TELL US NOTHING TWICE. Especially on that same subject. lol So to all those people on the board, yall can hang it up, better send those babies to David Talbert. LOL

The fans were on the court house steps today and every other day. You didn\’t see Oprah and Gail, Sidney or Janet. The fans will show up in hard times, not saying that * Grown and Rich* won\’t. But they have the phone numbers, they can call him at home, on the cell phone, a couple of them probably are meeting him at dinner when its over. But today was the fans time to show support and plus I enjoyed seeing the * ride or die* as he calls US.

The Virgo in Tyler is probably catching up on all the neglected mail and phone calls, eating his favorite foods again, playing his Church music as he always does, and Thanking God this is finally over * for now*. \”The lady\” said this ain\’t ova. LOL oops sorry Tyler but that was funny. She said the jury was *Star Struck*. Dayum that was funny to me. I probably would have been too. If I could see Tyler every day, stare at that big stomach of his * I love a man with a big stomach* and get to *vote* if my boo had to hand her ova 40 plus mill, she would for sure call me star struck. I\’ll hand her ova a * Gurl Bye* Verdict!!!!

Strolling through my mind of the Tyler Perry files, hate to even think it but this is just the beginning. The higher you want to go, the higher the *snakes*. Tyler you cant give up boo, you\’ve got to do it for us all who love and enjoy your work. You can\’t fall off . This kinda stuff makes you stronger. It also gives you something to * write about*. Experience is a good teacher, put these things in your files of life. Never stop learning Tyler NEVER.

Listen boo, I love you and for all the encouraging you do for others, do if for yourself. I got a feeling you have got a long rode ahead of you. Is it do able? YOU KNOW IT! GOD IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

My name is Lacrease W, and I approve this message.

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Wed December 09, 2008

Hey Fam,

First I want to say Thank you Lord for blessing me with such a beautiful family. I love them so very much. Thank you for a peace of mind daily. I love living. Thank you Lord for creating me and for giving me a chance to be with you for ever.

Its Christmas time at Walmart and each day its getting busier and busier. This check coming up, we are getting our 4th bonus in a 3 month straight period. Yea, and if we do good this period Dec-Feb, we will get $1400.00 plus our regular pay check come March. Whew, and we have been humping too. Only thing *they* the customers say that our customer service is bad. I work close with the cashiers and I know some may not smile, but we are very friendly. It still puzzles me by what *they* mean by saying we need to improve on customer service. Maybe we need more sales associates on the floor to assist the customers. Maybe Walmart needs to review their return policy.They did hire a whole whole lot of sales floor associates this Christmas Season. Hopefully we will see $$$ soon.

I know I\’m no where near perfect, and I know that I have a lot to learn about people. some things I may never learn. But there is one thing I do know about myself. I just can\’t stand stupid stuff. I try to ignore it when it comes my way, but some stuff you just gotta laugh at. One day recently me and my sisters were sitting around talking, and my baby sisters said to me and my middle sister, * yall cant stand dumb stuff can yall? So we started laughing and thinking about how we grew up. Then we started remembering stories about our dad. He use to always lose his shoe * laughing* and we just couldn\’t understand how you can be a grown person, * we were kids* and lose your shoes. He would be about to go, and when he couldn\’t find his shoes he would call THE WHOLE HOUSE down to help him find it. It would irritate us so bad. My dad would make you feel like this………. Okay yall sitting down watching TV, and here I am looking for my shoe all by myself. So we would have to get up and look for his shoe, and when he find it, he would be like okay Thank you. This happened with his keys, his pick for his hair, his hat, his lighter. To us that was * dumb stuff*. Now had he said, yall please help me find my keys or shows in a way that we would be like okay, yall lets band together and do this for him. But he made it to be a *woe is me kinda thing*. Like yall betta help me find my stuff, yall can watch TV lata!!! I hated that. And to this day, I can\’t deal with Woe is me people. My daddy was/is that person to this day. LOL Ahhhhhh I love my daddy to death, but he can call you and say hey what yall doing? And we\’d be like on our way to Outback Steak house, and he would go into this really woe is me mood, and be like *I\’m sitting ova here eating spaghetti out the can and drinking black water * my daddy is funny like that*, He\’d be like…… I been eating spam for days and aint nobody offered me to eat Steaks. He would go on and on and on, For years we wouldn\’t tell him when we were going to eat, cause he would try to make us feel bad. And he would;nt even want to go. It\’s something about making us feel bad. I dunno. But when I talk to people and they go into this oooooo she didn\’t do this, and he didn\’t ask me. I tell them to BOSS UP!!! Quit trying to go into that victim, woe is me mode and get up and do whatever it is that *they* don\’t seem to be doing for you, or with you. And for years after I got grown, I would say to my daddy in a respectful way and tell him. Look dad, you don\’t want to go with us to eat, but Imma get off this phone and do what I planned. If you wanna go, cool I\’ll swoop you up, but if you don\’t, stop trying to make people feel guilty.

But here is the worst end of it. I can be in the store after work shopping with coat, boots, car keys in hand, gloves, hat, scarf, mask on * lol* and a customer would come up to me and say * excuse me can you tell me where the salt is*? In my mind, I\’m like dayum, is she/he for real. Don\’t they see all these winter gear on? So one day I ask the guy who asked me a question while I was shopping for myself. What is it about me Sir that made you feel as if you can ask me that question and I\’ll know? He said: Cause you have on khakis. . Ain\’t that deep? Which brings me to this thought. I was reading a blog yesterday * Sunday* and this person said that they seen Tyler Perry at Church and she said she wanted to go to him and tell him she\’d seen all his plays and movies, but she said that she couldn\’t do it because she was in Church and that it would be disrespectful. I loved that. Had it been me, I would have felt that same way. I probably would have stared at him the whole time * Lord forgive me* but I wouldn\’t opened my mouth. I guess my post is really say that some of the things my daddy do, I cant stand. So I wonder what is it about ME, that Neisha cant stand, and wont do when she has kids. We have to do better at respecting people.

Oh speaking of respect. OMGoodness! I hope my pressure don\’t go up on this one. I have 2 cars. Sometimes I drive my Lumina, and sometimes I drive the Malibu. I don\’t have a 2 car garage so I have to pull one out and then put the other on the street, or sometimes I\’ll put the one I\’m not driving back in the drive way. But all in all I want my space in front of my house free. When the dumpster is picked up on Wednesday mornings, if my car or any car is packed in front of the house with the dumpster there, they wont take it because they are afraid it will hit the car. Well this summer, this guy who lives across the street with his dad, parked his * SHOT UP 1000 TIMES BRAND NEW CAR* in front of my house. So, I\’m like okay, why he didn\’t park in front of his own house? The next day same thing, the day after that, and the next, the next and then it was happening daily. He would leave all day and then when it was time to come home, he would park in front of my house and then walk across the street 3 doors down. I guess you know I marched my big hipped self across the street like Oprah did in the color purple and knocked on the *DOE*. I know him, because he also worked with me. I said booooooooooooooooooy, why are you parking in front of my house, and you live ova here? I explained to him that if I need to exchange cars and park in front of my own house I need to do that. I said and plus my garbage won\’t get taken out if there\’s are car parked there. He said okay and moved it. He never did it again. As the summer went on he moved out of his dad\’s house and I see him whenever. Sooooooo, on Saturday me. my momma and Neisha had came back from shopping. WE see this raggedy car with the passenger windows missing and a big box sitting in the passenger side seat. So I pulled into the driveway and as soon as we went into the house and closed the door, we heard a knock on the side door. I went to the door and said who is it? Its snowing and cold outside, but I couldn\’t hear him, so when he said he\’s the dad of the guy who kept parking in front of my house. I opened it. This man is about 60sh, keep himself up, jazzy, nice car and home. He said *MY SON* car stopped in front of your house I just wanted you to know that its his car, and in a *COUPLA* days he would be to get it. I said ut unnnnnnn, he got to move THAT car. I said my garbage wont get dumped if its there, he must have saw my facial expression cause he know I was mad. My thang is this, how you live across the street and your sons car stopped in front of mines? That man does not want that car in front of his house!!!! Ju
st like the other one. I don\’t blame him. BUT HE AINT GONNA PARK IT IN FRONT OF MINES. My house is nice too, its brick, with a big picture window, tree and nice grass. Every time his son car * stops* he make him park it some where else but in front of his house. Made me mad!! That is so disrespectful and selfish. So yesterday me and Neisha went to go get something to eat, and as we were leaving someone was in the car of the old man\’s drive way. When we got back from McDonald\’s that car that was parked in front of my house was gone. Guess were it was? Next door to me in front of that gurls house. That is so bold. Now she wont get her trash dumped. Yea you see the dad don\’t want that piece of mess in from of his big nice home. So he tells them *go park it across the street…………they don\’t have men living with them to say anything. Cause yall know homes with husbands and boyfriends, other men just don\’t disrespect another man\’s house like that. Now I\’m going to see how long he leaves this piece of junk in front of her house. The killing part is the boy don\’t even live ova here. Huhhhhhh let me get off this subject. LOL

I\’m seriously thinking about moving to Georgia. Its in my heart so deep. For 17 years I have wanted to move there, and it keeps coming back to me. Neisha is going to law school and she is going to apply at a college there. Then she got on line and started looking for some house to rent. She been to GA so many times, she didn\’t want to live there, but after seeing one of out favorite shows * House Hunters* she has a change of heart. I\’m going back for a week in 2010 to see whats really up.

Well, Imma get up off this computer. got lots to blog about tomorrow. My Tyler Perry is in court and after the verdict I will write more.

Love ya

Cree

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*Feeding the Homelessfor Thanksgiving*

Hey Fam!

I know its been a while since I\’ve written. But I\’m back. How was your Thanksgiving? Mines was wonderful.

Well as some of you may know. For as long as I can remember I have always had a passion for homeless people, and kids. Several years ago me and Neisha went to a soup kitchen and fed the homeless for Thanksgiving. We felt so good after doing it, that it stayed with me for years. Since then I always wanted to go out to the streets and neighborhoods and pass out Thanksgiving Food.

This year I decided this was the year. I wrote out a menu for 10 people, and took it to work and asked my coworkers to put their names by all the things they wanted to donate. Before I could even get to the 6th person, every item was taken. People were coming up to me asking where is the list, but it was already filled. This made me so happy and so full of joy. God knows how I felt about doing this project. I enjoyed the soup kitchen, but this was hands on. This was a project that everyone could be apart of. We were taking this to the streets. I wanted to meet and talk with the people who were going to receive the dinners. I wanted to be apart of their world for a moment. We had a good time preparing the food and packing them.

For the dinners we had. Fried Chicken from a restaurant * 2-3 pieces*, macaroni and cheese, string beans and white potatoes, dinner rolls. For desert we had cake, brownies, and cookies. And for drinks we had water, pop, and juice. Each bag had all 3 drinks and all 3 deserts. Next year this menu is going to be huge, and were going to feed more people. The support I got from people was over whelming. My mind could have never comprehended the amount of people who wanted to help. People were telling to me make sure they are apart of it next year.

When we went to take the food to the streets we were looking for people. It was so much fun, we found lots of them too. My nieces went and it was a wonderful experience for them, they too are excited about next year\’s Feeding the homeless and taking it to the streets!!

Goals and Vision~ to have my multiply and yahoo 360 family to start this in their city under the umbrella of *Cree\’s Family and Friends* Feeding the Homeless for Thanksgiving, and taking it to the streets.

Above are photos of my family and friends who donated and made this possible.

God Bless You All! He is the balm!

Lacrease

*check out the video of us preparing the food*

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Lacrease\’s Ramblings!

See that baby in her hands? That little boy was born the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! Look at it again, mediate on it. Look at his smile, his mom, his big ole head, cute thick thighs, and handsome face. That\’s your 44TH PRESIDENT! God knitted him in his mother\’s womb, this baby was President even before he was born.I don\’t care who has an attitude, who is mad, who has a problem with this. God made all of us, and he also made this baby our 44th President of The United States.

There it is. It was already in God\’s plan. People do not post to ignorant people defending our President. The VICTORY IS OURS!! To all those who want it. No need to debate with people any more. Its over, its done, its WON! Listen, when its time for Judgement Day and God say to you: Well done my faithful servant to Heaven you go. Are you going to look over at the people who are in Hell * since they are hating on you* and debate with them about YOUR VICTORY? If God says here is YOUR *green pass* why would you argue and debate with the people in hell? The Victory is won!

No need to discuss or debate your VICTORY with a bunch of burning souls. That\’s foolish. People stop it. Its VICTORY time for all of those who believe.

And were moving right along…………………

This post is probably going to be all over the place, because my mind is right now. Yall know what I\’m talking about. So follow me if you are familiar with my entries. I was watching my gurl Oprah to day and she had people on her show that needed clutter removed from their homes. It was really a good show too. I\’m watching TV saying to myself, dang I remember when I use to be MESSSSSSSSSSA! WHEW WEEEEEEEEEE! LOL As I was watching the show, mentally I went all over my house checked off how clean each room was, and then got to my home office and said to myself in the favor flav voice WOW! I promise you this room is so full of papers, notebooks, and folders. I decided that tomorrow I\’m going to sign up for the Challenge of cleaning up my messy room. I admit I have connections to the stupidest objects. I will keep them forever and a day. I wont part with it at all. I have 2 closets full of clothes and 2 suitcases full. And the bad part about it is, half the stuff I can\’t even fit anymore. Why am I holding on to them? Why because………. someday I may wear them again. OOOOweeeeeeeee I\’m glad Oprah is not at my home, her buddy would make me sell them. LOL So tomorrow after work, I\’m going to sign up. So this is what I\’m going to do, I\’m going to video my home office and post it to my blog, and every other weak to that day, I\’m going to be honest with myself and you all, and I\’m going to video to the day, to see how clean I\’m keeping it.Whewwwwwwww. lol

I\’m not sure if some of your know about my Feeding the Homeless for Thanksgiving blog entry. I\’m excited about that. My family and friends have stepped up to the plate in donating food, cooked food, and items for the dinner. This is something I always wanted to do. We are cooking a good meal too, and we are taking it to the streets. I want our kids to see how fortunate they are and for them to be grateful. My coworkers kids are going along with my nieces and nephews. I\’m really excited. Next year its going to be even bigger, more food, more people involved, more people to feed. I\’m in the middle of taking photos of all involved, plus footage after wards, and then I\’m going to post it. My hope is to inspire others in different cites and states to do this WITH ME on Nov 26 of each year. I want this to be the next * big thing*.So look for photos and footage after Thanksgiving.

For those who don\’t know my baby Maxwell is back!!! I went to his concert Oct 19, 2008 and what a show he put on. I never knew that his fan base was so HUGE. He\’s been gone for over 7 years, comes back with NO CD, and cell out concerts all over the world. Unreal!! So after the concert I went on line searching for fans just like me. Let me tell yall. I thought I love me some Maxwell, and Tyler Perry, baaaaaaaaaabie you better know when I tell ya. Talking about FAITHFUL PEOPLE. In case you don\’t know its Maxwellfanforum.com. The faithfulness they have for Maxwell is the same I have for Tyler Perry. I have always wanted to do a Fan forum for Tyler Perry with my friends. They don\’t talk about Maxwell\’s personal life AT ALL, and I love that because I don\’t like to talk about Tyler\’s. I thought Tyler loved his fans. Shoooooooooo Tyler aint got nothing on Maxwell, LOL Sorry Tyler. Maxwell only been back since Oct and whew all the photos on the site, friendly things he said and remembered, just makes me happy. I wish that I had some rideadie fans to help me get a Fan forum started for Tyler, but N E WAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.* that\’s a whole nother story, plus I\’m rolling my eyes at all of them*.

I watch a lot of court cases on TV when I get a chance. I was watching the retrial of this lady from mississippi who was accused of killing her husband. And they kept making a deal about her calling the police after she was on the phone with the alarm company. The alarm went off in her house and they called, since she was saying and crying that her husband was hurt/shot that THEY would send police out to her home. And the prosecutors made such a big deal about that. Which reminds me of when me and my sister got robbed in a drive thru of a coney island. I was driving and the guy snuck around my side and put a double barrel shot gun to my head and demanded money. I was so nervous and so scared that I couldn\’t take off, for one there was a car in front of me, and when I was able to take off I did. To this day my sister still don\’t understand * we laugh about it now* why I did\’nt take off, AND SHE WAS WITH ME, My point is, when you are in that kinda situation you don\’t know what you would do. I play that scene in my head a thousand times and still I did what I did and I\’M HERE TO TELL IT. It kills me when people say * Oh I would have done this and I would have done that.*

When you all get a chance PLEASE PLEASE look at this video tape.

Click here: msnbc.com video: Cause for alarm

Aight, I\’m gone to be for now. Go some busy days ahead of me. I love you all. Below is one of my fav photos EVER!

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Racist Experiences

Hey!!!

Wow what a week!!! We have a new President and people are tripping. But you know what? I have made a commitment to myself, that I will not stand/sit/talk on the phone to negative people. I can\’t do it. I won\’t do it. Its a wrap for that.

By me being a cashier I catch it. LOL I\’m laughing because when you can sit back be quiet, listen and take in all the things that\’s done and said without saying a word, you really get a chance to see where people really are in life, and in mind. I was ringing up this white lady yesterday, smiling, and greeting her as I normally do my customers, I guess she took my smile as * I\’m happy that Obama Won*. She looks at me, as to study to see if she should/could say what she wanted. I sensed it, but I kept smiling. Then she sees opportunity to *lay it on me*. She says: Congratulations TO YOU for Obama being the first Black African American President*. Then she looks at me as to say : I hope she doesn\’t reach over here and smack me. Waiting on my response. The Lacrease that I\’m trying to get away from wanted to say…. I voted for McCain. But I didn\’t want to play head games with her, so I said……. Thank You.

Then she gets comfortable and says to me in this whiny voice. * I was in the chat room last night on line when I said that and this African American Man blast me.* He went off on me so bad. And here you are, didn\’t take it the wrong way. So then she asks me: Do you see anything wrong with what I said? I think God handed that to me, because I wanted to * get with her* when she said it the first time. So I dugg deep into my box of * teaching materials* and grabbed my manual. I said, you know what? First of all OBAMA IS ALL OF OUR PRESIDENT, when you say Congratulations TO ME for Obama being the first President, you are giving ME/AFRICAN AMERICANS credit, praises, Amen\’s, HIGH FIVES for it. I said he is a man for people, not COLOR. Do yall know that went right over her head, and she started talking about how she doesn\’t get why he was so mad at her? I said to myself Lacrease, if you don\’t stop now trying to come up with tips, and scratch pads for people who don\’t get it, you are going to be in trouble. I let her do her talking, um um yeah yeah yeah, and got to my next customer.

Then……………..

I got soooooooooooo many white customers coming through my line after the election, VOLUNTEERING to me that they voted for Obama. Why do they do that? I don\’t understand . That irritates me so bad. Just let me ring up your things, and go on by your way. You don\’t have to stand in my face trying to let me know * you helped history to be made, or that you voted for a black man, or that * were all on the same team*. That\’s fake to me. Why does it even have to be a conversation?

Then…………

This one white lady who comes through my line all the time. Found my smile and decided to tell me, that when Obama won, she gathered up all her * other white friends* and started walking up the streets and blocks celebrating, when they thought of their other friend who is *black* to join them. So they knocked on her door, and she wasn\’t home. I\’m looking at her, saying to myself, WHAT ARE YOU REALLY SAYING LADY? What is the purpose of this conversation?

Then………………..

My coworker who is black, walked over to my register when it slowed down and said, did you just see that short white lady who was just in my line? I said yea, I saw her. She said well she was telling me that she secretly voted for Obama, and that her family doesn\’t know, or they will be MADDDDDD at her. She said that she is so happy that he won.

So, I got to thinking, because I like to visualize me in the other persons shoes before I come to a conclusion. I said to myself okay…… what if McCain had won. Would I go around saying to white people, * Congratulations TO YOU for McCain being the first oldest President? I just cant see me saying that SILLY IGNORANT MESS!! That\’s not a conversation. That\’s being sarcastic and ignorant. I just cant be bothered with I\’m sorry. Would these people give sorry speeches to blacks, had McCain won? I don\’t think so.

The bottom line is this: Obama will be our next President of the United States, no matter who likes it or not. Thanking other blacks will not build up self esteem in those whites who congratulates. If ever a white person felt empowered when only white Presidents were in office, then those people are in for a rude awaking.

For the first time in my life, I looked into a white person\’s eye and saw that THEY BELIEVE that since Obama has won the election and is a Black man, that I have gained some kinda POWER. I see it and I sense it in their conversation, and attitude. This is so crazy to me. For the first time in my life, if what is true what Ive written about what THEY BELIEVE, than I can actually see and feel the POWER that they GIVE to me so freely. Power is handed to me through the EYE TO EYE contact of those white persons * WHO BELIEVE IT*. This has really humbled me, because sometimes there are no words spoken, you can cut the atmosphere with a knife. If * Power* of a President being black feels like what THEY BELIEVE ……they can have this Evil Power Back. All I see is ME ME ME ME. They look at me as if I have the POWER of Favor from MAN, and that they are the underdogs. Guess how I can tell? They are the people who can\’t stop blogging about it, talking about it, thinking about it, and being EVIL about it.

My close friend called me tonight. She was at her sisters restaurant having dinner when this older white man was dinning alone. As he said walking out the door, he said to the people in the dinning area as they talked about our new President. * I hope they Assassinate him*!!! She said everyone stopped in shock. My friend being her said: And I hope you don\’t get into a car accident or have a heart attack going home. He stopped, turned around, looked, then walked out. That\’s just a big Wow to me. It was okay for him to hope bad on someone else, but he stopped in his tracks when it was wished back ON him.

So I say to people like him, and to people like me and my close friend. Don\’t fall to ignorance. The bible says: 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Corinthians 14:38 (King James Version)

I see another side of people, that most don\’t see. People like him they have issues that they haven\’t dealt with. Yea we all have them, yes yes yes. But when you see someone acting ugly over something they clearly have no TOOLS to use to fix the situation such as the President being black, then you know its something deeper. People are depressed over the economy. WHY? I\’m starting to see that SOME people with money, and power are afraid of being a * peon* if ever* again. They don\’t want to become the people they once were. Money and Power has become their God. For the next 4 years I refuse to *babysit* any body\’s BRUISED EGOS because of our President being black. I\’m not going to do it. It was what it was for 41 years of my life, and for the next 4 years its what it is until I\’m 45. No one need to say Thank you to me. People Prais
es NEVER GEEKED ME UP. God\’s Praises makes my LIFE. If I baked you the prettiest cake in the world when you Thank me, I\’m going to send that same Praise up to God. I don\’t want any of it. Even the hands I use to place the cake in the oven, came from God.

People we all live in this world. We have to learn to Love each other. All we have is each other. Lets all stick together and learn to love. That\’s what God command us to do. Lets do our part in helping our new President bridge the gap between white, blacks, Latinos, Jews, everyone. Its time out for anything racist.

This is for you. Jesus explained that we should consider all the people of the world to be our \”neighbors.\” Just as God loves all His people, so should we. Jesus calls us to extend our love even to our enemies!

You have heard that the law of Moses says, \”Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.\” But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too. If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. (NLT, Matthew 5:43-48)

Lacrease

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*The Audacity of Hope*

Lord Thank you for this day. Thank you for the many blessing that were waiting for us even before that day 11/4/08 arrived. Lord we Thank you for loving us and showing us who you are. In Jesus name. Amen!!!

Monday night Neishia and I charged up 3 of our iPods, our cell phones, and our cameras because we knew we were in for a day at the polls. We didn\’t mind, as a matter of fact we snacked all night, laughed, watched movies, talked about our next President, all while being so anxious we could hardly sleep. We set the clock @ 5:45 am to get ready to stand in line, just to realized that it was after 4 am when we set it LOL. We didn\’t care how much sleep we had, we were anxious. Sure enough I feel asleep for an hour, while Neisha stayed close to the clock, ready to be the first in the bathroom getting ready for this very Historic Day.

Our voting location was less than 50 seconds away from our home. We arrived at 6:25 am to lines already wrapped around the corner of the building. I\’m such a cry baby, tears formed immediately as people began to jump out of their cars, to join the already long, long, long, long lines down the residential street. It was unreal to me how many people were coming with excitement, and enthusiasm. No one looked as if they wanted to get out of line and * come back later*. You couldn\’t pay these people to do that, they were on a mission and it was written all over their faces. There were kids, babies, mothers, fathers, seniors, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, nieces, friends, everybody standing in line. All of this bought tears to my eyes, I had never seen anything like this in my life. People were making friends, and conversation, everyone was on one accord. The volunteers were so professional, and helpful. And when the doors open @ 7am, it only took us 2 hours exactly to vote and be back at home. It was all so worth it, and I am looking forward already to 2012!

We both came home, and took a nap!!! I really couldn\’t rest because I was listening to CNN in my sleep. LOL I had my TV on and I wanted to see step by step on everything!! I learned a lot about how the counting goes for each State. It was very interesting stuff. My phone was ringing off the hook as the night went on, talking to my mother and Neisha we had a ball. For some reason I wasn\’t nervous about Obama winning. I knew deep down in my heart he would , but I didn\’t want to think about it until it happened. At 11:00pm when the polls closed in California, I knew what time it was. CNN was up on it!! They declared that Barack Obama was going to be our 44th President of the United States. We all cried, and cried and cried, and cried.

When I sit back alone and think about all of this I think about God. I think about how whatever the outcome was, and all the prayers sent up, that this is God\’s will for our lives. Not only am I so excited about Obama being the first black President, but how humble he is. I love is Leadership skills. He made us feel that we all one.

Click here—–> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2lS283bmKM

From the sound of his voice during his Victory Speech, made me think about how if I was to go blind for 10 minutes, and if I was to hug people from Chicago\’s Grant Park, all I would feel is Love. I wouldn\’t be able to see them, only going by the Love in the hugs. That\’s the kinda Leadership we need. That\’s what we all want deep inside, but there was no one to *fill* that slot and to make us realize * Yes that\’s what is missing*. Obama has done that. Blacks, whites, Latinos, Jews, everyone were getting their Praise, cry and Love on all around the world Nov 4Th.

The way he makes me feel is wonderful. If he says to us on March 7, 2009 I declare that * get out and make 2 neighbors dinner and take it to them* for the day. I would take off work and do just that PROUDLY. That\’s how he makes me feel. He makes me feel as if we are ONE, that no one is better than the next person, no one gets mistreated, no one gets left behind. What God has done for him……………… Obama knows God can do for us. And that\’s what makes him set apart for such a time as this!!! He makes me feel that, there is NO * come over here and sit next to me because you\’re black like I am*. In his mind, its *LETS ALL SIT DOWN NEXT TO EACH OTHER* and fellowship!! And that\’s what I love about him, that\’s who I am. I don\’t see color. I see Love. Obama makes you feel that if you stand 2 people together one black and one white and cut open their skin, they both will bleed. No one is higher than the next person, we are all ONE! We are people. We finally have a Leader that understands that. A leader who is about the people, not the money, or the fame. He was born to be the first Black President of the United States. Everything he went through was for a purpose. All of his struggles, hardships, hard work, education, even deaths in his family, all comes together for the good at such as time as this. It all makes sense.

People we have a lot of work to do. WE cant just sit back and say * oh we finally have a good President* now, we have to help him. We have to do our part as people. We have to STAY IN PRAYER FOR HIM AND WITH HIM, WE CANT SLACK, WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTANT!! WE HAVE TOO PEOPLE, ITS OUR JOB. GOD GAVE THIS TO US.

We have to be willing to do the work that is required of us. We asked God for it, and now we must let him know that we do want Change, that we do want to be a better nation, and better neighbors, and Love each other. We have to let our lights shine towards one another. We cant sleep on this.

Pray and ask yourself * What can I do to help us to Love each other*?

John 15 (New International Version)

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master\’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit���fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.

God Bless Us All

Lacrease

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