Author: lacrease

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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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People!

Hello,

Thank you Lord for allowing me to see another day. I\’m just sitting here thinking about Life.

I was sadden to hear about Jennifer Hudson\’s nephew this morning, who ever did this to her family needs to go to jail without a trial. That was low down, dirty, evil, and selfish. Me and my coworkers today were just outraged. What do you say to someone when they have lost 3 members of their family in one day? How do you look at them? This is why he must all turn to God. There is nobody on this earth who would be able to help me if this was my situation. No one. I\’ll probably be walking around like a zombie. I just hope Jennifer, and her family all get together and just listen for the word of God. At this time, I wouldn\’t want to hear anyone\’s voice but God. I would probably get somewhere quiet, to hear his voice. Because nothing or no one could help me. I wish I could just hug Jennifer and her sister. No words said, just let them cry, talk, what ever. This is really an evil and selfish act. I know I\’m rambling right now, but this is really on my mind. Lets all continue to pray for the whole family. God Bless Them NOW!

After this story broke I started to see how really naive I am about people and their actions. Sometimes when I hear the bad behavior of people, I push it in the back of mind because I want to believe the best for this person. But you know I just minus well face it, people are jealous, out cold, low down and dirty. Just flat out. People are lovers of themselves.

Today this *drama king* guy wanna be gurl came into our story and thought the cashier forgot to put somethings in his bag, and after all the cursing, and going off this * thang* did to our cashier, he went out to the car one final time to see did he over look it and found out * he did*. Then came back into the store and apologized to the cashier. And I\’m looking at him saying to myself……… you are going off on our cashier so bad, how can you build up all this HATE, saying all these * fighting* words and then have to come back and say * Man I\’m sorry*. The cashier is a guy. My question: How can you get this angry like that? What\’s really going on inside your mind that you can go off on someone like this?

Last night I was watching my *boo* Tyler Perry on TvOne with Cathy Hughes, and he mentioned that women have left panties, notes, and phone numbers on his gate at his last house. And I dunno why it bothers me when he tells that story, but I come to realize that there are people out there like that. I\’m starting to open my mind up to these kinda behavior, and paying attention. And see that makes it bad for people like me who don\’t act a fool, who are not stalkers. I\’m 41 years old * and look 27* and I WISH I WOULD run to Tyler Perry and jump on him, kiss him, jump on his back, and leave my panties somewhere where he can find them. Please……. I love LACREASE too much to embarrass myself like that. Don\’t nobody down here on this earth comes first, especially when it comes to ME embarrassing MYSELF!! LOL Seriously tho, people like to put on their clown outfits, get in the middle of the floor and act da fool.

I was watching Real Chance at Love last night, and this one gurl was off the hook!!! She was so stalkerish that Chance named her Stalker. LOL She was creepy too. See stuff like that makes me believe the Tyler Perry stories about women/people. We are living in a world of me, me, me and its plain to see. I feel so bad for people who live like that. They are never happy or satisfied.

Everyday of my life. I try to live it positive. I speak positive things to people, I encourage others. I smile to people all day everyday. That stuff is free. If I had to give out money to smile and be nice every time I got my check, of course I\’ll have to cut down on being friendly. but as for now…… I won\’t. So many people are down, so many people are so * geeked* on talking about our economy. Its like they want to say this is why this in my life…….. and that is why that is happening in my life. They use it as a crutch to stay down. It motivates me. Tyler said something last night that really had me outta my seat. He said something like… he drives off negativity when he was younger. I\’m the same way now. If things are going good, I get too relaxed, but if something is not going right, I gather all the strength in the world and I will rise!!! I have always been like that. I\’ll mess around and complete a * to do task* from 1990. ROFL!!!!

Well, I\’m outta here, bout to regroup and do some writing on paper. The photo above is of Maxwell My baby is BACK!

God Bless

Hecallmecree

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*taking it to the streets*

Hey Peeps!!!

Wow what a wonderful week I had. Thank you Jesus for blessing me with all the things that ONLY you can Amen to happen for me !! Thank you.

First of all, lets keep Jennifer Hudson and her family in our prayers. I was so sad, and shock to hear about her family. I just can\’t imagine what she\’s going through. My mind won\’t even let me go there. I\’m so happy to know she is a praying woman, and that she knows where her help comes from. Jennifer we love you!!!!

This week I discovered something about myself.

I\’m the kinda person who likes to get together with a group of people, and just have fun. As I got older I kinda slacked away from that kinda life because I wanted to be alone, because I was with people all the time. But now I\’m starting to want that kinda of life again…………..in a positive way. Back in the day, I would call over my gurls for some food, and hot topics on relationships. Then I would invite a handful of guys over to kinda get thoughts and opinions on how they are wired up. I loved that kinda atmosphere, we all got along, we respected each other points and views. I loved it. People always look to me to have gatherings like this, and now that I\’m older I\’m seeing that God wired me up for this kinda stuff because its apart of my journey of what I\’m suppose to be doing in my life.

The strange part is. I just realized this, even after allllllllllllllllllllllllll the gathers I hosted. I\’m just getting it @ 41 years old. Somehow I just got it. When I started my gurls group 2 years ago, I loved it, and always knew that I was suppose to be doing it. I ended the group when I know I shouldn\’t have, and on April 19, 2009 when I start it back up, it will be better and stronger. I\’m excited too.

In 2005 I started a group with 3 other ladies called Pearls of Wisdom. We all met on the Tyler Perry message board. We love us * and still do* some Tyler Perry. As we grew, drama followed, and recently just after our 2ND Reunion in ATL *where Tyler Perry lives* we fell apart for good. I\’m okay with it, maybe it was time to move on. But still I have this longing to apart of a group of POSITIVE women, whether its Youth, Church, Volunteer, Fan forums, just something. I have a strong positive influence on people and I want to use it for something good. I believe in moving people and getting things stirred up as a group. And its funny because I have been doing this all my life with family and friends, never knowing what this is all about.

I\’m apart of Anitabakersfanforum on yahoo, and adoringanitabaker site, and we are really a tight group of people. Then after I have been waiting along time for Maxwell to drop a CD or concert * its been over 7 years* I found this wonderful group of women who love and admire the work of Maxwell. I am really loving it. What I love most about everything is the Leadership of the group, and how they love Maxwell without anything in return. They love and respect the artist, and they have beena group for over 10 YEARS!!! I watch closely how the Leaders run the group. Maxwell knows them too and I really love how he admire and appreciates them. I have been a fan of Maxwell since his first CD came out, and I still cant figure out why Oct 19, 2008 was my first Maxwell Experience Concert!!!

Anywhoo………

What I\’m really getting at is this. I realized that I am attracted to group settings and one day as I was laying on the couch. God said to me that I would feed the homeless for Thanksgiving this year. First thing out of my mouth was YES LORD, I am doing it!!! I love the idea. He knows I have this strong connection with the homeless, and our Youth. So, I started thinking about what I was going to cook for them. I started thinking about String beans and potatoes, macaroni and cheese, cornbread, chicken, water, juice, pop, cakes and deserts for them. I told God that it was a done deal and that I would not only go out and buy food for 5 homeless people, but I would cook it too. Then he said to me…….. he said remember that day you and your friends went out to dinner, and when you walked in people were looking at you. And I said yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, he said well, that\’s the kinda effect you have on people, you have the voice to get things started, people listen to you. I\’m laying there amazed at what he made me remember. Then he said I want you to go to work tomorrow and get others to help you with this project. I\’m thinking to myself, dang, I can do this, its really nothing. He said, I know you can do it Lacrease , but I want others to see it and experience this with you. He made it clear to me, that he didn\’t want me to do this alone. So he said, go to work tomorrow and pitch it to a couple of your friends, and watch.

I did. When I told them what I wanted to do, and that I need their help, they responded in a way, that if I really sit down to think about it, I would probably cry.

This is what I did. I wrote out a menu. Here it is:

String Beans and white potatoes
Macaroni and Cheese
Corn Bread
White Bread
Chicken
Cooking Grease
Napkins
Plates * sectional*
Forks
Potato Salad
Water
Pop
Juice
Walmart Carrying Bags * for the food*
Sandwich bags
Cakes and Cookies
Eggs

I went to work and went to the * most popular* cashiers first. And I shared my vision, to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving * the day before* and that I have a list of things that I needed to make it happen. I want to take it to the streets myself. I don\’t want to go to a homeless shelter and pass food out because I\’m a hands on person. I see too many homeless people standing around the highways, and walking the streets and I want to take it to them and put a food bag in their hands myself. Once I got one person, and then another put their name by what they wanted to donate, and then another, and another, and another, and another, I had my paper filled up THAT VERY SAME DAY,way before my shift was over, all the food had names attached to them. I was speechless. I didn\’t want money at all, all I needed was my friends to commit to donating. That very day, my coworker was so excited about the project that she went out and bought the things she committed too and I have them here at home.

This is really a big deal to me. And the great part about this, is that I\’m asking as many of my friends to join me and ESPECIALLY kids to come drive with us so that we can pass out the dinners. We are taking it to the streets and I want people to get hands on. Its nothing for me to jump in my car and go to the spots, but I want others to be apart of this. I am so excited. My family is too. They are helping me cook, all while we are preparing our own Thanksgiving dinner. This is something I have always wanted to do. When my daughter was little, we went to volunteer to feed the homeless and she has never forgotten it. She is very excited to do this. I even had so many people to donate that they started adding their names to the list to where others are already donating. YES!!! So maybe we can feed at least 15-20 people.

This is just a start for me. I even have a vision for Christmas. Its a solo project, I know I gotta learn to let others help me. But next year, I\’M GON SET IT ON FIRE!!! Now I see why I like to be apart of groups, and gathers because I know how much power we have once we pull together and do something positive.

I\’m going to video tape the whole process,and the ladies who are donating. WE are taking it to the streets with our daughters and sons. I will keep you all updated, this is going to be my dream.

I we
nt to see Maxwell last Sunday, and Anita Baker 2 nights ago!!! LOL Tell me I ain\’t bad!!! My Gerald Levert is no longer with us, and now I have Maxwell back. I\’m good. Her concert was off the chain as ever. WE were sitting in the second row, and she put on a show. I had a wonderful week. If Maxwell is coming to your city, please treat yourself to a wonderful loving concert.

I have a lot to share, but Neisha is calling me for our Sat night movie!!

I Love you all.

Watch this video below. Click on its link OKAY? LOL Its so cute and funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

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