Hey Yahoo Fam!

Well, as you know every other Sunday we have our meetings for the teen group that I started and founded 3 meetings  ago.. And our group name is  called Destiny! 

My coworker and good friend KiKi is my Co-Leader and we have been busy with these gurls.

 We have chosen 4 leaders and when I say they are the bomb, thats what I mean! On Sunday we ordered 10 Large pizzas, we had pops and juice. We told the Leaders that we wanted them to wash their hands, and serve the others, and let me tell you, these gurls did the dogone thang do you hear me? We ( me and Kiki) looked up and everyyyyybody was eating inside of 5 mintues. We made them get together themselves and decide who was going to pass out napkins, plates, the pizza and the pop. Thats all we told them and they decided among themselves who was going to do what and they got it done! Thats what you call Leadership! Getting it done!

I looooooove my gurls so much. I never knew that God had this for me to do. I beleive that I raised my child as best as I could. She is in school and doing so good. But I always had this gift to communicate well with teens. Its like we speak the same language. I can be  an adult when I communicate, and I can talk their talk. See the key is to watch programs with your child, go inside of their world. We treat our kids, like OUR KIDS,  and forget that they are growing up and would love for their parents to \”understand\”, and I tell my teens parents that we have to remember that we once were kids too, so dont act like you didnt do those things they are doing, just try to be \”understanding\”.

Thats the whole key. My daughter watches Raven, and sweet 16 to see the fashions and how other teens live, and I be right in there with her. She watches the videos and Im right in there witih her ………sometimes,  ( it gets on my nerves), she watches her stuff and we as parents have to go there with them in order to understand them better. Thats why me and Neisha have the relationship we have, because I make sure that I come into her world.

This weeks meeting my God daughter spoke to the teens about teenage pregnacy and she did a good job. The gurls really listned to her. I thought that was very helpful. Later on we talked about RULES! We wanted to talk to them about it because being a teen they wonder why they have to follow the rules their parents set.  We had rules grwoing up, even at a job you have rules……..come on now!!!!!. As soon as they read the next sentence about parents and rules, they knew where we were going with it, and they GOT IT! LOL Rules are rules. If you dont want anyone coming to your room messing up and disrespecting it, then thats how momma feel about the rules in her house.

Just tonight me and KiKi called the 4 Leaders and told them that we are taking them to a dinner buffet on Sunday @ 4pm. They are sooooooooooo excited. We want to go over somethings with them as far as their roles and break them off into groups were they will be responisble for them.

Thank you Jesus for giving me the vision, the patience, the love, the gift to do this. People ask me how do I do it, and its natural to me. When the gurls are with me all they do is hug on me and kiss me. They call me auntie ZZ. Thats my nickname.

This week we had at least 26 or 27 gurls. I have to go over my paper work for  the real count. Its growing week. So pray that God bless me with a home wayyyyyyyyy big enough to house them!

Amen???? Amen

Lacrease

       

Hello Yahoo Family!

Whats going on? I know I havent been bloggin much as I use too, but fall is approaching so you know what that means? Yep, being in the house more and on the computer.

About 3 weeks ago I got comcast as my internet service, and since then I have been able to watch the different things on Youtube, messed around and got hooked!!! Yep, credog got hooked. My daughter use to tell me all the time about youtube, but I didnt care to see it. Now Im addicted to the old videos, movie scenes, tv shows, sneak previews, concerts, and especially celebrity interviews. No waiting, no pauses and buffering! Ahhhhhh I hated that.

So allllllll this week, I am going to post something silly, stupid, spiritual, serious, and anything else I could think of. Youtube really helps me when I dont have anything to say. So since my gurl showed me how to do the dogone thang, its on and poppin!

Check this out!

 

If love looks and sounds like this……..ILL TAKE IT!

 

This is so cute. Just look at his facial expressions.

Have anyone had one of those days where you just feel sexy? I have been feeling like this for 3 days now. And I dont know what it is, but I’m lovingl it.

Today at work I was walking into Subway for my 15 mintue break. ( it’s inside of Walmart….) When I notice this guy was sitting in there with his son eating. As I was walking towards him to sit in the chairs behind his booth, he gave me this stare as if I was his new bride on our wedding night.

 I was wearing a pair of capri’s nothing special. When he saw me he was mesmorized, he didnt blink, he just gave me this look as if I was the prettest woman he has ever seen. I sat behind him on purpose, because I wanted to see just how interested he was. He finished his food, and as he got up he turned around and handed me his phone number. I dont know when this man wrote down that number, but he didnt care if my gurl KiKi was sitting there or not. I took the number , smiled and put it in my smock. He left. He came back after 5 mintues and ask me for my name.

What I liked about him was, he was different. What part? I dunno, but I will be calling him sometimes this weekend .

In the meantime, Im feeling romatic, and sexy.

Here is a song to represent my mood.

 

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFhY6GKOo0

When I look at these photos, all I can do is cry. Still after being obsessed with Hurrican Katrina, I cant help but wonder how would I feel if I was one of those people in New Orleans.

I try to take myself to the photos to the scene of everthing, and try to give thought as if I was there,  and it breaks me. Even though I am not there to actually experience what those folks been through, the pain feels so real.

I can imagine my family trapped in side their homes, not   having a form of communication. Not knowing if my dad and brother is safe. Nor knowing how my mother is doing, my sisters and my nieces and nephews. When I take myself mentally, I will always come up short as to what these people went through. And still I cry. It hurts.

 

 

When my niece and nephews were little. My sister would go to the store and buy cereal for them. But when she got to the aisle to  pick out the cereal, they wouldnt want Cocoa Puffs for nothing in the world because they felt that since Count Dracula was on the cover of the box, that the cereal was food for HIM. lollllllll When she told me that I cracked up! She would have to buy cereal with kids on the box, not animals. lolllll Silly kids!

 

My coworker KiKi bought some ant baits the other day, because her kids would run around the house hollering and screaming when they would see them. She told her kids what they were for, then she set them out. One day her kids were on the floor playing, when her daughter saw some ants, she screamed at the ants and told them “ant” my momma bought yall a house go over there and get in it”?( not even knowing that they are going to die once they got into it.) All she wanted them to know is that they had a house just like she did  lolllllllll

Kids are sooooooo funny,and they keep it real!

 

 

Thank you Jesus for another day!

As you all know every other Sunday my teens meet up at my house and we have our group discussions. This week\’s topic was on \”Attitude\”. We chose attitude because out of 17 of the gurls 13 of them said that they would like to change their attitudes. We got down on this topic do yall hear me? We tore this baby in half!

We learned that teens have more pressure than we care to remember. See we as parents sometimes forget about how we had it when we were coming up. We  forget that we once were teens and that we had issues too. But as we become adults, we have other things such as bills to pay, our husbands or boyfriends that we look after, issues from our jobs, issues from neighbors and family members, and our teens issues gets pushed to the side. Most times their issues are never dealt with and continues into adult hood. Many are faced to go through it alone with no one to talk too. By this time issues turns into attitude. And thats where anger comes in.

Teens need a group for them and by them, where they can come and relate with other teens and listen to things that ONLY concerns them. We dont get off topic about us ( the adults) but its all about them, and Im constantly reminding them of that.Our next meet topic will be on \”self esteem\”.

What I really like most is the gurls are really opening up. They were very talkative this week. They were asking questions, and commenting. I am really blessed to have this group. I am so excited, I have so many ideas that Im going to bring to the table.

 I  prayed for a co-leader and GOT her! Her name is Shaquila Stubbs. She set in with us this week( I do not let the parents/no one sit in with us at all,)she was here because she spoke on attitude and the gurls LOVED HER! Not only is she real, but she broke it down, went to Church on the gurls and all. She is going to school to be a teacher, so this is first hand what she will be doing at the age of 28 ….did I mention with High School Students?!

For the very first meeting I had 17 teens. This time the teens told a friend and we had 23 gurls this time. Praise God! Aint that a blessing? I never in my life saw this for me. This is who I am.

Lacrease