From September 3, 2020

Good morning, everyone! I am 51 years old today! I'm very blessed. The past year, from last birthday to this one, has been quite a journey. Some of you know the details. Last year this time I didn't have a home and this year I woke from the most peaceful sleep I've had since I can remember, in my apartment that i love so much. A place I hope to be for a very long time. I have my moments, my days when I get pretty down but my good days truly do outweigh my bad. Today is a good day. Today I will take a long drive. I will laugh and have good conversations and drink wine and eat good food. I will sit on a beach and maybe even fall asleep there. That is the plan. Today I am protecting my peace that I worked really hard to achieve. Not that peace is my achievement on my own. I owe everything to God. I thank God so much for you. I thank you for listening to my stories of joy and pain. I thank you for supporting me in my art and poetry. I thank you for your encouraging words. I thank you for your love. I could cry now. I really could. I am sitting on my couch packing for my day and looking around my home. I am so richly blessed. Daily I am overwhelmed with great urgency to bless others in the way that I can. Sometimes that looks like me buying groceries for someone in line. Sometimes it looks like me giving a smile or good word. Whatever. It's my mission everyday. I could go on. Y'all know I can go on. I won't. I love you. I love you so much.