Thank You Lord!

Thank you Lord for our long talks, the presence of a smile, the given opportunity for me to laugh, a beautiful essence of a sweet smell, the hearing of your voice within me.... but most of all thank you for your loving tender kisses and your bountiful hugs that uplift me when I can't uplift myself.

Act Like A Lady

You can't act like a lady if you are busy trying to be the man! Real Talk Men and Women are NOT equal that's why we are named different. Stop trying to be the man and be the lady you were meant to be. That doesn't make you less than, it makes you who you really are. If you were meant to be the man you'd have his male parts not in between your legs but between your legs..... Act like a lady, stop trying to be the man!

Mother's Day Reflections

Mother's Day Reflections

Today as I sit outside in my backyard on this beautiful spring day I reflect.
You would think that I would want  a large breakfast and to be catered to all day.... But honestly this time that I have to simply sit and reflect without interruption, drinking a hot cup of coffee, with a nice spring breeze blowing listening to the birds sing their songs is just enough to make it the perfect day.... Silence just me and my thoughts!

Reflection....

I reflect on my mother and her strength. I remember no matter what my mother was always mom. Caring, loving, strong and full of God's Love.
I reflect on my mother who was only with ME for 9 years giving me lessons that didn't last the moment but have stuck and lasted a lifetime.
I reflect on my mother and the teachings that have made me the woman I am today.
I reflect on the times we shared, the love she gave, the kisses she bestowed and the hugs she gave me daily.
I reflect.... I reflect on those times not only on this day but everyday.  I reflect.....

I miss my mother and her loving touch, her hand on my hair, her hand in mine....I miss her voice... her eyes on me... her talking to me and my siblings....Reading to me... and just her being my mom......I miss her so dearly...I miss that she could not attend my graduation or be in the front seat at my wedding...or hold my only son.... I miss her being able to do all these things but in my heart I know she has always been here sharing those moments with me in spirit. I have felt her hold me when I was down...I have felt her touch me when I needed that loving touch of mom... I have felt her kiss me when I needed someone to place a touch on my cheek in trying times... I have felt her hold my hand when I felt my hands couldn't do anything but hold hers...I have felt her say I Love You when I felt lonely and everyone around me judged me and said they hated me...I've felt her there with me.....I miss my mother but I love that she is with me and continues to love me abundantly!

I reflect on being a mother and knowing and realizing what a blessed woman I really am. My son has shown me what true love is really about and I am so grateful that God saw me fit to be his mother, his confidant, the first woman that teaches him how to love.

Finally, I reflect on those who stood in the gap when my mother was no longer physically with me. First I reflect on my sister.... My sister who was a young woman starting her own life stood in the gap and cared for me and my brother. There is a lot to be said about my sister but one thing she didn't do was say no or that she would not. I reflect on my aunt who also stood in the gap to care for me. She didn't have to but she did. I reflect on all of the women that were mothers to me without even knowing it. The words, the thoughts the talks, the gentle reminders, the hardcore beat downs that keep me moving from day to day.

I am so appreciative of all the women that play a role in shaping me, in making me who I am today. Who continue to inspire me and create a me that is so proud to be a product of the wonderful women in my life.

Reflections.... I reflect from day to day, but today my reflections come with such love and admiration for the mothers in my life. I am so blessed to have so many you have made a difference in some way. Today I take the time to say THANK YOU! You all may not hear me or ever see this but I say it with the love that you have instilled in me.


Be Blessed, Be Encouraged and Be a Blessing,
Racquel

Greener Grass.....

I love when the grass is green in my own yard! Too often we look over the fence and marvel at someone else's grass and feel it looks better. Then we begin to work hard at fertilizing our grass and just at that time the rain comes and helps it along. When the rain stops and our vision clears, we see what has planted and been revived to beauty unseen over the fence. It's at that time that we realize the grass isn't greener on the other side, only greener where you fertilize, water and recognize it. ~RHD~

Random Thought Directed

One of the new phrases that just get under my skin is "go kill yourself", this is the most asinine statement I have ever heard. In a world where life is being taken for granted, where it's o.k to make life so insignificant to utter it in everyday statements is sickening. To view people so into "catch phrases" that they remove all common sense in daily vocabulary is disturbing.  When has it become o.k to simply go with the flow of what's wrong instead of doing and acting in what's right? Don't get pulled into the indoctrination of a deadly mindset of not caring and understanding that your words hold power, even if it's just a "catch phrase."  You know better, now DO Better!

Make Sure...

Make sure the person that went to bed last night isn't the same person that has awakened this morning. Remove resentments, anger and all things that can hold you back from being the best you and bringing out the good in you and others.~RHD~

Little things

It's the smallest act that makes a world of difference. A simple hello, a exclamation of I'm thinking of you or a statement saying I haven't forgotten you.  It's the little things that make the biggest statements.~RHD~

Open Yourself

You have to open your life to the good you deserve. Stop shunning your blessings by making them have to pry your fists open to receive them....~RHD~