Been A While

I have been ridiculously busy but I've decided not to neglect this blog anymore. I've been posting a lot over at Young, Black, and Conservative but I want to keep this blog updated too.

Well, basically, school has commenced and I haven't had time to breathe. For real. We're in the middle of IM competitions for Mock Trial. I've got a great team but I will be so glad when this is over.

My daughter is enjoying her time at Chiles High School. We'll be working on her coming out at the talent show in January.

My son is still the athlete. He's playing Pop Warner this year but I wish I had let him tryout for Deerlake Middle School's team. If we are still in Tallahassee he will play for them next year.

I'm happy and loving life. I'm excited about the future and about what the future holds for me.

Pray my strength in the Lord.

Pro Bono at the Public Defender's Office

Tomorrow I will be doing pro bono work for the Public Defender's office. I'm so excited about that. It's a great way to get experience and learn.

I'm So Blessed

Yesterday I got hired as a law clerk in a new firm and I'm so excited about it. It is an employment discrimination firm. My boss seems wonderful and I just love her daughters. Especially her younger one. She is wonderful but they both are.

Anyway, I am so thankful to God because when I left GT I thought I must be crazy. It's a wonderful firm and people would give their right arm to work there. But I hated it. I don't want to be a transactional lawyer and I don't want to represent people who screw other people over. I always on the wrong side of issues.

You know, I know that I am gong to be great. In fact, I'm already great. There is a path for me and I must follow it. I don't have a choice. My purpose is to lift people up. To give them hope. To defend those that others will not. I want to be rich, but real wealth comes from finding and fulfilling your purpose. I know what mine is. I just don't always know how I'm supposed to fulfill it.

Okay, to change subjects a little...I don't know if I should get into this. Don't know who's reading. But I've got some stuff ...never mind. Some things need to stay between me and God.

I'm just thankful today. I see great things ahead.

Today was a good day!

My son, Antonio, placed first place in all of his races today. He qualified for the state track and field competition which will be hosted in Kissimmee at the Disney Sports Complex. It was raining cats and dogs out there so I couldn't take pics but hopefully I'll have some from the State competition. I'm so proud of his accomplishment.

I am so, so, so excited about what I see happening in my life. I don't mean I see it literally. I see it in my mind and in my spirit. I feel in my belly that great things are on the horizon for me and my family. I thank God in advance for the things that He has done, is doing, and will do. I love Him.

When God told Moses that He would use him to set His people free, Moses did not believe he was qualified. He talked about his shortcomings and disabilities. How could he stand against Pharaoh? God asked Moses, "What is in your hand?" All Moses had was a stick and with that stick Moses did great things.

As I have already stated in the "About Me" section, I am in law school and my ultimate goal is to own a highly successful and lucrative Sports and Entertainment Management firm. While I was working out the other day, I was meditating on my future in that field. I don't have any connections or contacts and I need to know how I can get them. And then it hit me. I have to use what I do have. My voice. I can sing and I can also act. I have to use what I have to get what I want. So I prepared an application for a local audition here in Tallahassee. And I've decided to become what I want to represent. I want to represent athletes, so I am becoming one. I'm training to run the 4x100 in the parent relay on July 14th. (Y'all pray for me 'cause a sista really need to get in shape). I want to represent entertainers so I am going on auditions. This will open the sports and entertainment world for me. I can get Entertainment Industry contacts by doing what I can do...singing. Either this will open the door for me to get clients or I will make it big as an entertainer or Both.

So many times, we fail to attempt great things because of what we think we don't have. But my question to you is the question God asked Moses: "What is in your hand?" What talents do you have? What do you have at your disposal that you can use? Take what you got and work it, baby. What you think is nothing may be the very thing that opens great doors.