Happy Birthday to my ACE!!

My ACE turns 23 today!!!! I was thinking about her all day today and I am so proud of the woman that she has become. She is so successful and doing a job that she loves. I am sad that we are not in the same city, however I love talking to her on the phone and I always enjoy seeing her when she comes down to visit!!! I am so thankful and blessed to call her my linesister and friend. She is a true example of a ACE, a duck and a Delta woman. She knows what it means to make sacrifices and  to be selfless. And I don't want her to ever think that that goes unnoticed. I appreciate her more than she know. She is such a gr8 role model for her siblings and youth!!! Also I know no matter how far she goes or what she does I am proud of her and if she need anything I am only a call a way!!!! I LOVE YOU & I hope your birthday is blessed!!!

K. Michelle - Where They Do That At

I was blessed to hear this talented young woman/Soror K. Michelle sing live at a R.Kelly concert in Dec 2009. She has such a strong voice and it has so much range. We need more artists like her. I cant w8 until her CD drops. But in the meantime check out this song....

MY IDEAL FRO

This is my ideal fro. not to long, not to short.... It is perfect. FOR ME... I am not a firm believer of just long flat hair. I like healthy, thick and wider hair like good ol YaYa DaCosta.   

What a Gr8 Way to Start your week!!!

Look what a former client gave the staff! Things like this make me love my job more and more! Happy Monday! What a gr8 start of the day and week! It is good to know we are impacting and empowering women to take back their lives!! SN. I am the Self Sufficiency Coordinator ;) My shout outs are on the side! ;)

Why did you want to be a social worker?

       A few days ago, someone asked me if I always wanted to be a social worker.  I did not really know how to respond because in my heart I always wanted to be a social worker, but my head told me something different.  When I was younger I thought I wanted to be an Attorney!  I loved law & debating, & trying to figure  out if people were being deceitful.  I love politics, CNN, and current events happening locally and around the world. I thought that being a lawyer would be the best profession mainly because lets be honest it makes a lot of money.  In high school, I was on the debate team, SGA, and United Nations, and I even joined a coed law fraternity in college (shout out to P.A.D.).   When I started college I did the basics and took the general studies classes. I actually started out as a Political Science Major and a pre law minor. I liked the classes, but I wasn’t in love with it. There was a little voice inside of my head that said just take a different class and see what you think. By the second semester I decided to listen to that voice and I took sociology and I fell in love with that major and the class. I thought that major fit me perfectly.Mainly because anyone who meets me or knows me will say that I do not have a comfort zone and I am always getting to know people or trying to assist and help in some way. Maybe that's why I joined 6 different organizations in college. I love to study and interact with people and to find a degree that does what I loved to do amazed me. A lot of people judged me and said what are you going to do with that major? A degree in sociology will not get you a job. Then I got a little nervous.
      During my changing majors phrase, my mother was very supported and told me to pray on it and whatever I decided to do, she would support me. Moms are the gr8est. Well at least my mother is ;) Then I thought out loud, if GOD got me to college, he can get me a job. So I majored in sociology.
      I love sociology because it is the study of people and how they function. This is perfect because I am a true sociologist. Then my junior year I took Introduction to Social Work, and fell in love all over again. I learned so much and the teacher and class opened my eyes to so much information. My school did not have a social work major so I got a social welfare emphasis and it was a match made in heaven. I was studying sociology and social work. I loved helping people and getting involved in the community.  That is also why I loved my sorority because they do what I love to do and a lot of my founders and Sorors were social workers and/or educators. Then I did some more research about the social work field and it made me want to become a linseed clinical social worker. A linseed clinical social workers (LCSW)  provide mental health services  for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders in individuals, families, and groups. Their goal is to enhance and maintain their patients' physical, psychological, and social function.          
       Which leads  me to where I am now. I graduated May 8, 2010. I landed a great job working in the social work field. So I decided to take a year off to make sure that social work is something that I really want to pursue and do for a living. This year has been amazing because it confirmed even more that being a social worker is something that I really wanted to do. After taking these few months off, I am def. ready to go back to school and get my masters in social work and more specifically an LCSW. I researched that LCSW must have a master's or doctorate degree in social work, with an emphasis on clinical experience. They must undergo a supervised clinical field internship and have at least 2 years of postgraduate supervised clinical social work employment.  I applied to 3 MSW programs and I am blessed and happy to say that I got accepted into all 3 programs and I narrowed it down to one MSW program that met what I am looking for. I start Graduate school August 2011 and I am excited.
     Today, I am thankful that I decided to be a social worker.  I enjoy waking up every morning and going to work.  I really enjoy what I do, and I know that God has a bright future for me. It’s funny how you think you know what you want, but God has a way of pointing and directing you to your purpose and calling. ;)I just look forward to the great things that are in store for my life!! :)

Marvin Sapp Praise Him In Advance

I have been singing this song all morning!!!!!I sometimes believe that we are conditioned to pray and speak to God when we are in trouble, but I believe that we need to praise God everyday, Praise him for waking us up everyday, and giving us functioning limbs, also when things are going wrong, praise him still because only God can gr=et you out of your situations.Praise God for getting me out of bad situation and letting me know that their was a rainbow on the other side,. I praise every morning for allowing me to have my own place, and for also having a job, other blessing.

Dewayne Woods "Let Go"

Morning Gospel
Sometimes things don't always go the way I want them to. I sometime have to realize that everything happens for a a reason and God has a plan for me. So this song came right on time and I realize that no matter how much people OR situtions in life may get me down or upset me, I def. need to let go and let God.