Note to self

Me and the run squad!! We run this. Nice girls. My favorite part of our Saturday runs is the discussions we have. Running is good for the soul, the stress, and the heart. Bless up to my girls!! One Love and More Love and More exercise.

 

Note to self:  Great friendships are built around acceptance, love, positive vibes and loads of laughter!!

Ancestors of the Middle Passage Celebration 2016 -- Never forget the Ancestors!!

Ancestors of the Middle Passage was fun this year. June 2016. My former Co-worker joined me and she really enjoyed herself.  Very cool person to hang out with and it was a cool day, although the sun was beaming.  That's what summer is supposed to be like.  Still missed my Momma though.  Her spirit was with me, no doubt about that.

First Half Marathon Evah!!!! Did it!!

It's been over two months ago, almost three!! May 21, 2016, I'll never forget. Such a fun day.

Wogger/Runner/Walker

Call it whatever you want. I've been "running" for almost a year now and I actually like it.  My best friend "put me on to the running fever."  I still haven't caught "that runner's high," only because I still run/walk or "wog."  I still love it and I love the feeling of finishing a little three or four mile run.  I still feel like I'm dying when I do a 10k run, although as a beginner I did my first half marathon -- The Brookly Air BnB Half marathon!!  It took me 3:36:10, yeah that's slow as hell, but you know what?  I finished it and I have to t-shirt and medal to prove it.  I "wogged," ran, and still made it.  It was a great feeling to finish that.  Love me some Brooklyn!  Let's see how I do on my next half marathon in October.  Hope I feel that "runner's high" one of these days.  We'll see. 

This is last year at one of the third events I ever entered. NYRR Dash to the Finish 5K 2015.

This was fun!! I do it because I like it!!

Ancestors of the Middle Passage is coming up next Saturday. I'm looking forward to being there on the boardwalk. I'm gonna miss my Mom, Emerial Jean Williams-Bashien, sitting on the board walk with me.  I just wish I could turn back time, and erase cancer from any part of her body, just so we could spend more time together. 

"Ain't nobody like your Momma," she always used to say that. She was right too. I can't speak to anyone else the same way I spoke to her.  There were times when I thought she wasn't listening, but she was always listening, no matter how annoying I was. She had no problem letting me know when I was being a pain in the a**.  We had our times where we would just explode at one another for many reasons, but now...I've gotta pour a cup of water, rum or wine by her ashes, wait for the liquid to evaporate, to just imagine she's taking a sip to quench her thirst.  I miss you Mom, and I wish you were here to actually take a little sip of wine with me. This shit is so fucking wack!!! I hate that you're gone!! June 1,  2013 you would have turned 76!! I was gonna take you to Saigon Grill again...completely lost on Mother's day, I didn't even know what to do with myself. I still cant save money well, and shit is just crazy. Greg still gets on my nerves, but I still love his mixed up self...what am I gonna do Mom? I feel like a big chunk is missing, a big chunk of my life is missing, and it's you.  I will go on, as I'm supposed to because I know that's what you would have told me to do. I have to just keep pushing, keep moving, keep on going, until I can't no more.  I wish you were here with me mom. I'm scared that I'm gonna keep fucking up money and end up in a fucking shelter or something.  I'm gonna keep hoping and praying that "the man upstairs," will help me out. "Let's see," as you would say. 

Ancestors of the Middle Passage 2012....Coney Island Beach!!

Picture above is from 2010 AOTMP

Mom was with me in spirit this year...Love U Mom

I made it this year.  Glad I didn't miss such a beautiful event.  I love to see black people celebrating black Africaness!! It's definite Roots and Culture.  My Mom's spirit was with me with Yemaya, Ogun, Oshun, all the Orisha people and spirits, RastafarI and the ancestors whose names I can not name, they were all there with me and all the other beautiful black people.  Playing drums, delivering messages of Love, Hope, happiness, freedom, world conciousness, so much information. 

Jamaica, Jamaica!!!

Jamaica is a beautiful place!! I went with two wonderful people, my best friend from childhood (in the fancy sunglasses) and our beautiful tall friend. We enjoyed the hotel and the local sites of Jamaica, Ocho Rios (to be more specifc.  We went to the town to visit some of the locals and we saw local art, bought a few trinkets, went to a market place with a meat market inside (didn't take pics of the meat market  -- it smelled really, not too nice inside the meat market).  Anyway, I hope to visit Jamaica real soon again. Maybe Negril next time!!! Such a wonderful place with great people and an interesting history!!! Loved it!!