Thought I would chat about the transition of my job and adjusting to life. I will be transitioning out of one division and into another at the beginning of next month and it has been a super emotional trip to close the division that I have worked in for almost 8 months. I [...]

I wanted to share this journal entry from my camping trip to the redwoods.
10/6/07
I woke this morning from a long night in the cold, tired yet refreshed, home sick yet not ready to leave.
After several times of waking and falling back to sleep, I finally rose to the challenge of another day in the wilderness [...]

And the Water Said….By Ifalade Ta’Shia Asanti
A Poem For the 2005 Hurricane Katrina Survivors
All Rights Reserved @August 2005
And the water said, “listen!”
I am coming to show you truth
I am coming to shake the grains of sands beneath you
Show you that which is hidden but in plain view
And the water told us why she had come–
I [...]

Isn’t it interesting how we always try to control those circumstances in our lives that are seemingly outside of our control to start with? Whether it is the job, family issues, friends, etc.
For me it is all of the above and the need to have everything ok. I want desperately to make [...]