There’s so much I want to accomplish in this life that my schedule is always overbooked, which at times results in feeling overwhelmed, a sense of frustration, a bit of self castigation and most of the time–self doubt.

One of my goals for this past year was to trust God more and live in the present. Looking at my improved sense of self-worth and mental stability, I believe I accomplished that goal.

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I attended two funerals this year, (one of which you can read about here) and was privy to three others, but not close enough to attend. Although logically I know it’s a path of life, to begin and then to end. My emotional side says that it was five funerals too many.

Funerals signal an end to one phase of our lives and the beginning of another, much like the approaching yearend. As you assess the past year and plan your goals for the New Year, it’s a good time to examine the choices or decisions, if you will, that have held sway in your life. Ask yourself:

• Did I make good decisions?
• What motivated those decisions?
• When held up against God’s standards, do those decisions still apply now?
• If they do, how am I going to improve on them or move to the next level?
• If not, have I the courage to admit that they’re passé or the will to choose differently?

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Join me in welcoming this week’s tenant Dawn of Reflections in the Mirror! whose rental will roll over into the New Year, so she will have the distinction of being my first tenant of 2006.

When BlogExplosion instituted its Rent My Blog advertising program I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to work out. I mean, would anyone want to rent my blogs or would anyone rent me a space on their blog?

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A West Indian by birth, the word Carnival brings to mind three days of non-stop calypso music, steel pan competitions, bright skimpy costumes, gyrating bodies and sleepless nights.

However, in this instance, although you will encounter colorful thoughts, rhymthic prose and lyrical descriptions, the urge to shout, “Get a room already!” Will be markedly absent.

Why?

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This picture is from the office Christmas party eight years ago. I was on the climb up the corporate ladder, my prepubescent daughter was crossing all her t’s and dotting all her i’s at school. My mother’s health was stable and she had a home attendant to assist her with household duties, I was the Youth Choir Director at church and sang on the Adult choir, in a long term relationship, I was twenty-five pounds lighter and I was a miserable mess.

Why?

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Springboarding off of Guppyman’s idea to give a Christmas sale for the rental of space on his blog, I’ve come up with my own way of saying thanks to my all my renters of 2005 and especially my TOP six renters!

Thanks to BE’s wonderful stats. I can tell who’s rented my blog and how often. I’m going to tally up the stats of the six blogs I have listed at BE and the top six renters will be featured in my sidebar as “Blog of the Month” right above the “Blog of the Week” spot from BE for the month of January, 2006.

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Here are my blogs in alphabetical order:

Dear Abbyliqua
Advice blog: A former novice, presents:- Dear Abbyliqua: My version of “Dear Abby” for the novice online dater. Answers, tips, articles, dating site reviews, and success stories. To subscribe to Dear Abbyliqua, click here.

Dee411
Musings, issues, ideas and resources, including but not limited to: abstinence, abuse, mental health, child support, elder care, family, ministry, music, relationships, singing, single parenthood, teens, writing and worship. To subscribe to Dee411, click here.

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Great News!

My post “There’s No Sexy in Christmas!” has been accepted as part of the Carnival of Beauty hosted by Sallie of Two Talent Living.

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I like to think of myself as a bit avant garde, not as a stodgy forty-year-old. As for traditional, I’ve run far and fast from that word ever since I realized that it has become an excuse for some Christians to operate under law instead of grace.

As part of our music ministry, our motto has been. “God is doing a new thing!” We therefore encourage our youth to create or learn raps or contemporary Christian songs that uplift the Savior. I take pride in the fact that I am able to hang with teens without embarrassing myself or them–so I was caught a bit off guard at what I discovered about myself yesterday.

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Well people, I’ve given myself an early Christmas gift. 

As of December 8th, I moved all of my blogs and my marketing website on over to SiteGround.com.

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