Month: November 2023

Okay, really?

Note: The following may or may not have been based on unfortunately true events. Smh…

Me: Okay, Google…

Me: OKAY, Google…

Me: OKAY, GOOGLE!!!!!

*Cassandra storms around hollering ‘Okay, Google’ waking up half the neighborhood but NOT her Google Mini*

Why?

Wwwwwwhhhhhhhhy, Lord?!!

*stamps foot*

God: What’s all the what the whats and wherefores in the middle of the night?

Me: *pouting*. I’m trying to get Google Mini to answer meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

God: Okay, so maybe you should stop hollering at Alexa??

Me: Ehem…um…

Alexa: Yea! My name is NOT Google!…*pout*. Tired of folk calling me out my name whilst expecting me to answer and respond to dumb, er, interesting requests.

Jesus: Tell Me about it. Opps. My Bad…

Smh.

Blame it on the rain. Or lack of sleep. Or me being stuck on stupid. I was two seconds from tossing my Echo Dot when I realized I was hollering to and for the wrong thing, expecting it to work.

Remind me of my life at times. Forever hollering at this, expecting that to work! Egads!

I’m learning how to holler at the right things now.😄

Training has been really difficult. I refuse to allow the difficulty to ruin my evening after I got off work. I left difficult behind. I enjoy the rest of my day. I listen to some relaxing music. I fussed to, er, talked to God and yakked about my day.

What a day!

The day was now over. I grabbed night and we had a fantastic rest of the evening.

Too often, beloveds, we allow what happens in the day to mess up the rest of the day. Life is short. Things happens. Don’t spend the entirety of your day lamenting about what happened or did not happen in that.

It happened.

It didn’t happen.

So what?

Get on with your day.

Get on with your life.

Speaking of which I hear a cup of coffee calling my name.

Take care of yourself. Today is Friday. You have put the work in for the week. Let that be enough. The results are not up to you. The only thing needed is your try. If you have given your all relax and enjoy your weekend.

If you have not given you all this week, why not? Life is short. Promise yourself you’ll do better next time. Do better then move on with the rest of your life.

Be encouraged. You got this. You can. You will. You are loved and you are not alone.

I really do have to go now. My twin is going to fuss and complain that I did not write this last in my usual style.

Okay!

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

tired but here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hey, Alexa…😄

Take out the trash, Cassandra: Stop bugging me.

The Universe: Take out the trash, Cassandra.

Me: Stop bugging me. I am going to take out the trash at lunch.

God: Speaking of bugs…Not saying. Just saying…

Me: *gasp*. You are right!

*Cassandra scowls thinking of that dastardly bug that had found a playground in the trash she kept putting off taking out*

Yikes!

Egads!

*Cassandra rushed the trash out at first light*

Moral of the story: Stop arguing with The Universe and take out the trash. Don’t wait for things to start bugging you.

Deal with your issues. Even the hard what in the hell is THIS type news/issues. I am practicing. Received some horrifying sad/upsetting what the hell news and I am processing it, still. Wow. Ow, God! Oh, God. 😥

This was meant to be a light-hearted piece. Turns out, beloveds, life was not playing today. Wow. Ah, God. Why, dammit?!

Be encouraged. Love someone. Start with me. Could use a friend, today. Crap.

wanting to be upset with The Universe,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life can be hard. So what? Keep living. We are NOT alone. Geezzzzzz, God!

Hello Old-bies: An imp on my shoulders.

Morning newbies AND old-bies. Smh.

An imp woke me!

Jumped on my shoulder.

Pounded me, I’m telling you!

Tossed my phone, on top of me and shouted:

There!

Ha!

A gauntlet has been thrown!

I told said imp to shove off. Twasnt neither the night before Christmas, nor near time to awakened from slumber.

Yikes! was next, I’m afraid:

Yikes!: Yikes! There! Ha!

Me: *grumpily snatches the phone*:

There!

Omg!

Ha!

A gauntlet has been thrown!…*gasp*

*Cassandra, listening to her imp, devises all manner of ways to taunt, er, punish, er, welcome the old-bies after Britta had THE nerve to ask about a hello. Ha!*

God: Okay, so you DID carry on, to the newbies. And you did NOT, give a shout out to the old-bies.

Me: Okay, so, um, well, what had happened wuz…scuze me!

*Cassandra scrounges around in the Welcome bag to find a hello for old fogies who should ALREADY know they are loved and Yada Yada and how special they are and so on and so forth…*…*sigh*…….*mutters to self about how Britta should already know these things being as she is THE most fabulous fantastic wondrous wonderful woman in the whole of the earth*…lol.

Actually, beloveds, I really DID think about perhaps maybe I should throw some love to the old-bies as well. To make it up to all, I am fixing to put on some coffee ☕ and 🍵 and make some mini brownies and scones, whatever the world scones are and we can all get to know one another.

I love my loud family!….*hugs everyone*.

Have an amazing day. Life is short. Remember how very priceless and precious you are. Your heart is amazing. Your soul is capable of such good things. Your spirit is unmatched. The world is blessed to have you within it. Take care of yourself today.

By the way, I’m making my little imp do the dishes!

caring for newbies AND old-bies,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I sooooooooooooooo enjoy folk. Yall are outstanding. Thanks for the chuckle, Britta. Much needed. I have been missing mom so much my heart hurts. Miss you mom…

It’s important to know your why.

It’s important to know your why.

YOUR why!

Why YOU do things.

Why things are important to YOU.

WHY you are doing what you are doing.

Why?

So you won’t be doing someone else’s why. That’s why!…lol.

Too often, beloveds, we do because it’s how it has always been done.

Or, because mom/dad/bro/sis/fam/friend did them.

Or, because the world says so.

Or, because those who secretly mean us no good, says so.

Or…

Enough with the or!

Again, why are you?

Why do you?

Why will you?

Why won’t you?

Why did you?

Why didn’t you?

I’m so thankful that God asked me why one day. I was always raised you don’t question God. You don’t question authority. You just do what you are told regardless.

Once I started asking myself why, I was able to process things better. I was able to make more informed choices. I was able to take ownership of my life. All of it. I stopped being a passive passenger when I came to my dreams. I was active with everybody else’s dream. When I came to my own dreams, I gave up too quickly on me.

Be sure to know your why. So you won’t get sucked into doing the why of others.

Don’t worry if other folks can’t understand your why. I didn’t start my blog for a long time. I was concerned about what folks would think about the words I wrote.

I was concerned they wouldn’t understand me. Or they would understand did not care for my writing style. Or with think that I was being this that and the other thing. Or…

You get the point. I had so many oars in the water I didn’t begin…😂.

I learned just to write. Period. I learned not to be hurt over the lack of likes. I am no longer fueled by likes or the lack of them. I like you. Period. That is enough for me.

Keep doing your why.

Why?

Because the world needs what only you can provide. Your voice matters. You matter. Your why matters.

Why?

Great question! You are asking the wrong person. Ask God and The Universe. The Universe awaits. Off with you!

living my why,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Fight for your why. Never allow yourself to dismiss your why or your try!

Heart check Wednesday on Thursday♥️.

I’m sorry. The title made me laugh. I’m running a day behind. Or ahead.

The days are moving by so quickly now. It’s time to understand that time was not waiting on any of us.

There is so much my heart wants to say. I could write all day. My heart wants to knock on every door and let folks know how very short life is.

My heart wants to eradicate every hurt. My heart wants to speak with every heart in the world to say be encouraged.

I shall do the best that I can. I will leave the results up to God and The Universe.

How is your heart? Be sure to tend to your heart today. Do something you enjoy. Do something that will make you smile for no reason. Do something that will make me smile. Be encouraged you know you are loved and not alone.

all my love,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: My heart is in love with the whole world. Warts and all…

The whole world opened before me: When I decided.

When I decided.

Ah, world.

You opened up the whole of you.

To me.

Just because:

I decided, world, to give you a chance.

I determined, to love you, world, whether you loved me back or not.

I desired, world, to get to know you and allow you to get to know, me.

I offered, the whole of me, to a world who cared not for even a little, of me.

No matter.

I offered/offer anyway.

Because…

I DECIDED.

I did not:

Wait for you, world, to decide.

Wait for you, world, to care for me.

In doing so, my heart opened, wide, and took you, world, all the way, inside.

Leaving me:

Full of:

Life.

Love.

Hope.

Peace.

Joy.

I don’t need you, world, to give me things. I just wish to be a part of you. The whole of you. I desire to enjoy you, world, for the whole of my life. I choose to interact with you, world, with dignity, loyalty, love and truth.

How you respond world, is completely up to you. You shall be the one missing out, on me, should you choose to ghost me or dismiss me.

Ah, God, thank You for allowing me the opportunity to be shunned, by the world. This has only taught me to love the world, more. Just as Jesus does. Just as You do. You love because You ARE Love.

Ah, world, how long can/will you resist me? No matter. I shall continue to love you and call out to you.

Be encouraged, world. Stop all your busyness and get on with the business of spreading care within you for the benefit of all.

Here because I care,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I know this may seem like a weird piece. It is because I am. I don’t know why God has given me so much love for the world. He just did. I just do. I talk to folk, all over the world, in my heart. I yak to you ALL day. Every day. How deliciously ridiculous.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Life is truly shorter than any of us know and can understand. I make it my mission to talk to my small circle EVERY day. Wish I could yak at some of yall. Reach out sometime: ttnette37@yahoo.com. Take care.

Heart check Wednesday ♥️: Welcome newbies!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Make yourself at home. This is YOUR spot. A safe space to dump, er, share:

Your day.

Your sad.

Your mad.

Your lazy.

Your what in the fresh hell is this.

Your amazing.

Basically…YOU!

Tada!

There is only ONE you, in the whole of the land. Fortunately, for you, beloveds, there is only one me.😄. I do have a twin, my wombie, but she is another story for another day. Sorry sis…

I just noticed our tribe, our posse, our blog fam had grown, just a smidge. Just wanted to say hey and let you know this ain’t yo mama’s blog!

You shall receive a daily dose of:

Love.

Laughs.

Boot to the rear, as needed.

And a whole lotta what the world was that?!

Kick off your shoes, meander through the archives, have a snack and remember:

You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

Be encouraged. Take a breath. Take your time. Let me know your thoughts. Don’t be so shy. Love someone. Starting with you.

here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 🤗🥰♥️😁

Real talk: Leave trouble(s) in the shower.

Real talk: Leave trouble(s) in the shower.

Trouble was acting a fool trying to cause holy havoc in my life. Ha! I do NOT have time for trouble to be making all this trouble.

In times past, I would have been all up in my feelings. I would have fussed with God. I would have yelled at The Universe. I would have wanted to tell Life to kick rocks!

I would have pouted, shouted and done EVERYTHING except for what was needed:

Leave trouble(s) in the shower!

That’s what I did, this morning. I drowned my sorrows, in the midst of some lovely soap suds. I sang, horribly, as I squished trouble, down the drain. I tapped my foot, all upside trouble’s head and told it to get gone. I got thangs to do.

I got about being about it. I did some thangs. I laughed. I worked. Hard. I worked hard hard. Til hard said ‘hey’ and ‘ow’. Told hard to leave me be, then or get used to me kicking hard all upside it’s hide.

Life is short.

Yea, tough times happen. Life can be terribly hard. So what? Don’t fall for the world’s feedback to run from hard as fast as you can. The ONLY way to learn, is to try. Fail. Try. Fail. Try. Fail. Try. Succeed kinda/sorta. Try. Rinse. Repeat. Simple.

Easy?

No.

So what?

Get on with living. You have things to do. You have dreams to chase down. You have laughs to have. You have folk to love and to hold. You have folks who are waiting to love you. Get going.

going with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What you doing here, beloveds? You are supposed to be spectacularly failing at something, remember? By the by, your dreams are NOT going to knock on your door and say ‘here’. If they do, send mine for me, would you? Asking for A Friend.

Don’t borrow trouble.

I am in a new training. Hard. Yet, I made it much harder, listening to all the tales of woe, provided by folks who had experienced the training. By the time they were done, I was done. Ready to pack up and head for the hills.

But, I told myself I would NOT allow myself to be bothered by what had happened in PAST trainings. I took ownership of THIS training and had a nice talking to to ME. I told myself:

You got this.

You CAN.

You WILL.

Ask for help.

Stay engaged.

Be a source of support for others.

Laugh.

Enjoy your day. ALL of it.

Then, I went ahead and enjoyed the day I ordered up!

Life is short, beloveds. Don’t go borrowing other folk trouble. Leave THEIR mess with them. We got thangs to do, right?

If you have some hard coming up, do the best you can to manage your ATTITUDE so your ALITITUDE will be where it needs to be. Then, embrace/enjoy the hard. The hard is making us into the outstandingly amazing people we are!

In the meantime, love someone. Start with you. Pass on the savings to as many hearts as you can. Folk are hurting but are too afraid to reach out. Be encouraged.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Real talk: Your why is YOUR why.

Your why is your why.

Your why is not my why.

Do you.

Live the life your heart wants to live.

The world and people will not always agree with your choices. That’s okay. Keep on being you.

Respect that folks care about you. Let them know you appreciate them and keep living your life. It’s yours.

You can live your parent’s lives. It’s not your fault that they don’t have the skills that you have. It’s not your fault that you don’t want to walk. The path that your parents walk or people in your family have walked.

Doesn’t mean you don’t respect the love them. It just means that’s not what you have chosen to do.

It’s okay to want to live a different way. It’s okay to want to experience another culture. It’s o k to want to move completely away from what those close to you have done.

You are, why is YOUR why.

Why?

Because life would be boring if we all did the same thing and thought the same way and lived the same life.

It’s your time.

Why?

Great question!

Keep asking why.

asking with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be good to you today. I woke up with a case of the I don’t wannu. I tossed it in the shower and kept it moving. You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU