Month: January 2025

Tell hate ha!

Tell hate ha!

You are NOT welcome here!

Tell hell no!

Hell, you know where your friend hate can go!

Tell despair nah.

Nah, we ain’t got no time for you!

Tell lazy no way!

We have too many thangs to do!

Now get out there and LIVE,  beloveds.

The louder hate gets, the louder I become. I REFUSE to allow hate to spread without me doing all I can to extinguish it.

Call me DEI because of my skin color. Call me unqualified because of my race. Ha!

Call me whatever you like, world, I KNOW who I am. I KNOW where I stand:

Ten toes down on FAITH.

100% on HOPE.

1,000,000,000 times 1,000,000,000 on LOVE.

Keep on being YOU, beloveds. Unapologetically.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hate has no place among us. Let us continue to love one another. Love WILL win in the end. WE all decide when the lights gets turned on. Mine is blazing. How about yours? Asking for billions of friends.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It was/is never about the storm.

The worst of the storm passed me by.

I was prepared.

I did not fear.

I lived through an F4 tornado in my yard, last Memorial Day Weekend.

THAT storm, helped me to prepare for, to withstand, to understand and make my way through THIS storm.

There was no warning for the tornado. There were days of warning for this storm.

Life is never really about the storm itself, beloveds. Storms happen. We prepare for them. We make it through them.

If we are smart, we waste little time railing against the coming storm or those which shall surely come.

Each storm brings out a storm of things for me to fight with and OVERCOME.

The storms are not here to break us, beloveds. Be encouraged. You SHALL make it through the storms. HOW you make it through is completely up to you.

Arrive hopeful. Remain joyful. Stay faithful.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are NOT alone. Be encouraged. You got this. You really do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Change does NOT have to be bad.

WordPress has changed how things look. I like things to be familiar. I like things how I like things. I’m having to teach myself to embrace change and not throw too many temper tantrums when they happen.

I have to admit, the changes are working for my good. initially I thought they would make things harder or take longer. I am finding they are making things. easier to do and. the experience better.

As things change in your life beloved. don’t think of change as bad. All things change. Things were never meant to be permanent.

I have been enjoying this new me. 56 sure looks good on me!

Enjoy the changes in yourself. At least, the changes are making you more interesting!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Embracing change at any age can be difficult. be encouraged. Be patient with yourself. You are doing all that you know. Let this be enough. You are right now. You are a magnificent You are wonderful. You are amazing. You are brilliant. You are successful. You are a person of integrity. You are a person full of love. Be who you are….

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

For such a time as this.

Here.

For such a time as this.

Ready.

For such a time as this.

Capable.

For such a time as this.

Able.

For such a time as this.

Resilient.

For such a time as this.

Empowered.

For such a time as this.

Chosen.

For such a time as this.

Born.

For such a time as this.

No more excuses, beloveds. We were made for this time. We got this. We can do this. Together.

Don’t despair. Keep looking UP. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep going.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is what WE make it. Let’s make it a good one, k? Love someone. Starting with you. Be encouraged.

Get into LIFE. Life is NOT on the never-ending scroll!



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

🌮 Tacos for breakfast: Don’t be afraid to be YOU.

I like weird things for breakfast.

I enjoy having breakfast items for dinner.

I like being weird.

Yesterday, I had chili for breakfast. Today, I’m having tacos for breakfast. How great is that?!

Sis thinks I eat in ridiculous combinations. I ask her who made folk the food police on what we should and should not be eating? Or, WHEN we should be eating, said “acceptable” food products?

I have been enjoying my weird. my weird has been especially weird lately.

Life is short. Get your weird on!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Rejoice in 2025. You spent too much of 2024 being all sad and wondering what the world is going on. Do something completely ridiculous. do something that will make you laugh out loud in the middle of doing the ridiculous. invite someone into your ridiculousness. Share all of you. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be yourself. So go on. Be yourself.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be intentional with your life.

I have started the year off right.

I’m getting up early. I’m getting in my hydration and nourishment.

I’m loving myself. I’m loving others.

I’m reframing my past. Yes, I have gone through some tough times, but everything was not bad. My family did the best they could with what they had. I’m moving on with a brilliant future and a wonderful present.

I have spent a wonderful day, letting folks know that they were loved and not alone. How great is that?

I have not wasted one moment worrying about bills and how I’m going to make it. I will make it some kind of way. In the meantime, I’m enjoying my life and everything that happens within it.

I can’t believe January is almost over with already. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I suggest you do the same. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have so much joy in my heart right now. I have no room for fear or doubt. Feels good….

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t let your limitations limit you.

Vertigo has been kicking my tail lately. It has come roaring back into my life in the last few days.

My vertical has not been this bad and almost a year. I think the universe gave me a reprieve because of the tornado. Or, I was too busy being  scared half to death because I didn’t have a job and trying to find one. I didn’t have time to focus on having vertigo.

I don’t let it bother me. I take my time. I live my life. I take care of myself the best I can.

Don’t allow your limitations to put a limit on what you can achieve throughout the day. Do what you can. Be patient with yourself. Be extra understanding when you’re going through tough times.

I don’t know when it became acceptable for everyone to be so hard on each other. Let’s cut each other some slack. We’re all doing the best we can with what we know.

Stop limiting how far you can go. Just go. As far as you can. As best you can.

going with you,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you waiting for? get going.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Why do I have to be the one?

Why do I have to be the one?

I don’t HAVE to.

I CHOOSE to.

Why must I always be the one to take the high road.

I don’t HAVE to.

I CHOOSE to.

Why should I be the only one trying?

I don’t HAVE to.

I CHOOSE to.

Will you be one? Will you choose to?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You don’t have to be one. Choose to be one. Choose to be one who will love and care. We will leave apathy behind. WE will leave darkness behind. We will leave hopelessness behind. In their place, we shall sow love, joy, hope and as much care as the 🌎 world can stand. Folk are waiting.  Who is with me



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Embrace the changes.

The weather has been brutal.

One minute the temperature is bitterly cold. Hours later the sun comes and hangs out with us.

I’m learning how to adapt to the changes in my life.

I have always been a creature of habit. I like things the way I like things. I have been teaching myself how to like other things!

Embrace the change in your life. Change is needed at times. Change is not meant as a punishment. Everything changes. It’s a part of life.

It’s a good thing I have decided to embrace the change. WordPress has changed how things are and it took forever figuring out where things were.

Initially, I threw a fit…

Then, I remembered I was supposed to be zen and embracing all this change nonsense and got back to embracing THIS INCREDIBLY AND ANNOYING CHANGES IN WORDPRESS. WHY, WHY, WHY IN THE FRESH HELL….okay…opposite.

Choose laughter over anger. Choose hope over fear. Choose to try rather than walk away from change.

Use 2025 for your good. There are NO victims here. If you are tired of something, change it. Change you. Turn the channel. Turn off social media. Stop following trends just for following trends sake. BE the next trend.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said. Seize these moments. You have NO idea 💡 what God and Life will do with your try. Just TRY. I dare you. Dare yourself. Challenge yourself. Who knows what your day will bring?

Be encouraged.

Do NOT waste too much of your day feeding into all the gloom and doom being tossed about.

Take some time away from your 📱 phone. I have a basket that I put my phone in every day now. Before I kept my phone within arm’s length. I just HAD to have it close by. I dared not miss the latest whatever was going on.

One day, my twin told me to turn off the phone and leave it at my desk. I gasped and told her I couldn’t. Eventually, I did. It took a while, but I relearned how to enjoy a life not chained to my phone.

Take some time. Embrace the change. Life will change on a dime. Don’t be afraid. If afraid, go an

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use your storm to show us the way.

My goal for 2025 is to use my storms, from 2024, to help someone get through their storm in 2025.

Storms come.

Storms are terrifying.

Storms are life changing.

That said, we can be a beacon in the storm.

I’m doing my best to encourage others as I continue to fight my way through my own storms. I’m trying my best to bin example for others. Maybe if folks see me going through my own storm, they will have the courage and tenacity to continue working their way through their own.

I figure I may as well use my storms for a positive purpose. I’m done lamenting all the losses through the storms. I’m digging out all of the joy and lessons from each and every storm I have gone through these past years. I have much to share with others. I hope they can use the lessons I have learned.

The world needs your story. Share yourself. We need your life lessons.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I redoubled my efforts today. Life is short….

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!