I Believe!!!

So welcome to day 12 and today's topic is what do I believe?

At first reading of this question I wondered what to write. Should I get all spiritual, philosophical, psychological and other cool words that end in al. But I guess I will just hit some key bullet points:

• I was put on this earth by God to fulfill a purpose, I believe that purpose is to help people achieve their full potential and find some sort of wellness by being supported.
• I believe that there are several people out there for you but we only have that one person who compliments you (also known as a soul mate)
• I believe in God and am thankful everyday for experiencing his wonders and grace
• I believe that we are all good but at any time with a triggering event can do evil things
• I believe that love does conquer all
• I believe that the little bubble I live in may make me naive but it is a wonderfully happy place to be :)
  

These are a few of my favorite things...

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Day 11: my favorite TV shows... So I love watching tv but now that I am working on my dissertation I gotta stay focused and DVR so much stuff. TV is my way to escape and relax but most of the time I am watching shows that remind me of work or just scary things in the world. But I do have some happy shows also. So not necessarily in my favorite order, these are all of the shows I enjoy watching..

• Law and Order (original)



• Law and Order SVU



• How I Met Your Mother



• Southland



• Parenthood



• Dexter



• Scrubs



• The Simpsons



• Chappelle Show (canceled but still funny)



• The Closer

Well, I could go on, but these are the shows that I will watch over and over and possibly own the DVD's.

What do I gotta be afraid of?!?!?

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Day 10: Something your afraid of...

Well this is something that I am very aware of and try to work on very much. I am afraid of losing control. For me I love to plan and when it does not go as imagined I feel horrible and I am afraid of the anger it brings up in me. I don't like that part of me. I don't like how being in control is such a big part of my life, but also something that I struggle with.

Something else that I am afraid of is that I can not have kids. Kinda goes with the whole control thing. I have had this fear since I was a teenager. It is not that I wanted to have kids as a teenager, but in the back of my mind has been this fear. I want to have kids, I want to birth a child with the man I marry and raise children. Don't get me wrong, if I can not have kids I will adopt but their is something about seeing what a little Keyta would be like.

Both fears I do pray about and I leave in God's hands.

My friends...the other loves of my life

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Day 9: A picture of your friends...

I love to brag that I have the best friends in the world. There are at times when I wish that I had a larger group of friends, but I realize that I have a small nit group of friends and I love and cherish them.

Let's start with my oldest friend Kara Danielle... She is the bright spot in my life. She is such a warm, caring and loving person. She treats me like family and it is genuine. I truly can not imagine my life without her. I can tell her anything and she still loves me unconditionally. I trust her with my secrets and my life. If I did not have a sister, Kara Danielle would be it, well, I take that back, she is my sister.



I love our story of she made me become her friend by spending me off to college with stationary and self addressed stamped envelopes. That is how we bonded. I can see me growing old with great grandkids and Kara still in our lives sitting on the porch with me and us telling the kids how we became and remained best friends.


Danae, the little one is a great person who is also in my life. She is so kind and sweet. I still remember that in 11th grade she grabbed the turkey from my chef salad and from that a friendship was born. Her and I did not become closer until I came back in 2006 and we are still going stronger. She helps me when I need someone to talk to and she is such an great part of my life.

Danae is also one of those friends that will be in my life for years and years. She is my ultimate drink wine and watch Law and Order friend, even if we seen it hundreds of times. This is one of my favorite pictures of her and Kara.

Oh the places I love

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Day 8: a place that I have traveled to..

Well, there are sooo many places that I have traveled to because I love exploring new places, cultures, foods and environments. I don't know what my life would be without the beauty and the blessed ability to travel.

Last year my 30 by 30 was to go to new places and to increase the number of states I been too. Thankfully I was able to add on six wonderful new places. Unfortunately I did not take pictures every place I visited but here is one of my favorite pictures the just reminds me of beauty and peace. This was taken in November 2010 while in D.C. with Caleb. I will add more pictures later.

Do I love movies?!?!?!?

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Day 7: Favorite Movies

Oh my goodness, I love movies. I used to work at Blockbuster as a teenager and the biggest perk for me was that I got to get 5 free rentals a week!!! And the other super cool thing is that the 5 could be ANY movie I wanted, even ones that were not available to rent yet. Yeah, I had it like that lol. Hands down that was my best job as a teenager and I would have stayed and moved up to manager but my education was FAR more important and Alma College was waiting for me.

Well to start back from the beginning, my mom really inspired my love for movies. As a child she used to take me, my sister and brother to the movies downtown Cincinnati. For me as a little kid it was AWESOME. I think watching movies at a young age is why I am so imaginative. But here are a couple of the movies that I love and will watch over and over again. I hope that you have atleast heard of these movies if you have not yet seen them. Trust me you will love these.

Meet Joe Black: one of the only movies in which I fell in love with Brad Pitt. This movie is loosely based on the classic Death Takes a Holiday (which I did not see). But I adore the story line, I think the movie was wonderfully written, acted and every time I watch it I cry. This is how bad I love this movie, I brought the 2 VHS tapes when it first came out, and once it came on DVD I gave it to my Boston College lab partner. In college and grad school I got so many of my friends to watch this movie and I think they appreciated it. I even watched this on t.v. when it came on a couple of years ago, that is how much I can not get enough of this movie.

The Little Mermaid: Favorite cartoon and movie of all time. I read Hans Christian Anderson's version as a child and cried my eyes out. When it came out on VHS my mom rented it and we watched it as a family. I think my siblings and mom was not too impressed but 9 year old Keyta was in love. I wanted everything Little Mermaid inspired and was just so obsessed. When it came back out in the theaters 10 years later I was at the Friday night opening as if I never seen the movie. I know every song and can be called a fanatic.

The Princess Bride: the setting is in one of my favorite time periods, a young and very attractive Cary Elwes and a very humorous and romantic story. A true classic in my mind.

The Usual Suspects: One of the movies I remember seeing with just my sister. The acting, cast, story was so refreshing it was difficult to not walk out of the screening and not want to be like Keyser Soze.

Brother Bear: I love this cartoon for the simple fact that it reminds me of my brother Geoffrey. I can not watch this movie too often because I just cry and cry. But it is sweet, cute and touching.

Kiss the Girls: This has an older Cary Elwes but Morgan Freedman and Ashley Judd really make this book turned screenplay a chiller. I watch this movie every time it is on tv even though I own it.

Space Balls: I am so not into Star Wars and I love how Mel Brooks makes fun of it in a way that is spot on and side splitting. I love this movie and can watch repeatedly.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: this movie scared me as a child because hearts were being removed from people's chest. I went to the cheapee show with my family to see this and loved the action, had a major crush on Harrison Ford but very afraid of losing my heart lol..

Well here were some of my favorite movies, many of them not very current but quite enjoyable and I would bet money that you would love them.

Just looking at you makes me smile...

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Day 6: A picture of something that makes me happy.

Well the picture I wanted to post was the family picture of me, my sister, my brother and my mom. Because of some computer issues I can not post it :( That picture makes me smile just now thinking of it. I love looking at my family and it is truly beautiful.

SO my dilemma was, what would be a close second?!?!? I love my friends and thinking of them make me smile and I love my boyfriend and he makes me smile also. How about the best of both worlds. This picture is one of my favorites. It has my best friends in it and it also captures activities I love: being with friends, being with the man I love and drinking wine.