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As I sit in my car letting the sun shine on my already melaninated(is this a word lol) face I realize that I might be strange. Then I think of how great it feels and if someone else did this they would see where I am coming from. Lol. I have watched the sunrise for the last 3 weekends in a row. Each time is different but still miraculous to me. It is an experience that I wish I could have every morning. I wish that the trees did not block my view and I could really see it break the horizon. The colors are undeniably beautiful. The peace and calm of the morning interrupted by an occasional car passing and the birds communicating with each other. Every now and then a person will jog by getting their early morning run in. But mostly it is just me and the bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. Ugh. I tolerate them for the expressed purpose of the sunrise. And they don’t bite like the sunset bugs.

I just wanted to share with you a few pictures of my weekend ritual. The collage pictures will be from the same day, but at different phases. I just take a bunch of pictures and I am suppose to go back and weed out the bad ones. Not so much, to me they are all good. Lol. Hope that you enjoy them.

Ok I have to prepare you for this one. This day I went to a different location hoping to see the sunrise a little different. It was the same sunrise because the trees were still blocking my view. The spot in Monroe, Michigan was really where I wanted to take pictures, but I was there too early and I felt weird. It was still pitch black and there was no one else out there. It just didn’t sit right. So I got a little surprise at Rotary Park in Trenton, Michigan.

Now for the surprise.

Yep, that’s a rat. Suffice it to say, I moved as fast as these little legs could to get back to the car. Ugh…I can still remember the feeling when it got close enough for me to be sure of what it was. Lol.

I actually love the sun setting more than the sun rising. The colors are like fall to me and fall is my favorite season. The colors are so rich and beautifully blended. Now I don’t really have many pictures of sunsets. I haven’t found the perfect spot yet. One day soon I will. Here is a couple of pictures I was able to get at different locations or the same location, different day.

This pic is probably my favorite because it includes my niece. She loved looking at the sunset too.

What is your favorite time of day? Have you ever purposely watched the sunrise or the sunset? Do you have a great location that you would like to share? Please drop a comment in the box below. Or as always feel free to email me at elsims27@yahoo.com. Until next post, be well and whole.

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So I am off work for a few days. It is in fact a holiday weekend and I took a couple extra days. Needed to relax and decrease my stress level. Plan was to find a couple of different places to watch the sunrise, throw away some things I don’t use, need or want and read and write a little. Oh and wash clothes 😩. I love the spot I go to but I am sure there is a better sunrise location. Probably in Michigan somewhere. I was all about it. Then this happened. Second day into my 5 days off.

I guess someone thought I had something that belong to them in my car. Obviously, I didn’t because it is my fucking car. And the things that are in it belong to me and my family. But I guess. The worst part is I am out of money to replace a window and there wasn’t really much in my car. They stole my nephew’s bookbag with his school books in it, 2 pairs of sunglasses, dirty clothes and an empty wallet. Somebody stole my dirty drawers lol. Dumb asses. Now I am going to use you as I talk about this situation from this point on. Please know that I am not referring to any of my readers. I know that this crime was not committed by anyone reading this. I am just lazy and don’t feel like making my speech generic for this whole post.

I am fighting to thrive. I am fighting to pull myself through this rough patch that I am in right now. I don’t have much. Definitely not enough for someone to take. But why would you want to take something anyway? Just as I can pull myself together every day and go punch a clock for what I need and some wants, so can most people. We all have control of the life we choose to live. Not saying that it’s always going to go our way, but each person should do their best to be who they want to be and have what they want to have. No one else should factor into the situation. If the only way that you are going to have a particular item is by taking it, it is not for you right now in your life. Not saying that it is something you will never have. Just not right now.

What God has for you is for you. What I mean by that is no amount of taking from another will get a person what God has for them. I don’t understand stealing. I don’t want anything that someone else has. It isn’t meant for me. I have a whole list of wants and needs that are specific to my life. I want a Tesla, I wouldn’t take someone else’s. I know that is an extreme example, but for real though. Hell, their Tesla may not have the amenities that I want in mine. Lol. Ok, seriously though. People assumes so much about you. That you got it going on and you can spare a little. When usually that is not true. Most people are fighting to survive and thrive in this world. They are working hard to stay on their feet and to get to the next level. How dare someone take what they have? How dare someone cause them to slide back from the place that they fought so hard to come from? Smh. As they say, “The struggle is real”. This right here is the most important. If God gave it to me I am going to get it back. Because it was meant for me. Since it was not meant for them, God is going to take it from them. It is as simple as that.

So here I am on a Tuesday still riding around with a garbage bag on my window. Actually 3 of them.

None of the businesses I contacted were open on Monday, well because it was a fucking holiday! One such business owner felt the need to check his messages and took time out of his day to give me a call on Monday. Which worked because the window had to be ordered. I have an appointment today. I am happy that I don’t have to wait another day to get it fixed. I am unhappy that what I thought was going to be some relaxing, peaceful water filled few days off turned out to add additional stress on top of what I was already trying to unload. I am okay, but I feel a little discouraged. I believe I will feel a helluva lot better when my window is fixed.

For everyone who is going through right now, I get it. Though I don’t talk about all of my struggles on this blog, I have them in abundance. This blog is meant to allow people into my life, my thoughts and various, sometimes crazy opinions. I am always hoping to connect, inspire and encourage. I don’t want a serious of posts that come off as a pity party because that is not who I am. I believe that life happens to all of us. We have the option to decide how it affects us. I want to always come out on the other side of a situation with the same upbeat attitude. I want to enjoy this life as much as possible. I want to be well and whole. And what I hope and pray for everyone is for them to be well and whole also. Love y’all 😘.

 

They say bloom where you are planted

Well I bloomed…

       Now

                       I

                               am

                                              wilting

Is it due to lack of water(peace)

Being cut off from my life force

Was I fed the necessary vitamins

1 part love

1 part understanding

1 part appreciation

1 part dedication

Is it the stress that keeps coming

In waves drowning me before I can get up

Before I can stand on my feet

If I can just stand up

I’ll be alright

I’m sure

Is it day after day of the same shit

What can I do to break the monotony

I feel like

I need to dip my toes in the water

I need to soak it up through my stem

I need all that will allow me to bloom again

The problem may be my location

Maybe where I was planted was the wrong flower pot

The wrong vase with flowers that sucked up all the water

A flower bed overgrown with weeds

Maybe I am not getting enough light

Dig me out, pull me up, lift me out and replant me

I can’t grow here with these weeds

Suffocating me

Plant me in new soil, in a pot all my own

Face me toward the sun

That is where I will thrive best

Water me

Feed me

Nourish me

Love me

I have bloomed and I have wilted

I am made new

Due to the replanting of my being

In another location, flower bed, pot, vase

I am saved