OMG, this vegan/vegetarian thing!

I post for no one in particular & I don't really expect anyone to read them, I jus post to reduce the amount of time I talk to myself ;-)

Anyway, this vegan/vegetarian lifestyle is like...WHOW!!! I'm tellin you I have watched some CRAZY videos! A vids about slaughtering animals?! YIKES! Countries where dogs and cats are eatin on the regular?! GOOD GRIEF!
Then in the comments, alot of times there's at least one carnivore who is upset by something that was said on the video or in the comments. It's very much like watching the videos about people's beliefs. There's always someone in the comments cussin them out, callin them stupid, or they're spouting off all they "know" about what God is not.
Thank goodness we have the right to our own opinion.

I chose to go vegan/vegetarian because I'm tired of my stomach being bloated at the end of the day. No, I wouldn't want animals to be slaughtered the way I've seen in some of these vids but, I know for a fact that not all of them are being treated that way anymore. One of my sisters is married to a man that is building a house for them. I call it 'Little house in the Big Woods' - yes, like the book. They are raising a cow and her calf for milk and meat. And I know good and doggone well that they are not going to beat that cow down before they eat it. These large corporations are completely blind to the purpose of their company...to feed people. Actually, there is no reason for animals to be treated or housed the way they do. But I also know that whoever is over them, and whoever is over them has pressured alot of companies into making more and more because of greed. It's very disappointing that the U.S. is seen as such a land of opportunity, when all the while you have ppl who will make sure you feel like you don't belong...so much so they will poison the food. I can only imagine how pissed some of those companies must be knowing that ppl have the ability to put information out on the web about the jacked up way they treat animals and evil, slight of handed ways they've chosen to slowly kill off majority of society.


Yet I am so glad that I still have an option to eat what I want. Because I'm quite sure these companies will make their money off of all the ppl who are willing to continue to suffer with food allergies and annoyances but with all that I am learning about a plant-based lifestyle...I will survive!!!

Again with this hair thing :-)

Man, i have learned so much on this natural hair journey!!! It's incredible to me the amount of information there is out there now about taking care of natural hair! Then all the products there are to choose from - especially inexpensive stuff that has been around forever, practically. I LOVE IT! Almost everyday I'm in the mirror looking at the texture of my hair, do any of you do that? I remember when I was in school and there were girls who wore their hair natural and I would think, "man, that stuff looks so dry" and I would wonder how it look first thing in the morning and what they did with it. I'm so sure that those same gals are happy they stuck to it, being natural, and are excited about the help and products that are out there now! I wash and put my hair in twist (my fav!) because I have to leave it for weeks at a time but, I itch to do something different the WHOLE TIME. I don't know what kind of nut-job I will become when it grows longer! I'M EXCITED!!! yes, and a little off ;-) happy hair journey :-DDD

A lil sumpin for my gals (all races and nationalities) :-)

Why torture yourself?

I realized today that no matter what, someone is going to have something to say about you. The difference is...you don't have to accept it. Maybe not everyone has had a problem with bullying or being teased but, for those who have it can be more than hurtful. Watching Dr. Oz today there were young women struggling with anorexia nervosa and a one who was actually dealing with the belief that she was "disgusting." I thought about when I was in school and someone chose to call me ugly. That stuck with me for a long time. Looking at that one girl, thinking about others that I've talked to about self esteem made me realize that although I could encourage and uplift females but, I still was unable to uplift myself. It wasn't until after I gave birth to my second child that I even LIKED the person I saw in the mirror. I didn't want my daughter to have low self esteem. I refused to let her go to school feeling she was less than anyone else. I wanted her to believe she could do anything. These were the same things I was telling other little girls, my friends, and anyone who talked about failing or feeling less than.
Honestly, we are not going to stop little kids from teasing or bullying. What we CAN do is continue to uplift children we're around. When we're can be sure the child will know we're playing (by hugging and laughing with them) it's ok to tease. But we should pay attention when a child feel struck buy what you said. Have some empathy. So what, you were teased as a child and no one was there to lift you up, does the child you are hurting have anything to do with that? Do you realize that it is obvious that you haven't gotten over what was said to you?
Being labeled 'ugly' stayed with me for a long time. It's not about who said it, it's about what I thought about me. Yes, there were adults who would randomly tell me that I was 'cute', 'pretty', and one wonderful lady would often tell me that I was 'beautiful' but, no one my age could seem to tell me that, and at the time THAT is what mattered most. My mother assured me that I was not 'ugly' but I felt it was her job as a mom to tell me that. And it was her job, but I just couldn't BELIEVE it because it mattered so much to me what others said. That is the real problem. I needed a peer to help me with my self-worth.

It's important that we assure our child that their self-worth is more than how the world sees them. They are worth something because they exist. We, as adults, must know our own worth, it is more than our jobs. Self-worth is what you mean to yourself. Look in the mirror...YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!

Whyyyyyyy, must I take Composition II?!?

I hated Composition I yet being a student, I'm forced to take Composition II. I even have a great instructor who is an accomplished writer herself...I just dread the the papers. There's the compare/contrast paper, the descriptive paper, the persuasive, the argumentive, and the ever so wonderful RESEARCH paper. OMG!!! I used to enjoy writing. Any of those papers would've been fun for me but after getting an Associates in the Arts of Business (I don't know why) from the University of Phoenix, I just can't stand to have to do any focused writing. My Comp I instructor had the class create these blogs and turn in assignments in this way. He was flighty, you would never know what he would assign one day to the next but he was interesting. He told us on the first day that his was the class guaranteed to mess up our GPA. Well, I got a B+ and I wasn't mad about it. He wasn't difficult, just different. Because I like this instructor (for Comp II) I'm going to do my best but, it is not going to be easy to push myself into work I'm not interested in anymore. This instructor likes for us to choose topics we are interested in...I've never done that before because I usually want to do a subject that will be interesting to the teacher/instructor. Well that is definitely not happening this time. My first paper, compare/contrast, is going to be on natural/permed hair. I have to do something to keep me awake. I'll post it and see what people think.
Also it is Black History Month, so I will try and post various Black History facts that I find interesting or didn't know. If you knew them I apologize but, again, they will be facts that I find interesting or I didn't know :-)  Later...