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Are you answering to the right title?

Last night I was having one of those heart felt conversations with my husband and I can't really remember the exact question that I asked and he responded "well baby you are a Housewife now..." 

*Gasp* 

*clutches pearls* 

*deep sigh* 

Sir....WHAT??? 

HOW? 

And WHEN did I become that? Did I ask you for that title? *laughs hysterically*  but seriously I did not and now I feel as if I have this title that I now must live up to (sidebar: I was very content with just being a mother and a wife to be honest). 

Here's the thing, I enjoy being home with my boys. I mean, who doesn't want to have the opportunity to raise their children without the worry of going to work everyday!? I've had the opportunity to stay home, at minimum, for the first year of their lives until I went back to work but with the baby I've been home 20 months now and it has been way more harder than I expected to find a job and at times down right depressing BUT I've decided to stop complaining and let God have his way. 

So to my surprise, I have this new title, that I did not ask for, and I'm not sure what to say about it. Like do I live up to this Housewife title, who according to Wikipedia is: "a woman whose main occupation is running or managing her family's home—caring for and educating her children, cooking and storing food, buying goods the family needs in day-to-day life, cleaning and maintaining the home, making clothes for the family, etc.—and who is generally not employed"......... Or do I demand my right to my own title: to be a partial stay home mom who lives off of Starbucks and gawks at her children all day (lol) and partial 'Mini Mogul in the Making?" 

Of course I would choose the latter but honestly I am living all three: Housewife, stay home mom that gawks at her kids and Mini Mogul in the Making. 

The thing that troubled me, however, was the title that I was given without my knowledge of it and it made me think about other titles that we've "allowed" people to give us that aren't really who we are. Titles that push us back, like: failure, has been, worthless, lazy...etc (typing that started depressing me) so imagine what it does to your spirit when you actually hear those words spoken about you. To realize that this is what someone classifies you as and knowing deep in your heart that's not who you are. 

So I ask you today.......what title have you allowed to be placed on you that does not speak of you and what are you doing to change that? 

Will you take on the title of your birthright and allow the ones given to you by God himself to reshape and recreate who you really are? 

He has called you "Prosperous, Blessed, Wonderful, trustworthy, Heir to the throne, The apple of His eye, the salt of the earth...." Will you allow those titles to minister to your spirit and awaken the true you? Won't you allow it today? 

This Is a True Story....

The Motivation for me, was them telling me what I could not be......

Woke up this morning with my future on my mind....my goals that need to be fulfilled and God's destined will being manifested in my life! 

Let's go Dream Chasers! Let's do it! 

Psalms 103:5.....He will renew my Youth as the Eagles

I attended a birthday party for my sons Godbrother yesterday and just like the kids I wanted to play all the games........not in the least bit that I am a gamer but I was their Mom, standing there, overdressed for the occasion but showing my sons that I'll be the mom that they want to bring to school and not the one they kiss at the car and tell her "it's ok mom you don't have to come inside with me" lol! 

In all seriousness, how amazing is God that here I am, standing tall when just a year ago I was laying on my death bed with no prospects of life. So tall, that what was meant to destroy me has catapulted me into my destiny. 

What do you seek from Him that you think impossible for him to do? 

Look at me the stroke victim turned victor and then look at your situation and say "HE IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT I COULD EVER ASK OR THINK OF". 

Won't He do it? 

The teacher that was willing to be taught by her student

When I first started working in the classroom as a substitute teacher, I was only 4 years older than some of the kids I was "teaching". I developed strong bonds with just about all of them but no one really knew that the infamous "Miss G" was a name given to me by one of the students who was just fed up with not being able to pronounce my maiden name at the time "Grodger". Today was 'Parents day' at camp for the boys and of course Isaiah (or his Godfather) failed to tell me until I pulled up to drop them off. So of course you know I stayed and to my greatest surprise I ran into the young man who gave me that name. He told me that he had been incarcerated for some time, came home, went back and woke up one day & said he had to do better. He enrolled in school & is now working on a trade. I told him I had searched high and low for him & couldn't wait for day that I saw him to thank him for this name that stuck with me for so long. He made a comment to me about some regrets that he had & I decided to share my story with him. He stood in amazement when he heard that I almost didn't make it and thanked me for sharing my story & told me he promised not to give up. He asked me why I left the classroom & if I didn't know what an impact I made on all of them & I shared with him why I left. I shared my future goals & dreams for the youth of my community & avenues that I wanted to take. My student transformed into my teacher & told me what this generation really needed & how I had to draw them. I listened to him, with tears in my eyes, encouraged by his growth & his ability to still make me laugh. I took notes and heed to his suggestions.  
So I ask you today, how many of the "students" in your life have you turned away because you were too good of a "teacher" in your role!? And what if God sent them with the answer that you needed to get from where you are to where you need to be? 
I want to thank you Adrece......in my eyes you'll always be one of my babies but today you also became my teacher!
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From the womb to the tomb.....From now until my doom...