Love is…

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Love is beautiful. The word love is all encompassing. It’s so broad but so simple. Psychologists have come to define love in a few different categories. A quick Google search can summarize it for you, but to quickly note it in this post, here are the components and types of love. Three components of love are intimacy, passion and commitment. Three Greek types of love are Eros, Philia and Agape. And love can be seen in three types of relationships, romantic, familial and friendship.

God is love and God’s love is the agape kind. The highest form of love, unconditional and selfless.

I do think that love is taught. Whether it’s taught in how it’s shown or learned from what’s not shown. I unfortunately learned from the latter. I knew what I hadn’t received and I knew that different and better was out there. I was able to test it out in my first real relationship at 19 years old.

Oddly enough, I was able to sit down with my first boyfriend recently and we chatted about our past and who and what I was to him back then. It was a blessing to hear what I did at 19 years old after not being taught or shown love. I guess it was just God given, so it was just in me.

I’m glad that over the years I’ve been able to still operate in love despite not receiving it in return. I love love and love will always be the thing that I want to lead with. I pray that the world could/will follow suit because love is truly beautiful. Love makes everything better. When you finds God’s love, self-love should follow and the love for you neighbor can and will come easily.

Just a few things I love!

Found in Walmart
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Memory Lane: Do y’all remember this song?

“The word “love” is a hell of a word to be sayin’. If you don’t know how to use it with caution,
it’s a death-defying game to play. And when you’re thinking of, the one you want to get next to, make sure it’s a mutual feeling…” -Take Your Time -Mo Thugs

I used to sing that song word for word when I was younger. I haven’t heard it in decades but the lyrics always come to mind. So I had to go find it on Youtube. LOL!

Happy Valentine’s day Lovers,

Sincerely, Angie ❤️💕

My Love Letter to: 2025

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We have about 4 days left before 2026 enters the chat. With the God that I know, anything and a lot can happen in 4 days, but I just have to dote on 2025. I noticed how much we tend to count down and plan for the next holiday, blessing, birthday, big event or the next year, without fully acknowledging the here and now. A silent goal I have been focusing on, is to be content in whatever season and moment I am in.

Society, social media, the world, etc. tells us to be on go mode and grind all day, every day. I did that about 15 years ago. I burned myself out and I’ve learned that it’s not worth it, for me. I did the grinding in my twenties. Now at 41, securing my future while enjoying my present(literally life itself, is a gift) is my priority. Living in the now and enjoying any and everything I do and taking it, for what it is.

In 2025, I learned to fully acknowledge my light, my life and how grateful I am to be me. I’ve always known that I was a creature of habit but it didn’t really hit until while on Facetime calls, my cousin would always compliment my life. I’ve been hearing and seeing the term “romanticize your life” and subconsciously, I’ve been doing that for two decades and never realized it. It’s my life, so it’s normal for me but when other people notice it and point it out, you have no choice but to acknowledge how blessed you are.. I love my nighttime routine. I love that I only work three days a week and anything extra is overtime and optional. I love that some days, I can sleep until 11a and feel great about the much needed rest. I love that some days I have a to-do list with 5-8 goals and other days, I sit in one spot and watch tv shows and movies all day. It’s all about balance.

2025 isn’t even a milestone year for me but its impact will definitely be one to remember. A year for realization, boundaries, spiritual growth, healing, relearning and extending even more grace than ever before. Discipline, letting go and sticking to my word, are things that are also teaching me more and more about my abilities. Creating daily to-do list has been really satisfying as well.

God, thank You for Your divine timing and allowing 2025 to be THE year. You knew I was ready and You knew everything I needed this year, to get me to all of my dreams and desires. 2025 was a quiet but very loud year for me. This year was the year that showed me that it was truly time to make moves. Thank God for answered prayers! Happy holidays and happy new year everyone! Be blessed!

Sincerely,

Angie

Thankful for Healing

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“There’s only so much healing that can be done in isolation. You have to be triggered by the real world to see if the healing works.” -Crissle

I told y’all a few posts ago that I am finding out a lot about myself in this season of my life. I was always sure of who I was/am. Not in the sense that I can’t learn more about me but I thought that at the core of me, I knew me. Well little did I know, it would be “AI” to show me, that I, indeed have work to do. Deep rooted childhood work.

There’s a trend on TikTok of mostly women, using Gemini(AI) to merge pictures of current them, hugging their younger self. I love me so much that I thought it would be great to see a picture of little me and big me in one picture. Baby, little did I know, little me needed that hug I saw in the picture. Of course it’s AI but I’m a visual person, so, I sobbed. I sat with a friend and shared it with them also and I sobbed even more.

Even though I am the “strong one”, behind these walls, rests someone who is indeed vulnerable and has questions that need answering. I’d say 25 year old me to 41 year old me has life under control. Twenty-four year old me on back, needs a bit of clarity. Forty-one year old me is secure, confident, loyal, at peace, happy, content, growing, learning, living by faith, comfortable, stable, trustworthy and so much more. But there’s a part of me that was triggered by that picture. Now I have to get with her and see why and what she has to say.

You can navigate the world so much better when you are in charge of you, your emotions and your well being. It’s easier to have compassion and sympathy for others when you realize that every day is a journey and everything is not a personal attack. This understanding and knowing comes from learning yourself and having grace. So here I am, doing both, learning myself and giving myself grace. There’s no way you can know that there is a part of you that’s hurting and you do nothing to fix it. Let the healing begin! #HappyHealing

  • Part of this post was written months ago. It wasn’t until recently that I read it and decided that now is the perfect time for it.
  • I read a book on Inner Child Work, you can check it out here. It’s an e-book that was written by my Therapist cousin Arianne Washington with Elite Therapy. Visit https://www.elitetherapy.love/

Sincerely,

Angie