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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

Yes, You Can Save and You Can Save NOW!

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Truth is, it’s 2025, you should already be saving. If Hurricane Katrina didn’t teach us anything twenty years ago, it taught us that we should have a rainy day fund, or in Louisianians case, a hurricane season stash. Everyone doesn’t live in Louisiana, so COVID-19 should’ve taught us that having a savings account with enough in it to get by during a trying time, is necessary. At least six months worth of bills and living expenses.

Don’t believe the lies you’ve been telling yourself. Yes you can save and you can start today. I’m not going to reiterate the millions of ways you can save. I have many posts under the budget tab with tips and tricks on saving. This post is the reality check you need. In the day and time that we’re living in, it may seem hard to save but the reality is, everything is not always what it seems. And our minds are playing tricks on us. We have to have mind control over Deebo! With the state of the world and the economy, having money to spare is paramount.

If you can shop, you can save!

If you can go out to eat, you can save!

If you can go to happy hour, you can save!

If you can buy gifts for yourself and others, you can save!

What you need is discipline and to sacrifice for a few months to a year or more to realize that everything you think you need, is all in your head. You don’t need it, you want it. And everything you really need, is on the other side of your sacrifice. In this season, you’ll have to learn the difference between needs, wants, priorities, your “why” and sacrificing for a bit of time, to get to the future you want. So this blog post isn’t laced with tips or tricks. Just do it. No more excuses, because excuses keep you comfortable. Growth comes when you get out of your comfort zone. Time is not standing still and life can and will life when it wants to. Don’t put off any longer what you CAN actually do today. Save your money now so that your money can save you later, if you need saving. Otherwise, it’ll save you from a lifetime of lack, borrowing and missing out on an abundant life.

Sincerely,

Angie

Mother’s Day Blues

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A mother, by definition, is:

Noun: a woman in relation to her child or children.

Verb: 1. bring up (a child) with care and affection. 2. give birth to.

Literally one of a few things that every human being has, is a mother. It could be a biological mother, adoptive mother, spiritual mother, mother figure, god mother, step mother, mother in love or mother in law. There is a woman in our lives that has birthed us, nurtured us, loved us or raised us.

Today, we give thanks to those women. No one is perfect at everything and there is no rule book to being a parent. Most mothers do what they saw their mother’s do or what they knew to do but I believe that everyone did what they could.

In the eyes of some children, teens or now adults, what their mother did could’ve been better. My mama for sure did what she could. For that, I am grateful. I focus on the positive things. We were never hungry, without clothes or a roof over our head. She is 77 years old. I’m grateful she’s still here and able to live independently and without any assistance.

I saw a video yesterday on Instagram, asking if you came back in another life, would you want your mother to be your mother again. My answer is complicated but simple. If I want to be me in another life, she would have to be my mother again. Everything about her and my childhood made me who I am, and I absolutely love me so…

I’ve always mentioned that I didn’t grow up with love, being shown love or even been told “I love you” unless there was at least alcohol or beer around. Even still, I can count the number of times it was told to me.

As I mentioned, she did what she knew to do and she did what she could. I’m grateful for her. When I become a mother, I will do a lot differently. My child will be conceived in love, showered with love, shown love, told love, and will know the truth of God’s love for us all.

So, happy Mother’s day to each mother and mother figure. Keep doing your best and if you can do better than your best, do that. You are literally changing someone’s life. I’m grateful for my mother and our relationship is fine. I only wished that the relationship was different, better. So this is my mother’s day blues because I’m grateful for my mother and I’m still praying for the day to become a better mother to my child than mine was to me.

Sincerely,

Angie