Count Your Blessings

What a simple, but beautiful day, today has been. It is a day that made me just want to focus on all I have, and therefore give little to no thought, to what I want or do not have. I feel that there are times that we, and please know that when I say “we” I am including myself when reflecting about these situations . I have a really good life. I am loved dearly and so sweetly by my husband and my daughter. I have a family who loves me and are dearly devoted to me, as only family can be. I am writing for myself, for my life as my bold career move from being a classroom teacher to becoming a FULL TIME Children’s Book Writer. And as I embark on this new career move, I am finding myself and therefore feel like I am slowly but surely unlocking the doors that I had forgotten about. Doors that didn’t deal with all of my insecurities, fear of rejection, frustration towards my parents, hang-ups that are the result of being a Black woman in a White patriarchal  society. But focusing on your blessings does motivate you to keep dreaming and pursuing all of those dreams.