my amazing friend hustle was just telling me the other day how he had this urge to write yet nothing was ready to come out…must say tonight i can relate so as usual my incredibly amazing friend i am sounding an echo…

so much joy to share…i feel as if the 007 is really going to be a special year.  one of my oldest and dearest friends proposed to his daughters’ mother a few weeks ago and just this week another friend and his girlfriend welcomed their angel nyla jade simone into this wonderful world. and can’t forget my favorite echo just welcomed home his brand new niece…one more angel sent from up above… i have two weddings to go to so far this year…another blackout god has found his goddess and trace, i got you girl…my ticket and hotel have been booked! 

with all the love going on around me i guess i can’t help but get caught up and enjoy the vibe.  if i have learned one thing in my life it is that you have to accept what is put in front of you and decide how you want to deal. 

someone asked me how the new year has treated me and i had to hesitate before i answered.  i realize that i am still very saddened by losing derrick.  he was a very good friend but i am also a firm believer that we are only on this earth as long as we’re supposed to be on this earth and not a moment longer.  i know that just like atari, derrick will live on in my heart and my memories.  and with that i have been able to begin making peace with his passing.

i’ve also experienced other small obstacles already but i know that they won’t last. i’ve also seen the beginning of many beautiful opportunities.  this year is going to be magnificent.  things are going to finally fall into place.  and not because i will force them but because it is time for them to come together. 

january is coming to an end and i can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.  love is in the air.  it is resonating from the babies and the couples and i’m under the spell.  i feel love.  i smell love.  i breathe love. and for once i am not afraid of it.  i am ready to not only trust my life in his hands but my heart too.  that’s a big one for me.  don’t know if i’ve been there before.  but i’m getting there now.  one day at a time.

i don’t expect things to change overnight.  in fact i would be frightened if they did.  i’m happy to go at a pace that lets me enjoy every moment.  my stanford sister is going to read this and gasp that i’m being so blase because if it were up to her i would be walking down an aisle tomorrow…i think she just wants to wear a pretty dress…lol…for real i know she just wants me to be happy.  i want the same happiness for her be it in south america or the south bronx!  

me?  i want to be happy.  i will be happy because it is a choice.  we can walk through life and hold onto the bitterness and anger of past experiences or we can learn the lessons that were meant for us and release the pain.  we can hold onto the good that has been given to us or we can be blinded by our rage.  i am choosing to hold onto only good this year.  i am choosing to only allow positive energy and love into my world. 

guess i really am charmed because i am happily under a spell…

til next time…besos baby!

after searching multiple stores i have found the old audrey hepburn film breakfast at tiffany’s…i simply adore this movie…its almost tragic…yet its one of those films that craves love.

holly golightly is so many women i know and i think that might be why i feel such a kinship to the movie.  i think everyone has a lil of holly in them.  she is this beautiful, innocent (but not really), charming girl living well outside her means and narrowly escaping danger at every turn.  but who can fight her logic…nothing bad could ever happen to you at tiffany’s!

i think i’m going to take a page out of the movie and plan a day of doing things i have never done…not quite sure when the day will be but maybe…hmm…i know i’ll give myself a deadline…i will plan to have my day of firsts before the end of february…anyone wanna be my fred baby for the day and join me???

that’s all for now…look for a real blog coming soon…and don’t forget February first is the start of AVENUE 1 radio being hosted by yours truly the Urban Diva, Verseman and El COnquistador himself Chuck Holliday.

til next time…besos baby