Wednesday, June 4, 2008

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO A LIFE IN TRANSITION

My first post, my maiden post was June 2, 2007 at 4:58 am. The events of the last couple of days almost made me miss marking this anniversary. It is important. And I cannot let someone Else's drama take me away from remembering and celebrating this transitioning life.

Where did the time go? and who was that woman compared to this Grown Woman today! I have been through it. I mean to walk through fire and know you were burned and yet still stand strong believing that better days are just right now. I am not concerned about tomorrow. I am rooted firmly in this moment. I am celebrating this joyous life right now. I have proven time and time again that I can do and be anything I want. That I get to decide who I want to love. I get to invite joy and peace and love in my life. I do happily.

None of the things that have happened in the last several years has killed me. Yes brought me to my knees, but on my knees is where God would have me to be. Fine tuning my prayers and giving reverence to this big life. I am grateful. I am grateful for the love that stays present in my life. I am grateful for my True Love friends, who by sheer will alone kept me moving forward, never letting me alone, never leaving me to maneuver the dark on my own. In the hardest part of the storm they surrounded me. They shielded me and they loved me. Ride or die.

I am grateful for being a mother. I am not the best or the smartest, but I am the most committed. I am the most daring and I am the most fearless. I love my children beyond this life.

Blogging has rescued this heart and soul. It has become a place of giving and taking. It has become a place of meeting and discovering. It has become my sabbatical, my ashram, my mecca, my Mount Kilimanjaro.
I have no idea if this Life in Transition will be here next year. I hope so, but most importantly, I am here now.

Happy Anniversary to A Life In Transition!

29 comments:

Missy said...

Happy Anniversary!

Sister P said...

Happy Anniversary! You said, "I have no idea if this Life in Transition will be here next year."

I know what you mean, I often think about how my blogging "season" will end...

Sista GP said...

Congratulations! One year down and many more to go!

CapCity said...

Only a year? Well, U KNOW I'm celebrating wicha, SIS! And we're gonna REALLY paint this big apple w/ pussy come the 20th! LOL! For those who don't understand or are puzzled by the pussy reference cum by:

http://pchats.blogspot.com/

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Hi Missy!
Thank You!

Sister P,
Yes I guess that is the beauty in anniversaries, you get to reflect on where you been and where you are going.

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Hey Sister GP,
Thank you! And I appreciated your kind words yesterday...truly!

Hey Capcity,
Sister I can't wait to hang with YOU...talk about SEX IN THE CITY!

A.u.n.t. Jackie said...

congrats on reaching your milestone. the tenacity to face your truth and lay it on the page is worth celebrating and it's a bless to look back at our body of work and see growth.

Stay Strong Peace & Blessed!

Piecake said...

Happy Anniversary! Enjoy all the moments

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Hey Aunt Jackie,
I do so appreciate your spirit! Your encouraging words and spit-fire spirit are comforting and inspiring! Thank you.

Hey Piecake!
Have you settled into your new digs yet? and are you ever going to post again...you are missed!

angela said...

happy anniversary sis!! i know and look forward to you having tons more blog anniversaries, and book launches, and movies, and... well, you get the picture. i thank GOD for you.

i love you!!

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Dearest Princess,

You are such a big dreamer...I Love it and I love you!

Cheers!

the prisoner's wife said...

awww...happy blogversery!!

i came on the tail end of your journey, but i'm loving the things i read & i am happy for you and the woman you are becoming!

i am amazed people keep up with how long they've been blogging. i have no idea.

Cavalor Epthith said...

Congrats from Hell on one year at the keyboard!

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Cavalor Epthith,

hhhmm, thanks! Drop in anytime.

Sharon shares said...

It doesn't seem possible that there could have been a time when I did not know of your existence and it is even more shocking to realize that that time was less than a year ago. Well, I will choose not to dwell in that darkness but will instead embrace fully the light and illumination that is YOU!

Congrats on your blogversery and once again, thank you for the gift of you that you have blessed the rest of us with ;)

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Hey Twin...I mean Triplet (Capcity make it triplets!)

Thank you very much. I feel like I have been here forever. A year doesn't quite seem long enough.

I am glad you are back from your family's month long celebration!

Next year, Capcity and I are so there!

pserendipity said...

Hey! Feels like I haven't been here in a while, and then I drop in on you anniversary..okay, a day after your anniversay. I'm late yet again, but Happy Anniversary! Keep on writin!

I got your message over at my site, but ummm, if I agonized over writing a birthday poem, I'm not reallly sure I can get down with the P chats...Lawdamercy. Let me build up the nerve. I swear, the things you try to get me to do....

All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...

happy 1 year old
u will be getting potty trained soon lol

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Hey TPW,
I am a freak for marking the passing of time.

Pserendipity,
Oh Come ON! Your poem was very beautiful! Come on...surrender to the Pussy Chats! I think you will love it!

HI Torrance,
Thanks. perhaps I will become prolific and long-standing as YOU!

KELSO'S NUTS said...

LOVEBABZ:

Congratulations on your milestone. You do beautiful work in all of your spots.

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Hello Kelso!

So nice of you to drop in! Thank you for the compliment!

Just Kel said...

Lovebabz,

Happy Anniversary and congratulations on your milestone!

Go on Grown Woman! I love this post!

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Heys Sister missknowitall!

Thanks for the kind words! I can't believe it's been a year!

Mizrepresent said...

Wonderful, so glad you made it here, so glad you have arrived, so glad to be along for the journey! We are blessed have you Lovebabz and your daily thoughts in our lives! So i say thank you!

Unknown said...

Happy Anniversary Baby!

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Thank you so much MizR. I appreciate your support and your kind words of encouragement! You know I feel the same way about you!

Oh Tony OH!
Thank you. You are a peach!

The Artist In Me said...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Continue to do what you do!
Be blessed!

alto artist said...

A little belatedly--happy anniversary! and I know that many more wonderful seasons of writing, living and loving are just ahead!

--aa.

Babz Rawls Ivy said...

Thank you Alto Artist,
I almost can't believe it's been a year!

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