pourqoui francais???

People are always asking me, WHY DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH?

The answer is simple: BECAUSE I LEARNED IT!

that's like asking someone why they use math, or common sense, for goodness sake!
BACK OFF!

MERDE.

i now pronounce you...

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I've been such the advocate for "SINGLE FOREVER", but i love weddings! This summer my big/little cousin Keo, married her booskie! It was extremely beautiful and she looked so happy!
it was a beach wedding, and her two little boys gave her away. ADORABLE!

I don't know, recently I've been partial to the fact that I have to be married someday. It no longer angers me. I no longer want to step on roses and butterflies. PROMISE.
They say "there's someone for everybody", but trust me...this man has to be a little short of amazing. You know, forget that. He has to show NO SIGNS of insanity. That's all i want god.
I shouldn't be so anal, maybe get my feet a lil dirty sometimes.

because home is somewhere.

African American, a word that means nothing much. Somewhere in Africa, yes the entire continent, was where my family came from. Brought from...carried, shipped, all that.
Now the American part... I'm all Louisianian!
Not until recently did I find out, exactly where. In February after my late Great Grand-Mother, Mrs. Mabel Vaughn Thomas' funeral, my grandmother took me on a mini field trip to where she and her and her siblings were raised.
Interesting to say the least. I'm such a history buff, and for some reason, it filled my heart to hear my grandmother say "Here's where my daddy worked".

My "Granny" was never big on speaking about the past. I wouldn't be either, had I been a black woman raised in the 40's and 50's. That week-end she showed me everything! As a child, I remember failing a "family tree" assignment because she wouldn't tell me ANYTHING! lol.
My grandmother was the 5th child, born to Mabel and Elijah Thomas, in Chamberlin, La. They come from a family of share croppers. There are still some of the little homes in the town that are still occupied. Elijah worked in a paper mill (pictured right).

Honestly, I still couldn't tell you if I were Ghanaian, Nigerian, or Senegalese, but at least now I know something.

By the way. My great granny, Miss Mabel [Maw-Me] was a pretty awesome woman. If you live in the Long Beach, Ca area check out Mabels Gourmet Pralines
It's our family recipe and an awesome store that my aunt founded a few years ago.

(L; families church, M; Granny being disrespectful standing on graves, R; Homes)

day one.

enchante.
well this is simply my first post. hopefully by september i can definitely get this off of the groud. see you soon
aurevior.