2. My last moments with my angel friend. The feeling at the hospital was heavy and full of hurt, but what outweighed that was the feelings of love. The bond I have with the people in that room is unbreakable. I will never forget those moments. I won't forget the last living moments either. Going to see Mama Mia and Life Itself together. Attending her housewarming party and Sarah's.
3. My best friend's wedding. I got to celebrate twice, almost six months apart. There's something special about seeing someone you care about getting their happily ever after. We always talked about getting married and who we would end up with. She found someone that truly loves her for all that she is. I'm thankful for that.
4. The birth of my God Son. That little boy came into this world and stole my heart. He is so cute, smart, and fun to be around. I love holding him and playing with him. I love to see him smile, laugh, clap, and attempt to point at things. I loved finding cute holiday outfits for him to wear on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. He is everything good in the world, and I'm so lucky to get to see him grow up and be part of his life.
5. Diamond concert with my mama and aunt. I love those two women, and we don't get to do so many fun things together. I think its because we all work so hard. It was great to have a night of fun together. Well deserved. Wish we could have convinced my dad to go.
6. My birthday. It was a beautiful celebration and I loved every minute of it. I'm lucky to love and be loved by so many people.
7. Completing this past semester of school. I finally got a great GPA and felt the rewards of my hard work. It was a really good feeling.
8. My little brother's high school graduation and all his senior events. I loved seeing him perform in so many Encore ensembles. Encore was so important to me in high school and it was fun watching him follow in my foot steps. He lights up on the stage. He was in chamber choir. I enjoyed hearing all those performances as well. I loved watching him get ready for Prom and was proud of him for bringing a date. I am so proud of the person he is and continues to become.
9. Going to the Zoo and exploring KC with the cousins. That was a great couple days. We had a lot of fun.
10. Cooking meals for my love and I. I always wanted to be a woman who made sure her man was fed well.I learned all kinds of new recipes and perfected the ones that I already know. The meals I make a lot include fried chicken strips, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, scalloped potatoes, quesadillas, nachos, pork chops, and pasta. I also made an entire Thanksgiving meal filled with everything he wanted. I was very proud of how the meal turned out.I made cornread, turkey legs, dirty rice, yams, macaroni and cheese. It was great.
11. Getting to decorate a home. I really enjoyed bringing different pieces together and turning a house in to a home. Working at HomeGoods helped a lot, because I had so many new ideas. Home decorating is definitely a new found passion of mine.
12. Falling in love with reading again over the summer. These are the books I enjoyed the most :
- Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie
- Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
- The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
- See Me by Nicholas Sparks
- Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- The You I've Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- After You by Jojo Moyes
- This is Me by Chrissy Metz
- Motherhood by Sheila Heti
13. Date Nights.
- We celebrated our anniversary by going to a KU Basketball game. We got to watch KU play Texas Tech. Much to my surprise, Texas Tech won. He was smiling ear to ear and all of Allen Field House had no idea how to take the upset. We then went to the grocery store and went home to make nachos for dinner.
- We spent valentine's day in a fight. I got upset, because he insisted on seeing his present before I was ready to give it to him. I had gotten him some polo clothes which I knew he would love. He gave me my gift days early. The night ended well though. He surprised me by taking me to Olive Garden and we met this cute, old couple. The man told us funny jokes and he liked bae so much that he offered him a job at a restaurant his son manages in KC.
- We went to Dave and Busters a couple of times. I enjoyed playing the basketball game and guitar hero.
- Our night at the fair. It was nice to see all the rides. I insisted that he win me a stuffed animal, because I wanted a movie moment. It was too much pressure and he was unable to do it. So I won a small elephant for myself. I named her Ellie and we still have her. We also ate funnel cake.
- We went to Bolings over the summer. But only after stopping by Princess Garden first. We walked in and realized they were only doing to go orders. The entire restaurant was booked for a wedding. All of the Asians guests looked at us surprised. They had no black guests, so we stuck out like a sore thumb.
- Movie nights. We went to see The Acrimony, Tag, and Crazy Rich Asians together. Tag was not my favorite. I fell asleep during that one. But I loved the Acrimony and Crazy Rich Asians.
- Ice skating the night before my birthday.
- Watching the fire works together on fourth of July and kissing underneath the fireworks.
- Black Friday shopping together. We hit up Walmart the night of Thanksgiving. The next day we went to the mall and got all kinds of things that we loved. We ended the day with lunch at Jack Stacks. Delicious bbq.
- We went to Kobe for some hibachi and he ordered just onions for his vegetables. They ended up giving him a huge plate of onions that was comical. We got a ton of food that day.
- We went on a double date to the pumpkin patch an got lots of cute photos.
- Seeing 2 Chainz perform at Late Night in the Phog. He even danced a little at that concert.
- Random lunch dates at the Cheesecake Factory and random breakfasts at the Big Biscuit.
- When he paid to get my nails done and I got him NBA 2k19.
- This isn't even all of them. We've had some great moments together.
14. Attending Bible Study and getting to know more people at church. I had a lot of great praise and worship moments at church. A lot of messages moved me. I am happy at the church. I also loved surprised my mom at church. She was so happy to sing with me and worship with me. The look on her face was priceless.
15. Going to all my brothers choir and band performances with my family. Just being around the house with my family. I love them so much.
16. Us young people getting the house to ourselves while my parents were in Africa. It was nice getting to bond and run the home our way for a little while.
17. The television shows that stole my heart this year.
- 90 Day Fiance/Before the 90 days/90 Day Fiance Happily Ever After
- Queen Sugar
- Love Is
- Greenleaf
- This is Us
- A Million Little Things
- Grace and Frankie
- Chewing Game
- She Gotta Have It
- Red Table Talk
- Ball in the Family
- Counting On : The Duggars
- Sister Wives
- Married At First Sight
- The Mindy Project
- Keeping up with the Kardashians (when I had time)
- Teen Mom (when I had time)
18. Celebrating Thanksgiving. We started the day with breakfast together. We then moved on to lunch with my family. Typical lunch that we all love : biryani, turkey, sambusa, catlesi, mandazi, chapati, kachori, kababu. It was delicious. We then got to spend the day with my future father in law. We went to his cousins house and met some really sweet, genuine people.
19. Christmas 2018. We threw a party on Christmas eve which I cooked for. The meal consisted of fried chicken strips, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, corn bread, cupcakes, and reindeer cookies. We started the day with another big breakfast. Waffles, hash browns, sausage, and cheesy eggs. We then got ready for lunch with my family. We went to my future father in laws and watched the christmas blackish episode. We then went back to open gifts with my family. I led the gift giving and recorded everything. There were so many laughs.
20. My last day at my old job. I am so lucky to have had the chance to work with so many beautiful people. They helped me grow and have been my family for the last 3 years. I cried the day I had to leave. Ugly tears in front of them. I brought a Thank You card for everyone that I worked with. They had a goodbye party for me with lots of snacks. It was a beautiful day. Filled with lots of love.
21. I started a new job and am finally making some money. I am still in an office and get to work with kind, friendly people. I got to take a nice professional picture. I have my own cubicle. Can't complain. All glory to God.
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