30 Days of Thanks... My cooking abilities...

 

This is one of my plates... I started cooking when I was a little kid. I believe that I was around the age of 8.. See living with my mother and my grandmother.. My grandmother had real bad epilepsy.. She burned her hand to the bone one day and vowed never to get neat the stove anymore. Then if it was left up to my mom, we would ate bacon and eggs and fried chicken the rest of our lives.. I think that was the only thing she knew how to cook. 

My auntie and my cousin ann, were EXCELLENT cooks.. I learned from them.  Then when I got older.. I just started doing everything myself. 

I started collecting recipes and trying them out.. Then later on in life i started making up my own. 

Cooking makes me happy.. It is something that I know I am good at. 

One day I want to be able to start my own business.. I am no chef, yet I am a COOK.. 

I thank God everyday for this blessing...

Day 9... When words can't be spoken..

I keep quiet about a lot of things.. 

Even when I try to speak, It seems that no one listens..

At times I feel invisible.. 

Wanting someone to notice me.. 

Waiting for the day that my Voice can be heard..

I don't want to sound angry, upset, or sad..

So I keep to myself and remain Silent..

Until the day my words will be able to express the way I feel.. 

Day 9... The Day I got Sucked in... (When I found the World Wide Web)

It was back in 1997.. I begged and begged my mother to help me get a computer..

I didn't know many that had one, but one of my co workers found him a boyfriend on some site..

So I was like hmmmmmmmmm!! 

My 1st computer was a built computer.. One of my mother's friends did that for a living..

That spring day I was automatically hooked.. I stop going places.. All I wanted to was sit at home and surf the net..

The 1st thing I got hooked on was porn.. I swear so much porn was EVERYWHERE.. Me being in lust with women that was the excellent get away for me. I know that I couldn't really act out or confess my lusting so this was HEAVEN to me. 

Then I found this site WBS it was on infoseek.. I was in the chat room African Americans...

This is where I found a friend for life. He was a writer, poet, and a graphic designer..

He was the one to inspire me to write out my feelings.. He was the one that showed me the tricks and trades of doing graphics.. My first short story was in his first web magazine.. I felt so accomplished.. He made me find myself.. To this day we are still cool friends.. 

Ever since 1997 I have been hand and hip to my computer (s)...

I've met some AWESOME people.. I am glad I was being persistent.. I can't live without it..