Monday, November 7, 2011

What I'm ABout


I am all about being a mom
I am all about being a daughter, friend, girlfriend (someday a wife)
I am all about the worldwide orphan crisis—especially the one in this country.
I am all about getting people, worldwide, access to clean drinking water.
I am all about eradicating any form of slavery—yes people, it still exists.
I am all about being a goofball
I am all about watching reality TV while I cringe as I write that.
I am all about God and who He is and what He has done in my life
I am all about loving my neighbor—no matter what.
I am all about raising my son to know who he is—not just as a man of color, but that he has a wonderfully amazing Ethiopian heritage.
I am all about being proud of who you are
I am all about self confidence and not letting people pigeon hole you.
I am all about speaking to my son in Amharic, even if it makes some people uncomfortable.
I am all about love
I am all about giving of my time, talent and treasure to help someone.
I am all about giving back to my community because, why shouldn’t we?
I am all about feeding people who are hungry
I am all about being aware of what’s going on in other parts of the world.
I am all about travel
I am all about gratefulness
I am all about being born and raised in Southern California, but can appreciate other places too
I am all about faithfulness
I am all about freedom of speech, even if I don’t like what you have to say. Hey, you may not like what I have to say either and that’s ok.
I am all about agreeing to disagree.
I am all about Disneyland
I am all about the Lakers
I am all about quality time
I am all about being authentic
I am all about honesty—even when it sucks
This is just the short list…for now!!!

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