Tag: peace
Posted on January 9, 2020
by Shakiyla
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If you could be any wild animal, what would you be? I legitimately asked myself this the entire time I was on the safari in Kenya. Would I want to be as quiet and meek as an elephant or as bold and alert as… Continue Reading “Nairobi, Kenya”
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Category: Life., travelTags: africa, animals, big5, blackwomentravel, creation, God, growth, humbled, kenya, maasai, nairobi, nature, peace, photography, reservations, safari, travel, traveltour, tribes, wildcats, wildlife
Posted on June 10, 2018
by Shakiyla
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This is my first time posting on the website since I made the decision to have a complete abdominal hysterectomy. I felt myself walk away from writing. I felt myself walk away from opening my heart to the world (or at least the small… Continue Reading “I am Woman.”
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Category: Life.Tags: adoption, africa, barren, Black women, childbirth, christianity, endometriosis, growth, healing, hysterectomy, love, nature, peace, photography, singleness, woman, womanhood
Posted on March 31, 2015
by Shakiyla
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Firstly, I really just want to thank everyone for the ABUNDANCE of support and prayer thus far. It’s only been a few days and I am still overwhelmed with thankfulness. My family and friends have for the most part been extraordinarily supportive and with… Continue Reading “The Adoption: Welcome”
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Posted on June 15, 2014
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Let me preface this blog with a couple of things: 1. The title wasn’t meant to trick you into reading it. No where in here do intend on twisting my words and giving my moms any recognition dealing with Father’s day. I titled it… Continue Reading “I Won’t Tell My Single Mother Happy Father’s Day.”
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Category: Life.Tags: anger, christ, christians, ephesians, family, father, father's day, forgiveness, life, love, peace, the body, the church
Posted on April 12, 2014
by Shakiyla
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Generally before starting a blog I do a ton of research, praying, or even asking others’ opinions on the topic at hand. None of that happened here. This is completely at random and I’m almost skeptical of how it’s going to end. *dives in*… Continue Reading “iRant…”
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Category: Life.Tags: adoption, children, confused, engage, family, life, love, men, peace, rant, women
Posted on April 1, 2014
by Shakiyla
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I really thought I’d have a ton to say. I haven’t blogged in a while and a lot has happened since I last did. I looked through my phone and my journal and found so many places where I’d jotted down ideas for blog… Continue Reading “…”
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Posted on March 18, 2014
by Shakiyla
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This is MawBea, she just happens to be the most amazing thing to happen to me since January. I’m somewhat a caregiver, I sit with her a couple of days a week and help her with things she needs help with. We talk a… Continue Reading “Meet MawBea”
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Category: Life.Tags: adopted, family, fear, gardening, gardens, grandmother, grandparents, laugh, life, love, patience, peace, redhead, relationships, trust, weeds
Posted on January 29, 2014
by Shakiyla
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The title of this blog came from a man I can definitely consider a friend, leader, and brother in Christ. He said it with so much heart that I couldn’t help but carry it away with me in my spirit. I was watching a… Continue Reading ““They can’t BE what they can’t SEE””
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Category: Life.Tags: christ, colossians, community, conviction, decipleship, desire, ezekiel, fight, go out, innocense, interviews, january, life, love, passion, peace, poetry, pray, prayer, prison, real, seek and find, spirit, stories
Posted on January 29, 2014
by Shakiyla
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“There are some nights whensleep plays coy,aloof and disdainful.And all the wilesthat I employ to winits service to my sideare useless as wounded pride,and much more painful.” Maya Angelou
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Category: Life.Tags: aloof, coy, express, insomiac, insomnia, love, maya angelou, nights, peace, poetry, sleepless, speak, useless, words
Posted on August 20, 2013
by Shakiyla
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I’m a thinker. I find myself sitting in the room, in my car, or at the foot of the Cross creating scenarios in my head. I don’t find it strange, sometimes it’s simply an interference during my day. So, I’m sitting on the couch… Continue Reading “im His daughter.”
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Category: Life.Tags: cheesecake, daddy, daughter, family, father, forgiveness, future, God the father, growth, hands, healing, joy, latenight, life, love, matthew, past, peace, relationships, rest, scars, scripture, sick, thinking, understinding