Hey everybody!
        Well, did any of my peeps win the lottery?  If so, I know a sweet, hard working lady that would sing and play music for you all the time!  Ha ha!!!  I wonder how many millions of folks thought their number was the winning ticket?  I hope no one spent their entire paycheck or savings trying to buy useless lottery numbers.  Although, I’m afraid some would’ve done exactly that…waste everything they have on a shot in the dark, stroke of luck, or wishful thinking.

    I wish I could say I’ve never done that, but I’d be lying.  No, I’ve never cashed in a paycheck on lottery tickets or gambling in Vegas.  But I’ve held onto relationships and people longer than I should,  because I kept thinking that they would change, or somehow the situation would get better, but it never did.  I gave up parts of myself I swore I would never ever let anyone take from me.  But, I did.  I lost innocence I can never get back.  I stayed too long, believed the lie, and accepted the guilt and shame that didn’t even belong to me. The hardest thing ever for me to do was give up on someone and admit failure.  It hurts and it sucks.  And I mean from friends and lovers. It’s awful.  In some cases, I didn’t want to go.  It was only to avoid becoming damaged goods myself, because I wouldn’t let go from the toxicity of the relationship.
Don’t ever stay in a relationship that is one sided.  If you are always the one having to call them or go visit, or initiate a conversation, it’s not healthy.  And girls, please stop choosing guys that need help or need to grow up.  Then you’re trying to be their savior, and getting upset when they’re unable to be the man you want, cause you didn’t want them like they are.  You wanted the man you pictured in your mind after you miraculously changed them.  Well, you ain’t Jesus, and it’s unfair to put a guy in that position and have higher expectations than they can offer.  Now, fellas, this goes for you too.  Don’t be looking for the perfect woman, and then micro managing all her flaws and tasks, trying to turn her into someone she’s not.  She ain’t your piece on the side, or a baby toaster, or a maid, or a second paycheck. And don’t keep a woman around that manipulates or uses you. Sex shouldn’t be used or threatened as a bargaining tool.  You deserve a true mate.   And Lord help, we all need to get out of any relationship where the love isn’t recoprocated.  Real love has no abuse.  Real love wants true joy and happiness for their mate.  Real love doesn’t seek revenge.  Real love is not good luck.  It’s hard work.   But, it’s the most rewarding indeed.  Don’t roll the dice on “maybe he/she will change”.  I want to be the one who changes…for the better.  Now, go out there and get ’em!!  Or in my case, get some rest cause I didn’t win the lottery, and I gotta go to work in the morning.  I love y’all!   Hang in there!  We’ve got this!  Just hold on!