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RE: A Message Today

07 Sunday Dec 2014

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I visited a church here in Charlotte today and the Preacher spoke from Psalm 145.  A song of praise of David. (Ironically my lil Cousin David got baptized in Ga today also, congrats David!!).  Well he talked about a divine comeback.  And I’m just reiterating in short-term what I think we all need to hear.  We all pray, and we ask God for what we want.  We wait to see what God says, but most of the time, we don’t hear the answer because it’s not what we want it to be.  When you pray, and listen, then you can hear where God will lead you, but when you pray, and you think that God is giving you what you want, then you really don’t hear Him, you just assume that He will give you what you pray for.  God sometimes says NO.  When He says no, you don’t hear that.  You go out and make that mistake and then you want forgiveness.

When God leads you to unknown territory, He has a purpose for you.  Even though you may not agree, or you may not know what the outcome will be, He does.  When He removes people, cars, money, jewelry, friends, or anything from your life, He’s getting you ready for what HE has for you.  If God ask you to give up all your riches, would you?  If HE did, it would be because He has something greater for you.  I truly believe that.  God will take ALL you have, break you down to nothing, and test your faith.  If you can worship and praise HIM when you have nothing, then He will give you everything.  I know my faith has been challenged, but I believe in HIM and I know that  where He leads me, I will go.  Once you get that understanding of who HE is, and the true power HE has, then you will understand His word, and His works.

So in closing the Preacher said to say goodbye to all the things that are holding you back from your blessings.  Goodbye bad relationships, goodbye abusive relationships, goodbye to abusive behavior, goodbye to struggling, goodbye to being broke, goodbye to anything causing harm.  And stop introducing yourself as who you used to be, such as, I’m a divorcee, I’m a recovering addict, I’m a felon, I’m a struggle mother.  Introduce yourself as who you are now, not who you used to be.  Let the past be the past.  He brought you through it to make you better, not to relive that situation over and over again.   Just as I needed to hear this and I definitely live by this, I wanted to share it with you all.

So be blessed,

LOVE, HUGS AND KISSES

“The Real Mommie Teresa

Who’s Loving You?

23 Sunday Nov 2014

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IMG_3751-1.JPGHello Everyone!! I’ve missed y’all and I hope you all have missed me too! Well there’s been so many things going on in my life and so many changes every day! I’m going to update you all, but it’ll have to be in a few blogs.. Don’t want to write the book, but I probably could with the whirlwind that goes on in my life! But as I was meditating this morning, I had a revelation that I had to share. I know God shows me things that HE wants me to share, and that’s why HE gave me the gift of communication.

This morning as I was having breakfast, I was just reminiscing on where I’ve been in life and all that i’ve been through. I looked through my old pictures, and I looked at my new pictures. There was a big difference in my old and new pictures. The big difference was that in my old pictures, they were full of friends, family, house parties I had, events I planned. In my new pictures, it was only me. Then I realized what God was saying to me. HE was letting me know that now I live for me and Him. I thought my life was full when I made everyone else happy. I went out of my way to make sure anyone around me was happy. I threw the best parties, I had the best Sunday dinners, I did everything extra to make everyone else happy. If anyone needed me, I was there in a heartbeat! I gave all of me to everyone accept me. When I moved to Charlotte, I was lonely because I was missing my friends and my family. I didn’t have all those people around me everyday to make “them” happy. I questioned God when I got here as to why HE was sending me here all alone. Everytime I had a small doubt that something wouldn’t work it, it did, and in a big way! It was like God was making sure everything went perfect to keep me here. So finally I got used to being alone, then I discovered who I was. I realized I liked serenity. I like peace and quiet. I like cooking for “me”. I like taking me out, and doing what I like to do. So today, I had as Oprah would say, “an a-ha moment.”

Today I realized that God moved me away from everyone, because He knew that I would never leave my friends and family. He knew that when anyone called and needed me, I’d stop doing everything I wanted to do, to make sure they were ok. He knew I wouldn’t take care of me, for taking care of everyone else. So HE knew that HE had to remove me from the equation so HE could give me what I deserved and what HE had in store for me. God had to move me, to get all the people out of my life that were hindering me from receiving HIS blessings. The people that I cared so much for, HE showed me that they were never about me, it was about what I was to them. So when I had nothing to offer them, they were gone. It’s a little tough when you realize that you’ve spent so much of your life taking care of everyone, being everything to everybody, then you discover you really didn’t have anybody. The people that remained true are the ones that God wants you to focus your attention on. I know we all suffer with trying to take care of everyone, but what are you doing to yourself? Who’s loving you?

So today I know who I am! It took me 50 years to learn and discover this. I know God has so much in store for me now that I can see HiM and I have the time to give HIM all of me! He removed the distractions from my life. The ones HE didn’t remove, HE opened my eyes to realize they weren’t in my corner, or they didn’t care about me, and they weren’t going in the direction HE was guiding me. I say this to let someone know, that it’s ok for people to be removed from your life. God has to remove them so you can be ready for what HE is about to do for you. If you aren’t ready for something, God will not give it to you. If you have people in your life that will hinder you from receiving God’s blessings, HE will remove them. Once you are free from the bondage of the so-called friends, you will see the friends and family that was, and always will be there for you. And in my heart, I still love everyone who crossed my path. Even if God removed them, I truly love people from the heart, and I’m sure they all knew that. I may cut them from my life, but I know I will always hold a piece of them because they were once important to me, and that you can’t lose. It’s ok, to still care about them, but also know they weren’t meant to go where you are going.

Why do I share this? Because being the “Real Mommie Teresa” I want to give this to you all before you get old, waste a lot of time trying to please other people while neglecting yourself. Once my children were grown, that’s when I should have started living for me. But it’s really hard to take care of “you”, when all your life, you’ve been the nurturer. Discover who you are, take some time away from everyone to see who really matters. Stop being the Go To person. Ask God what it is HE has for you, and if you are ready, He’ll show you. So who’s loving me? I AM, and I love loving me!

I’M BACK!!!
Hugs and Love
“THE REAL MOMMIE TERESA”

The Real Mommie Teresa is back!!!

11 Wednesday Jun 2014

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50th CelebrationHello everyone!! Sorry I’ve been MIA for a minute, but I had to regroup and get this computer back on-line. Blogging on an iPad and iPhone..blah blah.. Well I’m back!!

So what’s new in my life? I’ve reached the Big 50 in my life and it’s amazing so far! I had the most amazing 50th Birthday party in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 17 of my closest friends and family attended. The trip was not only a party, it was a reflection of life. It was a chance for everyone to reflect on where we’ve been, what we’ve been through, and possibly, where life will take us.

As a Mother, I’ve had struggles in life, but I never looked at them as struggles, I just did what I needed to do, to make sure my kids had everything they needed. I never looked at it as a burden because it wasn’t, it was survival. Not only did I want them to survive, I wanted them to be better, stronger, wiser. I wanted them to be high achievers, never quitting, and never giving up. I wanted them to always be grounded. Don’t ever think you are above or better than anyone because life can have you on a high, then drop you on your head! And if you fall, the people below will always be there to catch you. But if you get so high and you forget the people beneath you, you will fall and hit concrete! You can only go as high as your support system. So teaching my kids to be humble was always at the forefront of my wishes.

At my dinner, when everyone had a chance to make a toast, and each person made a comment on my life, that’s when you can see your life and God truly gives you a flashback of what you’ve been through and not even realize it. When I hear people say I’ve been their motivation, and their support, it means so much! When my friends say I’ve never let them down, and they inspire to be like me, only makes me a better person. To see my kids so passionate and emotional when talking about their Mother.. Is nothing less than amazing.

So what I realize is for all I’ve been through, I have an amazing life. Not because of what I have, but because of who I have in it. I love the people in my life. If I didn’t have any money, or material things, I know I’d still be happy! Because nothing can mean more to you than having your family and friends surrounding you with love and respect. I know I have changed some lives, and so many people have changed mine. Only for the better.

I know I’m all over the place today, but basically I’m saying.. I thank God for blessing me. I thank God for my children, and my family. I thank God for blessing everyone to go with me to Jamaica, and continue to bless them with His rewards of life. We laughed, we cried, and we bonded in ways unbelievable. We saw God’s beauty, and we appreciated every drop of rain, every ray of sunshine, and every wave of the ocean. As long as I am a daughter of God, I will always give of myself unselfishly, because God will take care of you when you think you have nothing.

Well I’m back y’all, and I’ll be keeping it as real as I can!!

Love & Kisses
The Real Mommie Teresa

Weather The Storm Today

21 Friday Feb 2014

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I seem to always talk about storms of life. I guess because I’ve been through so many of them, I am a true testimony. Webster says the definition of storm is: a disturbance of the atmosphere. Now think about that. When you have a disturbance in your life, here comes the storm. Let’s say there is a financial crisis. You have no money..storm, You lose your job..storm.. You lose a family member.. storm, you lose your husband/wife/child..storm, you lose you car..storm. I’m sure you get the point. The only time there isn’t a storm, is if you lose your life! So that means that through EVERY storm, there is a blue sky. What’s worse than going through a storm, is not surviving a storm. If you don’t survive the storm, then your storms are over!

To break all this down, God puts us through turmoil in our lives to make us stronger. Just like he makes it rain, to clean up the world, make the grass greener, and a host of other things. Without rain, just think how the the world will be. The same reason we have storms in our life.. to clean us up. To take us through a cleansing so we can be a little bit better. Just think.. every storm you go through, makes you a little bit stronger. I thank God every day for storms of life. It’s not the storms that I appreciate, it’s the calmness after the storm.

Think about your storms. If you write them down, then look at where you are now compared to where you were then, you’d realize how that storm actually saved you. Life is not complicated. Sometimes we wonder too much on what shoulda, coulda, woulda been, when in reality, everything that ever happened to you was pre-destined. It was supposed to happen. You were supposed to go through what you went through to get to where you are today.

This morning before I woke, I heard the birds chirping loud! I guess they were telling me to get ready and beat that storm! lol

So today in the midst of this storm, Thank God for being able to see you through it. In a few hours, the sun will be so bright and so will your life. Just weather this storm, and the sun will also shine on you!
Have an awesome and blessed day!
Hug and Kisses
The “Real” Mommie Teresa

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My Valentine’s Day TRUE Miracle

15 Saturday Feb 2014

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There are some things that we can’t keep to ourselves and this is one of them. Only my closest family and friends knew that I was dealing with an unexpected illness. The Dr. was getting ready to schedule gall bladder surgery for me, but we couldn’t get a date because of the snow. He had done the Ultrasound and found sludge in my gallbladder and an inflamed pancreas. The pain was overwhelming, but I can tolerate pain at a high level and still function. Even with that diagnosis, I went to the herb shop and got the strong Kangen water, some probiotics, and some more herbs for gas and bloating. I had prepared all the details as to what I was going to do for surgery. My Cousin was coming to escort me and take me back to her house and help me out. I was on pain meds since last Thursday, and still taking my herbs and consistently praying.

Well yesterday, I woke up feeling really weak and just yucky. I felt a lot of pain, and it had moved to the left side. Now pain on the right, ok..pain on the left??? Time to go to the ER. I called my friend who owns a hair salon under my building because my car was blocked in by 10 inches of ice, and she came to take me to the ER. Once she dropped me off, here I was alone in the ER, not knowing if I was going to have to have emergency surgery or what! I waited to call the kids and family because I didn’t want them to panic since I’m here alone. So once I got in a room, I called them. And yes they panicked as I knew they would. Just pray for Mom, I’ll be ok was my words to them. So I was praying too. I wasn’t really worried, and I felt a sense of peace. You know it was like, God it’s in your hands to heal me. Whatever you see fit, I’m prepared, just take the pain away. They gave me an IV, pain meds and meds for nausea.

Well they did another Ultrasound, drew LOTS of blood. Then they came in and did an EKG- EKG?! Now I’m worried! And took more blood. Now I’m into my 9th hour there and feeling no pain, the Doctor finally comes in and has all the test results. These are his words: “Well Ms Crawford, I’ve run a lot of test. I looked at the heart, the lungs, the gall bladder and the pancreas and I can’t find anything! I looked at your ultrasound from last week and saw the problems, but they are gone! The pancreas is not inflamed and the sludge is gone from the gallbladder.” I said, “AIN’T GOD AMAZING!” (This brings me to tears to just think about it) He gave me some more pain prescriptions and told me to rest a couple of days and discharged me!

Now today as I wake up on my Baby Boy’s 28th birthday, I give God all the glory for His healing! No one can ever tell me He can’t fix it, because HE DID!! So my ultimate Valentines gift was healing from the FATHER who loves me unconditionally!! I hope you all enjoyed yours because I’m waking up today and I don’t feel any pain!! As long as you have Faith, Prayer, and Love, you got all you need!! Thank you Jesus!!

And as always,
LOVE & HUGS
The “Real” Mommie Teresa

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Reflection of Snow Cream…

13 Thursday Feb 2014

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As I sit and watch the snow, this took me back to over 40+ years ago.  I can’t remember how old I was, but I know I was a little kid.  You know how you have some of the fondest memories of a kid because they were special?  Well this is one that came to me from just watching the snow.

I remember we were little.  We were living in the projects in Eatonton.  I don’t know how long we lived there but I remember there was a big  snow storm.  I think that our first time even seeing snow.  I remember the amazing moment we went outside and saw it.  But what I remember the most is my Mom bringing some snow in, adding  some milk and sugar to it, and gave all of us a bowl full.  We had the “magic” snow cream!  We were excited, happy, and loving our new found desert!

So now that I’m grown, I really wonder if that was snow cream or ice cream? LOL.. It didn’t matter then because we were young, naïve and happy!  Will snow even cream with milk and sugar?  And with all the toxins that are in the world, how healthy is it to eat snow?  Who cared!  All I know is that was one of the most simple, happiest times in life that I shared with my Mom, sister and brothers!

We have complicated life so much!  Where are those times that kids can be kids and still believe? The internet helps us a lot, but it sure did kill the super heroes and the dreams.  Now kids want to Google everything you say! I miss those times!  I’m so glad my kids got a chance to experience “childhood”.  They have the memories that I have because regardless of what society says, we had dreams, love, and moments that we can cherish. 

So if you have small kids, take the time to make some snow cream!  If I’m almost 50 and I can remember that day, just think about the memories you can leave them, and now you can take pictures, post them to the internet and have them forever.  So enjoy this work of God, and cherish every moment of it! And be safe!

Kisses & Hugs

The “REAL” Mommie Teresa

Money, “The Root of Evil”..

05 Sunday Jan 2014

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This topic comes from a conversation I had with someone very close to me.  People think when you have money, it can make you happy, it can solve problems, and you don’t need anyone “if” you have money.  Do you remember these quotes?  “Money is the root of all evil”; “more money, more problems”?  Those are true statements.  Someone is probably thinking.. “Well that ain’t me!  Give me money!!”

My thoughts go back to a time I was living in Eatonton.  Renting a house for a little of nothing, and having a house full of friends.  We didn’t have a lot of money, but we had enough for everyone to pitch in, buy a bottle of Crown Royal, fill up the gas tank, and ride all day!  Now those were the best times ever!  I then think about the time I had money, had a party, invited everyone who normally didn’t bring anything.  I did all the work, all the entertainment, and all the cleaning, while they were all gone.  Then think about the times you go out and spend hundreds of dollars hanging out with people who really don’t care about you, only that you are buying!  Where was the love?   Even when you have money and visit your hometown, you have to buy everything, do everything, pay everyone’s bills, and then leave empty handed.  Where’s the love?

The times you know people love you, is the times you have nothing!  More money, more problems.  What does that mean?  It doesn’t mean problems for you, it means you are now in charge of everyone else’s problems.  If you have money, everyone with a problem, looks to you as their saving grace.  You are supposed to be the one to bail everyone out of their situations that they put themselves in.  Only because you have money.  If you didn’t have money, then you’d be able to listen and to talk them thru their situation and give them advice.

Look at all those lottery winners who now have nothing! Why, because they probably were the saving grace for so many other people.  How many people do you think are lonely because they have money?  Probably over 80% of them?  Why? Because now, it’s not about love, and friendship, it’s about money.  If you think you have sincere friends, and you have money.. tell them you’re broke and see if they are still around!

Family is all we have these days.  When you are from a close family, do all you can to stay close.  Don’t  let the evilness of greed and money tear you apart! When I can sit and spend time with my family, my cousins, it means more to me than any amount of money I can have.  I know how to be broke, and I know how to have money, I’ve been thru both of them.  And its ashamed to say, that the times I didn’t have anything, were the best times of my life.

So people, don’t get caught up trying to be like the Jones.. They probably ain’t happy!  Don’t try to impress someone with something that you can’t afford.   Live within your means, and you will go a long way.  If you can’t afford designer, why keep making the designers “richer” and you “poorer”.   When I say, live, love and laugh, that’s what I mean.  Those are the days that you will always remember.

Love and Hugs

The “Real” Mommie” Teresa

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