All Entries in the "Vintage Jayy" Category
Love Letter to Life
Tweet (“Love Letter” by Artist Frank Morrison) A couple of days ago, I had in mind what I thought was an absolutely inspired post. I smiled at the thought, kept on doing whatever I was doing at the moment…and promptly forgot what I wanted to blog about. Ha! That’ll learn me right? WRITE IT DOWN [...]
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS…
Tweet No…this ISN’T a poem…it’s just a collection of random thoughts from the mind of a woman on a jellybean sugar high. I’m a strong person. I love that about myself. I also know when to lay that down without compromising who I am. Yet, I realize that, I wasn’t nearly as strong as you [...]
HOW TO BREAK A BAD HABIT
Tweet Found this in my inbox today: HOW TO BREAK A BAD HABIT Habits are automatic behaviors that can be changed with patience and persistence. Instructions STEP 1: Decide how serious you are about breaking the habit. In addition to a strong commitment, you’ll need time and energy to pay attention to your behavior so [...]
When is Enough Enough?
Tweet untitled – incomplete thought i’ve been told that i am …too much …too independent …too smart for my own good …too serious …too deep …too honest …too many things Lord, will I ever just be enough? Copyright 2006 Jackie Young ********************************************************** First, let me say, for those of you who came back looking for [...]
A Question of Enough
Tweet Yesterday’s post, “Tears for a Little Girl”, generated quite a few personal email exchanges and phone calls. Before I go any further, let me say that what I write is what I feel, what I question, what makes me laugh or smile or cry or ponder…what I write is what I need to write, [...]
Tears for a Little Girl
Tweet Oprah’s Leadership Academy for Girls. I watched her special and cried the entire time. No matter what you think about whether or not Oprah should have opened a school in the United States, I don’t know how you could not have been moved by this story. I watched those girls and like Oprah, I [...]
I Found You, Ms. Blog Booster
Tweet ** Did I ever tell you how much I love music? I guess you can tell that by the way I jacked Paul Wall’s ‘Ms. NewBooty’. Sing it with me: “I found you Ms. Blog Booster”. ** For the better part of the day, I debated about posting the “booster’s version” of my post [...]
Oh No She Didn’t!
Tweet So…yesterday I told you I was in a mood. I was. Right now? I’m PISSED the f*ck off to the point that I’m shaking. If you’ve been to my blog before (and that includes those of you who have boosted my posts – yeah I’m talking about YOU), then you know how much honesty [...]
STRONG ENOUGH FOR A WOMAN
Tweet Not feeling overly bloggish these days but…I need to rescue my blog from blog obscurity AND I told one of my girlfriends that I was going to finish at least one post that I’d started over the last couple of weeks & get it out there. Um…ok, so I’m going to do just that [...]
201 Silly Facts about Me…
Tweet Not like you asked or anything. Well…MJ did…a while back…he tagged me on his blog. I wrote the list and never posted it. Here it is…me in all my quirkiness. 1. I’ve lived in Virginia all my life. 2. I was born at home, on my Granny’s couch to be exact. 3. I have [...]
