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Go Hard Workout Ending Wk 11 & 12 ( LA Story)

       That's a WRAP!!!  The 3 month, 90 day go hard session is over. I just started getting back into our morning workouts again today, hopefully I will stay focused this time. We have been in California for 6 months now, longest I've ever been away from Philadelphia in one place. I keep forgetting I traveled with Rienthoffer Shows for 6 months as well, but that was a few different states and towns. A lot can happen in 90 days as you can see. Somethings you can control & some you can't, I learned to go with the flow, control what I can, make the best decisions for myself and most importantly be patient!     I was able to get my Peace Corp application in on time! On the medical portion they ask a lot about mental health. I was a lil scared thinking I wouldn't be considered because of mine. I ended up telling the truth and explaining myself in a very non complicated way. I wanted to go to Malawi to be a youth community facilitator but was not considered for that beca

Fallen Leaves from the Family Tree

       Every family has fallen leaves on their family tree. My condolences to you all & I hope you found a way to push forward & pull through that trying time. This is a way to make sure my love ones are remembered. If not by anything else but pictures and words.      It was taking me some time to post this blog, I was trying to figure out if I wanted to give my grand mother her own tribute then I decided against it and am going to give my grand mom & grand pop a post together for with out them both I would not be here.       I'm going to start with G-mom. Her name was Janette Mclaurin Smith . I'm not going to go into where she was born, worked, or anything like that. I'm just going to say a few words about what she meant to me. When I was a little bean, between the ages of birth & maybe 12 she was my world. I lived with her until I was 18. I was split between my mom's & brothers home (more on that in another post). As I became a Teenager my interpre