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Category: Thoughts

Taking a Pause for a Bubble Break

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

When I was a little girl I used to love blowing bubbles.  Just to imagine getting my little hands on a tube of soapy water and a bubble making wand would put a smile on my face.  I would run as the trail of bubbles followed me.  Attempt to beat my own biggest bubble record…

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A quick reflection…on seeds sown.

Posted on June 1, 2009June 20, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

One of the “I WILL” statements I listed for 2009 was to basically be a better steward over my relationships.  For those that do not know what an, “I WILL” statement is… well think of them as New Year’s resolutions that you actually plan on doing.   For the past two years I have compiled a…

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Do you know me?

Posted on May 14, 2009June 20, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

I sit here and I ponder our relationship You used to call on me so we could just talk awhile. Spend days on end, just you and me. I had your back even when others didn’t I pleaded your case against our father, when you sinned. I forgave you when you lied. I encouraged you…

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Personal Attitude Adjustment Plan Point of the Day

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

Wednesday May 13th, 2009 Personal Attitude Adjustment Plan Point of the Day: “#2 I will do what is needed even when it is inconvenient to me.” its amazing when you say that you are going back to the basics… that the basics don’t seem so basic when you have all the other junk that surrounds…

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Why the word FEAR is no longer in my vocabulary…

Posted on March 8, 2009June 20, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

By definition the word Termination means to come to a closing, to bring something to an end. As I look back as another chapter of my life has closed. I smile at the realization that God has prepared a new one for me. I know what I have gone through has only prepared me for…

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A quiet reflection…

Posted on January 25, 2009March 9, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

A little over 30 years ago I was birthed. Just a few days ago I was reborn. Saturday, January 17th, 2009 marked the 8th year since my father went home to be with the Lord. I was in church on Saturday evening as usual and Dr. Dollar had us demonstrate something that was very profound….

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Nicety… my 90s tag.

Posted on October 13, 2008October 14, 2008 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

If you grew up as a teen in the 90s like I did everyone had a tagname or a nickname…. mine was “Nicety” after the song sung by Michel’le.  As I was thinking of the content to add to these pages I though of my old tagname and was interested to see if it actually…

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I have returned through the Door of No Return…

Posted on September 22, 2008September 22, 2008 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

For the last two years I have been suppressing my passion of web production and my love of writing even longer than that… not any longer. God gave them to me for a reason.

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The return of Memoirsofablackgirl.com

Posted on September 21, 2008September 21, 2008 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

Three years ago I created this website to record my memoirs, my poems, my thoughts to capture them in time.  Two years ago my life did a radical 180 degrees, my mother died, my boyfriend cheated and started to learn that it all did not manner… God had my back in it all the time.

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Why are your here… what is your purpose?

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

I was listening to a message from Minister Carter (WCCI) earlier today, and what really stuck out for me from the message was this… Everyone was born with a purpose in life. God knew Jeremiah before he was born and gave him a purpose, to be a prophet of the Most High God. What makes…

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