So The Proposal Went A Lil Sumthin Like This.....

Saturday, May 8th, the day before Mother's Day, I received a crazy abundant day of suprise.

As a Public Relations Manager for a subsidary of Run With Me Enterprise called Run Like A Girl Play Like A Girl, I was responsible for transporting the Entertainer of a brunch that I am required and motivated to attend, the Run Like A Girl Play Like A Girl Empowerment Brunch. This brunch occurs every 2nd Saturday of the month, and at this time it occured on Saturday May 8th. I had to be there fairly early, dressed up, and went to bed early around 4ish in the morning because I had to do my hair.

Well needless to say the event was a success...but it wasn't my biggest and exciting part of the day....I could NOT wait to go on a date with my fiance' hubby to an event that caters to women, and be present with him. My fiance' is a creator, he's is technically inclined, and when it comes to his skills in Graphic and Web Design, he's a killer... so so nice with it!!! Well, he designed the website for the event we had planned to attend that evening called Brothers Who Can Cook. It was held in downtown Baltimore at the Grand Hiram (Mason-owned and beautifully maintained), and the event was so spectacular just walking in with him holding his hand knowing that WE were going to have a good time.

See I work a lot, for myself, and for my 9-5 job that I deem TEMPORARY. Also he works a whole lot, around the clock, sometimes hitting the pillow at 4-5 a.m. when his work is done or his release with his X-Box fever settles. I loooooooove going out with him, even if it's for an hour or two...when it's just the two of us. It doesn't happen much, but I love it when it does.

Well, this particular evening I WAS NOT ready for what was to come. To piggy back on some of our "growth periods", he had already proposed to me, three years ago about almost a month after we had started dating. I thought it may have been a bit premature until he professed his love to me OVER THE PHONE when he still lived in New York and I was here in Baltimore. We saw each other on weekends and my daughter (my 8 year old) adored Junior and his family. He was a whole package that I wanted to keep forever and I said YES without even needing to think about it... You know when it's "The ONE " you need to help you grow and become a better person. We decided to have a baby, so I was pregnant in August of 2008 with what he already knew, would be a girl. We had some obstacles within our relationship (hello...the reality is that we didn't know each other like we thought a good 7 months into the relationship) concerning others and my place and priority and comfort level, and we ironed it out eventually and he proposed to me in person again with a diamond band (beautiful band!)and again, just as the first time, I was touched, giddy and keeping my nails done to show it off like I do now.

Fast forwarding three years later to the event this past May, this man had the audacity to not be "available" at the event for me. All you heard from people was "Brotha Junior, can you come here for a minute?" and he'd zip out on me!! I was getting annoyed because I felt that EVERYONE had his FULL attention in all the late, late nights he stayed up and did the web and graphic work for every piece of cardstock up in that event. This was "our time"...right? So I luckily hooked up with a table of sistas I know in the community that attended and we all sat together after eating some of the yummiest vegan and vegetarian foods from some of the most talented, handsome (no I'm not blind and neither is my fiance') brothas in Bmore and out of state! Well we went to the Neo Soul lounge where there was a live band, a beautiful sista by the name of Ama Chandra (www.amachandra.com) who can SANG!!!! and this is a huge, three story building. I looked up and there was a balcony full of people looking down enjoyin the music my girl was putting down! Then, while I'm all into her orgianal song "I Shouldn't Have Let You Kiss Me", she calls up a "special lady" in the house...and says..."Tanisha"...well I'm looking around because in Baltimore, people's mothers are unoriginal enough to name their daughters Tanisha spelled 12 different ways...surely there was another one named Tanisha up in there...

Then my girls at the table are tellin me to go up so I turned my back to Ama and asked them "what do ya'll know? I'm serious girls.... what do you know?" Well, I'll let the vid tell you the rest when I get my hands on it! It still gives me butterlflies!!!!


Till next time...
T

My Best Friend, Sister Girl, Wife-Like Diva, Goddess Incarnate, Dai

I met this lovely sista back in Chemistry (I think that was the class- something related to Science) during my Senior year (she was a Junior). She was new, cute & curvy, kinda enigmatic, you know? You ever looked at someone and felt like there was definitely a whole whole WHOLE lot more to them than what meets the eye? Well that was my girl Dai... I was the metaphysical child of brotha Malcom (X, that is), the sista that understood that I was soley in this white intstitution to get their paper, in order to make their money so I could live comfortably the way I wanted to, so that's what I did, but there was something about Dai.. she was smiley, pretty, and funny as hell and we clicked faster than you can say our names together..lol

As time progressed, I came to find out, she wrote. Who knew? I always wrote too... she was in a long relationship that went waaaay past the high school 3 month definition of "long -term", and held a lot of repsonsibilities that most of us who came up in high school did not. She was practically a mom to her three siblings already, perhaps one of the most consistent parental figures in their lives who was literally, ALWAYS there- cooking for them, laying out clothes, chilling and playing with them,homework check, always involved with them even till this day. I always admired this deep sista.. she was gansta too... she could roll with elegant jargon in one minute and spit a biggie rhyme or just right out give you a "wut the fuck?" in the next breath.. She's awesome... we're an awesome duo.. always had each other's backs, never letting go of our connection, even from the Pennsylvania jurisdiction this chick loves me and keeps me together... how the hell she does it..I have NO idea!

Now we're mom's, we've been through some major ish but always found each other one way or another, and she's a great momma and wife and 2nd mother to my children! More than ever, I love her for getting back into one of her most sacred and awesome crafts, writing. My girl is the shit. Don't mess with my sister.
I'll love my best friend/ sister forever, and anyone who knows meknows, don't fuck wit her, look her in the eye, and if you're hating on her, you're hating on me...

What The Hell Is The Point?

It no longer makes sense to respond to people who choose to duck low and take jabs man... U ever been in a friendship or relationship with someone that has some negative shit to say about EVERY thing, thought, perspective u communicate to them? When you're uncomfortable with something it's gotta go from u communicating that to some ill ass comments?

I for one am too old to respond... lol I may get upset, but I retreat... lioness pen and pad, lioness mediation to communicate with my Higher Self and not lose touch with my goals, or concentrate on doing some work for T.J.M- the best Virtual Assistant business on the market... but no response...

I appreciate blogging too... because by typing just this little blog, I feel better already... what a blessing...I'm retreating to my bed now for a meditation with my star playa!

-Tanisha

Listen to Fuck It!

Oh Girl...When did YOU Get Married?

Oh lawd I'm so drained....

So I'm in a convo with a sister of mine that I haven't spoken to in abuot 2 years. Explaining and catching up on my wonderful relationship with my "husband" and the "ex" that didn't even pay his own rent, we came to a screeching hault when she said..."wait a minute girl...it's been about 4 minutes into this conversation and you didn't tell me you got married! CONGRATULATIONS!!!"

WHOA... OK.. First of all... I, Tanisha Jenee' McClellan am not married. I don't "play marraige"...at least I didn't think so till my good friend and a few before her started fussing at me for not inviting them to "the wedding"...u know, the wedding that never exhisted in the first frikkin place?

Let me start off by saying that I'm am indeed, engaged... it's not about the ring, it's about the committment. I don't know why we aren't planning our wedding. I tend to get raging moments of disgust because of it, where I ask my darling fiance', "why aren't we planning a ceremony? Wut's the holdup? We don't need a huge million dollar wedding...just Reverend Phil Valentine, his wife, and our parents and children!..That's IT!"... I get no answer, or "can we talk about this at another time Tanisha?"..."Sure we can".. and of course.. there's no conversation...

That's it.. that's why as of today, April 27th, 2010, with TWO children, I stand happily in love and not married.

How I normally deal with it: I normally refer to my man as "my husband"... I introduce him as such, and I treat him as such.. he's a wonderful father, a wonderful man to me, and yeah, we go thru our ups and downs but we're still learning each other... i think that's a life-long process. I've realized that there's something uncomfortable to him in our relationship that doesn't make him want to jump the broom, so as of about 2 weeks ago, where I mentioned the "marriage stuff", and I got the "can we talk about this when you get home Tanisha?"...and it NEVER happened, I decided that it's best to leave it alone... to leave him alone regarding the matter, and just continue doing what I normally do. A week ago, I saw through a meditation that my perception of us getting married is fading... and physically, I'm having headaches related to this sorrow about staying engaged forever and playing the "married" role... it started depressing me a lot... and I know nothing happens by consequence or accident. I THEN started getting lower back pains... lately Future has been drawing pictures of Mommy's wedding dresses, veils, and tiaras... how sweet.. that's my princess. This morning she drew one and tears started rolling...

Whoo.. I love metaphysics... I'm clearly supressing this sadness and it's taking a toll on my spirit and health... I've been purposefully not writing. It's been my saving grace throughout my life to write, however, I've been working on my business, and I've been spending a lot more time with my children, and I've been meditating to gain clarity...but once the clarity is gained, i'm not filtering out the wasteful emotional residue... like this... so here I am...writing again (typing). One thing i know for sure.. I just have to trust the universe more, especially when it comes to this relationship. Whether he wants to marry me or not, if it's meant to happen, it will. I've asked to the Universe for a relationship with a man that isn't just gonna shack up with me and get me pregnant, but one that will commit in marraige and infinite union with me, so I have to trust that this is what I have, and if I don't, he won't stay, and the space for the man that cannot commit in marraige to me will be filled with the one for me, chosen by the Universe who loves me like crazy! I'm not meant to lead... I'm too busy conjuring up my energy to manifest.. and that's where I am right now.

Getting back to the conversation with my girl, she seems to be in a similar situation.. a relationship with a man that she's clearly asked the universe for, and he proposed, they had a child (just like me), but she's empty.. she wants a marraige, and not a million dollar ceremony. She wants a ceremony in a courthouse with her parents, his mother, and their children, and that's what will make her feel whole and "close the circle" if you will.

I understand where she is... but she's just talking talking talking about how wonderful this man is (and he is the bomb!) and comes out of her mouth with.. "you have NO idea what it's like to be so in love with a man that doesn't want to marry you and just stay complacent as a fake husband and wife"... wow... she startled me with that comment / assumption.. I was speechless... Again, tears started welling up and I said to her, "meet me at blogspot sis"... lol It is my gift and obligation to write about this.

Why do we as women get so choked up about this stuff? Well, I can only speak for me and say that I've always been in long relationships. Dudes have always done what they wanted to do, I've spent countless dollars on them and us, allowed them into my most divine and delicious space where my manifestation dwells,only to have been literally, drained, over sex'd out (totally), tired, stillhaving to process their unhealty spiritual residue and get it out of MY system, oh yeah... I've been taken advantage of (not mad at them anymore as I realize NOW that I attracted these men for a reason), and I've been used (oh...my MOST RECENT ex who had 3 jobs and didn't pay his rent...guess who paid it, brought him a Blackberry AND got groceries delivered to his house?) I've been a fool...no doubt... and I'm VERY accountable for it as of today (wasn't always). So why do I, Tanisha McClellan, a humble virtuous woman upset everytime my sister in Florida calls me and says "isn't the wedding scheduled for August 29th this summer?" well.... our wedding WAS scheduled for August 29th, and a lot happened over the course of the 3 years we've been together. I've seen the relationship change... I've seen our roles change, and the things that we once did for each other change.. a lot of that has to do with having Alexandria... my plump and beautiful 1 yr old that took a lot of energy out of me, along with having to go back to work 6 weeks after having her when I planned to finally have a real maternity leave for once (i went back 6 weeks after having Future 8 years ago as well), and losing things...our car, our house.. holding down a lot took a whole lot out of me... The woman's body /temple is very sensitive... and when her physical breaks down, and her mental breaks down even more, and she feels stuck(for me it was being stuck in a job I can't stand when I know I should be making more money and doing more), everything shuts down.. libido (yes I said it!), her will to succeed and finally be comfortable.. I was all that for the last 2 years of my lil one's existance. I was tired... I never had anything that I worked sohard for taken from under me like I did when my car was repo'd and our house was no longer ours and we had to move.

So now here we are.. women who are worthy... who held it down ride or die with our men... still (on paper) "single"... because there IS no field to check "engaged" when I'm filling out papers for assistance or applying for a loan... nope... it's married or single... not "it's complicated" (which btw, is a bullshit excuse as if you're not in control of your destiny with this person)... but like I said, all in time folks... and yes, when it's time, you'll get a picture! :) But in the meantime... STOP ASKING ME WHEN JUNIOR AND I WILL GET MARRIED... (exhale).. thanks sweetiepies! ..lol

I know that when it's time, it will be for REAL, it will be lovely, and it will be spiritually invested in 1000%! The Universe that allows me to breathe everyday, and gave me my lungs, heart, intestinal tracts, mind, body, and soul, will guide me to my wedding day!!!!! And I will continue to exit the emotional baggage labled "dissappointment", and "U're not controllin this one Nish" through my eye duckets until it's all gone, and I'll keep accepting my beautiful wedding dress sketches from my favorite artist, my daughter, until that day. I don't see my soul and spirit unified with any other beautiful man other than my "chocolate dream".. that's my fiance'.... and I believe the Creator, the Universe itself, has OUR back as a couple...

Thanks for letting me share. I know the Universe appreciates it too... it's sick of me crying and surpessing this mess!...lol
-Nish