Blessed and Accomplished

I've come to find that I'm growing a lot as an individual in so many ways, but I find myself growing spiritually more than anything else.

I've always been a 'christian' but I never was truly a christian until I became older and went through my own trials and tribulations. This past few months has definitely taught me that through adversity comes great strength and knowledge.

And now because everything I've experienced I'm able to witness and give my own personal testimony about how God has worked in my life. I've also noticed that God has blessed me in so many small ways.

I've gained a greater appreciation for the all things that I'm blessed with and I'm more thankful for the everyday things in my life, like my boyfriend Marcely. We've been together so long that its easy to forget why your with someone, why they make you happy and how to continuously make them happy. But I'm more thankful for him now that I'm growing more in my faith. Sometimes I feel as God has blessed me with someone who was specifically molded for me. He's there to help me when I'm weak, build me up where I'm lacking as well as admire me for my strengths and everything that I can bring to the table as a woman. I'm extremely blessed.

I'm also excelling more at work. I went from just being someone who comes in, does their work, then leaves. But now I'm more into helping the people that are my clients. It's becoming easier to talk with them about their problems and goals as well as share my own personal journey with them. My bosses are also viewing me as a an asset instead of a worker. I've also have the chance to incorporate my community service efforts into my job which is great!

God has also opened doors for me regarding a lot of things I would like to achieve. My number one goal is getting into graduate school and God has even opened doors for me to walk through regarding this. I went to a Drexel Open House and met with the Chairs of the program that I would like to join and they were so overwhelmingly warm and open to me that I knew that I was meant to meet them and build a relationship with them.

Even though I'm grateful for all that changing in my life, I'm most grateful for what has happened to me as person. I'm waaay more patient. I mean I've always been a patient person but now I'm even more patient with things that are frustrating to me. I also tend to not get upset over things that others would flip out over; which is crazy to me because I used to snap at the drop of the hat. I recently got my wallet stolen....and quite honestly I did what i had to do and didn't even care that it was missing. I've also been without a debit card for three weeks now because Wachovia mailed it to the wrong address and now i have to wait an extra week to get it... my response: Oh well. LOL

Its crazy how things are changing and I'm so happy. I pray that god continues to make strides in my life for the better :)

Why helllllllllooooooooooooooooooo...

Hello everyone!

My name is Lanna and I'm new to this whole blogspot thing. I've had a xanga before but this seems to be a little more personal and intimate.

Recently I've been trying to get my life together. I'm looking to enter into grad school in the fall for MFT, thats marriage and family therapy for those who don't know; and one day get my certification in sex therapy. I'm really into the subject so most definitely look for some interesting posts and questions regarding the subject.

But as an introduction to moi, here is a post of 25 random things about your truly:

1. I'm originally from South Jersey and I'm never going back. :P
2. I went to La Salle University, not because i wanted to, but because they paid for me to go.
3. I originally wanted to go to Temple University but am very happy I went to La Salle. I received blessings, friends and amazing experiences that I never would have received anywhere else.
4. I have a boo, his name is Marce and we've been together for almost 4 years now.
5. I guess you could call me and the boo college sweethearts; we got together during the summer before sophomore year in lovely Florida.
6. me and my friends go by the name the PussyKat Palace aka the PKP. It all started out as a joke and blew up into an actual entertainment entity LOL.
7. I miss the glory days of the PKP. Amazing outfits, free drinks, hot guys and wild nights...enuff said <3
8. The best time of my life was my senior year at la salle. Had alot to do with numbers 6 and 7 :)
9. I consider my friends to be the family that you CHOOSE.
10. With that said my friends from home I consider my sisters until the end.
11. My friends are truly a reflection of my multiple sides. My friends from home are my logical, sensible, sisterly side and my college friends are my wild crazy party side.
12. Now that you know this about my friends, I would never bring my two group of friends together.
13.I used to have a serious complex about my body. When I was younger I used to overeat and drink a slim fast with every full meal. So sad but true. :(
14. I'm absofuckinlutely in love with my small yet curvy frame. I may not have a lot of booty for a black girl but I'm still sexy. F what u heard...I'm bringing slender back..YEA!
15. I went natural the summer before my junior year, not to make a statement. I was just tired of getting perms. lol
16. I overuse lol...as you can tell from looking for this blog....LOL
17. I'm a Leo...heyyy. And I'm one to the fullest. I'm outgoing, crazy funloving and wild.
18. I would love to go to grad school at DrexelUniversity...I'm going to an open house on Tuesday so wish me luck.
19. I miss going to classes and learning. who would've thought :)
20. I love dark skinned men...with dreads. LOL no offense to light skinned guys cause I love them tooo..but its something about a darkskinned man with perfect unblemished chocolate skin with the dreads flowing down his back...OOOOOooooooohhhhh man just had an orgasm LOL.
21. My endurance used to suck ass but now I'm running 2 miles a day. go mee go meee.
22. I hope to have a multi faceted career with my Doctorate in MFT/Sex therapy.
23. My dream career would consist of having my own column in a newspaper, writing books pertaining to my expertise, travel the US (and maybe the world) as a speaker at conventions, an adjunct college professor, have my own radio show and ultimately my own TV show. Move over tyra and Oprah!!
24. I love doing community service and I'm a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cares organization.
25. Above all else I am a woman of Christ and I'm a work in progress!