Monday, November 9, 2009

Dreams Of Becoming A Morehouse Man



I really want to take this campaign to Twitter, but I don't want my followers to become bored of my constant post. This is one of those things that just can't be said in 140 characters.

I have thought long and hard about how I wanted to present my plea and there is no way to do it, other than to just ask for your help. By now you may know that I have Sickle Cell Anemia and I am an advocate for adults with the disease. This may in part explain my determination to see Markus become the Morehouse Man that he has dreamed of becoming as far back as anyone can remember. His mother Thelma is a single parent of two and she has brought up two amazing young adults. Her oldest daughter Markeisha is a graduate of SMU and her youngest son Markus is currently in his final year at Morehouse College.

When I think of beating the odds, I think of this family. Thelma has had some difficult days trying to keep her kids on the right path, while she fought a disease that oftentimes landed her in the hospital for long periods of time. Markus, was affected in ways that I don’t think we will ever know. In spite of it all, he managed to gain entrance into the legendary Morehouse College. The work that it took to maintain his grades was no easy feat, considering his mother was hospitalized several times and she was miles away in Dallas, TX. Markus’ dedication to fulfill his dream is remarkable and I really can’t seem to express the song that is lodged in my heart toward him.

When I found out that Markus was having trouble securing finances in order to finish his last year of college it catapulted me into action. I don’t have much money, but I have a voice. I decided to use my voice by creating a campaign whereby people are given an opportunity to help this young man’s dream become a reality. It doesn’t take much if everyone gave a little and I’m praying that his story touches your heart.

When Markus was a young boy he visited Morehouse and ignited his faith, that maybe he could attend when he was old enough. Several years later, Markus returned to that very campus as a freshman. He has come too far to not cross the finish line. I told Markus that I wanted to pursue this campaign and I in no way wanted to put him in an awkward position, so please show him that he is not alone and that his hard work was not in vain.

In order to view the fund raising campaign, click on the link:


http://www.peerdreams.com/p9q

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Twitter - The Open Diary

I understand the whole idea of Twitter I think. It was created in order for friends to track the movement of people that they know. I guess a primary scenario would be a person sending out a tweet like “I went to the new hot spot in Atlanta, it was a blast”. Maybe even something like “Billy took his first steps today and nobody saw it but me”. That’s fun, right? I think the creators of Twitter thought so. How it has turned into this vehicle that it has become is probably a mystery to everybody. I didn’t ever think that I would join Twitter because I didn’t quite understand what was going on there. Anybody who knows me, can tell you that I’m the one to come to when you have a problem, because Ms. Phyllis is the fix it woman. I had to say that because when I signed up to Twitter and started choosing the people that I wanted to follow, I realized that there was no one on Twitter that I actually knew. This was going to be a problem and guess who was going to have to fix it?

Being the internet socialite that I am (lol), I started sending out tweets to my favorite celebrities. After my first day on Twitter, I received a reply from none other than Russell Simmons. How cool was that? Twitter became my new thing to do. Honey I was tweeting and chatting it up with celebrities like I as one of them. It made me feel like I was a part of the “in crowd”. A strange thing happened, that I didn’t expect. I was being dubbed as “Twitter Mama”. I think it’s because I took my real life care for people to Twitter with me and I always try to encourage anyone who is having a down day.

Without the Twitter format I would never have known that my favorite celebrities were having personal struggles daily. Twitter became an open diary of the people that I admired the most. I remembered when DJ AM died and everybody was talking about his last tweets. I’m sure he didn’t have the slightest idea that he was going to die, but I think that we as human beings have a fascination with the last moments of a person’s life.

That leads me to the death of AJ Jewell. He appeared on the Real Housewives Of Atlanta and was the ex-fiancĂ© of Kandi Burruss. I found out today that he started his Twitter Page on the same day that he died. Does this give us any clue to what his last thoughts before dying were? I don’t think so, but it does give us insight on his state of being. After being seen by so many RHOA viewers and being judged by people who didn’t know him from a can of paint, I think he just had to get some shit off of his chest and he chose to take the haters head on. Did we need to know his response to the people pointing the finger at him, I’m not sure, but I am sure of one thing. He left his imprint on the universe and rather you loved him or not you need to ask yourself this question? Will anybody care about what you were thinking right before you died? If I die tonight my Twitter page will give you an idea of who I am and how I loved people, but will anybody care?

Ev, (CEO of Twitter) I don’t know what you think about the Twitter that has evolved, but know this, it is changing peoples lives. I might be the only one who sees it, but let it be made known that my Twitter Love is real for the people that I am following. This blog is dedicated to AJ and those who knew and loved him. No matter what anybody says you knew da real AJ. May God bless you and keep you all.

You can click on the link to see AJ's Twitter Page
(It has been deleted from Twitter)

http://bossip.com/162606/ajs-last-words/ajtweet/