Lima beans and White Gardenia

I was coming off my weekend high after much celebration, laugher, and drinking. The book release on Saturday was beautiful but when Sunday night rolled around, I felt my body giving me an ultimatum; either  you're going to rest voluntarily or involuntarily. So come Monday morning, to say I was beat is an understatement. Despite my physically exhaustion I was on cloud nine. I was able to link my blog and PayPal so I can receive orders for my book and babyyyy those orders came in back to back even from people who I don't know. I was overjoyed which is very different than my regular Mondays.

Once I got home, I tidied up the living and dining room. Lit my new White Gardenia candle from Bath and Body works. Side note, if making love in a field of flowers had a scent, I believed it'd smell like gardenia. I sautéed some raw shrimp with spinach and slow cooked a can of seasoned lima beans( yup, straight outta the can). While dinner was cooking, I poured myself a glass of my homemade sangria and decided to assemble the digital coffee maker I purchased over the weekend. I was getting shit done and felt so accomplished . House clean. Dinner cooked. Feeling like somebody's housewife. LOL

Slightly tipsy from the sangria and full of lima beans, I laid stretched out on the couch tired. By this time the scent of gardenia filled the air putting my mind, body and soul into the realm of relaxation.
Back in the day my mother used to have gardenia scented plug-ins all over the place and I didn't care much for the smell back then. I didn't care much for lima beans either. As matter of fact, I thought they were the most disgusting vegetable known to man. I would preferred a slimy ass piece of okra over lima beans. Now I can't get enough of either. How funny it is that what we use to dismiss can later bring happiness. I thought about the past few days and how it felt good to finally relax from the highs sincerity and the lows that tried kill my vibe. I thought about how blessed am I and how I seem to forget that when dealing with the misery's of life. Whether its circumstances or circumstantial people, I often have to remind myself to be intentionally about my growth and peace of mind. To loosen myself for everything that cuts off my circulation to God and embrace what soothes the soul.

I'm a published authored.
I'm a poet...in my own right. A daughter, sister, friend and god-mother. I'm a women who's aware of her strengths and the areas where growth is needed. I'm not perfect but I'm perfect. I am a grown ass woman that loves lima beans and the smell of gardenias.