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Life

Another Gem From November 5, 2022

Shaun Bradford
Please ignore the hair and expression. I believe my mom was rushing me.😂

This is another gem from November 5, 2022 that has reminded me of my “why”. I must have been looking for something important that day and found my first passport. I was 17 years old when I got it. Seventeen and ready to take on the world. Y’all, I just knew I was going to change the world. Then life happened. As I told my daughter this morning, everything I thought was working against me, I now see it was working for me. God knew I wasn’t ready. That I needed to experience life and work on a few things before I could move forward. It really is true, life does not happen to us, it happens for us.

As I said in today’s Hello Sunday, I must stay focused. This dream has been following me most of my life. So many times I tried to shake it but couldn’t. So, I must keep going until it comes to fruition!♥️

Shaun

Life

You Got This: Keep Going

Shaun Bradford

Facebook Memory: November 3, 2016

In 1992, my goal was to help end world poverty. Carol Moseley Braun was my inspiration. I had so many goals. When you’re young you tend believe that you have all the answers. Well, poverty is still here and will always be here. My goal is to help improve the quality of life of those living in poverty. I may not be able to save them, but I can help them.

Oh, I also wanted to be the Surgeon General of the United States. Boy did I have goals!😊

Carol Moseley Braun – First Black woman elected to the United States Senate (1992). In 1999, she became the Ambassador of the United States to New Zealand and Samoa.

Transparent moment…

My decision to return to school was not one that I made rashly. I know myself, and I know that this would have been something that would have hung over my head for years. I would have been okay with not finishing; however, I also would have wondered what would have been had I finished.

Today, I have a little over one week left in this term. I am mentally drained and a little discouraged. I am doing well, but not my best (yeah… I know this). I needed to see this memory today. I needed to be reminded of my “why.” I can do this!

That’s all for today. I may or may not make a second post today. Praying you have a wonderful weekend.

Be Blessed!♥️

Shaun

Life

Keep Going, Shaun

Shaun Bradford
I got you, Baby Girl!

I owe it to my five year old self to become who I imagined I would and could be, plus more. I must keep going.♥️

Short story…

I was so proud of my afro! I wanted an afro so badly, but my hair was too long and too fine to stand up. So, I cried and cried until my mom gave in. Y’all, against everything she wanted to do knowing she would be scolded by older adults, she cut my hair. She cut my hair so I could have a fro. It was perfect… until I messed it up. Shaking my head

As every kid does on picture day, I played with my hair before picture time. I don’t know why they don’t take pictures first thing in the mornings. If you look very closely to the right of the picture, buried in my fro is a red flower that my mom had placed in my hair. It was hidden by the time I took my picture. Listen, you couldn’t tell me I wasn’t cute and picture ready. Baby, I was clean! Laughing. That meant looking good back in the 70s. Good memories.

Thanks for reading. I pray that you are or have become everything your five year old self imagined you could and would be. Have a blessed day!

Shaun

Life

Life Gets Better

Shaun Bradford

How many times have you started your day and right when you think everything is going well, you hit a bump? #GottaLoveLife, right?!

Listen, don’t let the bumps get you down. Over the years, I’ve learned that bumps are only lessons designed to make us stronger. So breathe, release, refocus and KEEP GOING! Life does get better.♥️ ~ Shaun