Timing is EVERYTHING

Timing is everything. A undone cake is a sloppy mess. A burnt one, a smokey annoyance. Let God's timing have its perfect work in your life. #momentliving #melodyoriginal

Melody Latrice Copenny Copyright ©
Written December 19, 2011

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Remember To Breathe

Photo by Phil Landowski.

The lyrics to this song are very beautiful. Remembered these words this morning while thinking of a dear sister in the faith and godly mentor whose father died unexpectedly this week. I sent these words and the song to her just now.

Praying the words could encourage you as well in those moments where you feel like you can't breathe. And those moments do come and will come. Those moments where unexpected loss and defiant pain appear unapologetic in your life. Those moments where the season to mourn and the season to grieve begin or re-start in your life. Remember to breathe.

Welcome To My World: Pt. 2

Mead Gardens, one of the locations for the video shoot.

Last month, I blogged I'll be featured this December in a special video series at my church. The series highlights four different people's stories from Discovery Church and how God engages and shows up in our everyday, complicated, and messy worlds.

During my video shoot/interview, I learned the series will include a mom who has two kids under the age of 5 and her struggles with where her significance comes from, and a widowed husband working through loss and grief; his wife passed away last year. There's another feature that will also highlight the real life realities another family is dealing with.

Mandisa, that's my girl...

You may remember Mandisa from one of the early seasons of American Idol. She has an amazing voice and God has blessed her with a thriving career in the Contemporary Christian Music industry. This song is from her latest album. She also has lost more than 120 lbs. in the last few years. She inspires me as a beautiful African American woman who's in love with Jesus, but also as a sister like me who's walked this road of weight loss and better health and is seeing incredible results on the other side. I pray this song will be a blessing to you.

nikki giovanni workshop: young black writers

taken from my personal notes during nikki giovanni's workshop on february 11, 1998, the university of georgia, adinkra hall.


the ability we as young black writers have in today's society: be grateful for our education, the ability to read, the blessing to be at UGA to learn everyday. we have a story to tell. our personal story must reflect something real and worth value. we are Writers. - nikki giovanni

nikki giovanni workshop: a new ending for "the color purple's" ciely

taken from my personal notes during nikki giovanni's workshop on february 11, 1998, the university of georgia, adinkra hall.

nikki's view on alice walker's portrayal of ciely in "the color purple": she should have killed mister and won the lottery, i'm talking about the book, not the movie. the whole sister, children, missionary theme was stupid. when ciely finds out her stepfather ain't blood does that make the rape of a 12 year-old girl justified? - nikki giovanni


well, that's a very, very different approach to the story's plot, my goodness! but that last part about the stepfather, that's a good point...

nikki giovanni workshop: the under population of africa

taken from my personal notes during nikki giovanni's workshop on february 11, 1998, the university of georgia, adinkra hall.


the underpopulation of africa: the reason is explained in the way young animal cubs are taken from their parents and groups - to get to one baby elephant you must kill the bull, mother, a few juveniles, and finally you have the calf. how many animals have you killed? 46 or more. the same with the african continent: many fathers and mothers fought and died for their children. the majority of african slaves were juveniles. - nikki giovanni

whew. something to think about, indeed.