Look Mom I’m Cross Blogging

Posted by LaTara on December 15, 2007

Ok so my mom doesn’t have a computer and she can’t see this post. But hey I am a little excited about this Cross Blog Conversation Opportunity.

So what is a cross blog conversation? Well it is two people having a conversation via their blogs.

I have been watching and reading cross blogs between many of the WAHMs I network with and follow on a daily basis. They have been quite good and very intimate. I enjoy reading them and have been wanting to take part for quite some time now.

Well tonight on Twitter, I expressed that I was the only one not cross blogging and Trica over at Dragon Fly Dreams invited me to start a cross blog conversation with her. So we are starting this out with the hope of getting to know one another and share a bit of ourselves with those who choose to read our blogs.

So Trica started the conversation with..

LaTara you are a wonderful and strong person. Can you tell me a little about who LaTara is and what you are all about?

Well Trica, I guess you can sum me like this… a simple woman who beats to the beat of her own drum and purposes her life to follow God’s will.

I am not into a lot of fluff and phoniness. I am as real as they get and I really wouldn’t have it any other way. With me what you see is what you get. Sometimes my transparency is a bit unnerving to folks. I consider myself to be one of those people who you either like or don’t like. There is no in between with me because I don’t like to compromise at the expense of losing myself. That’s how my momma and daddy raised me.

I am not into impressing folks because I only play to an audience of ONE! In the end it is Him that we will all bow down to.

I am the baby of 8 children raised my mid-western momma and my southern daddy who use to tell me to stop chewing girls because it was not lady like. I grew up in Los Angeles, CA where I lived with my momma and spent my weekends, holidays, and summers mostly with my daddy and step-family.

My children are Alexander, 15 and Mr. Brehane, 4. They make mom smile. I also have grown step children and grand babies as result.

My family and I are vegans and it is an interesting way to live but a beneficial one as well. I never thought I would be vegan, but I did want to become a vegetarian. So the transition has been a difficult but worthwhile one.

I am married to Rupert and have been for 5 up and down years. I praise God for him daily though because it was his love and prayers that got me through depression, self-hatred, and dealing with a past that had me trapped in a pit that I was thrown into as a little girl and never quite found my way out of. And we are totally opposite in many things other than our deep love for God and our desire to serve Him; our quest for natural health, love for nature (except camping - I hate it unless it is in a cabin with a bathroom), our love for watching Law and Order SVU, All CSIs, ER, and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, and a few other things that I dare not mention because they are personal.

Today I am a more authentic woman who is living her life doing things I would have never done before.

I love to laugh, I love writing, I love to hug, I love nature, I love going to the grocery store, I love reading and learning; I love to spend time with folks, I love cooking… I love where I am today in my life

I am a bit of a smart mouth and tackfulness fails me many times. I am working on having more tack…really I am. I just come from a background where I had to fight a lot for much and it made me a little mean in the mouth. This is something I pray on often because I know I should have more of the character of Christ. He wasn’t a sugar coater but He did speak with Tack and dignity.

I am of course a WAHM and make my living as a Vegan Lifestyle coach and natural health expert. I recently took up a little VA work and selling books on Amazon on the side to make everything flow like it should.

Ok I think I may have babbled on too much. So now Trica, I have a question for you…

What does the title of your blog say about you?

Read Trica’s blog for her answer.

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