Hey!

I’m in the process of giving all this stuff away. Mostly kids clothes and accessories, Goodwill is gonna be so lucky!

I also have to get my old car fixed so I can drive it down to Miami on Saturday. My little brother is going to ride behind me so I can take more stuff down. I dont have as much stuff as I thought. After throwing things away I realize that the majority is all of our clothes and the kids toys. Not too much to pack up.

I was chatting with Anna tonight because I realized that my real name is all over this internet. But I’m cool about it because there is no real personal info and I have to realize that by writing and speaking I am going to live a very public life so I have to get used to people knowing who I am.

She suggested I use an alias but I want to use my real name as my professional name. I LOVE MY NAME!

I think that when I get married to my man Nick Cannon, I’ll change my last name to his, but still use my maiden name as my professional name. I think he’ll be cool with that and he can call me Mrs. Cannon behind closed doors.

Anyway, I’m really enjoying this time off. I had no idea how much I would appreciate it. That job really tore at my spirits. It had me feeling like life was gonna suck forever. But it’s not, I just had to step out on faith and I can’t wait to see what will happen with my writing.

The newspaper accepted my first column for publication. In the middle of writing it I had to stop and praise God because I couldnt believe that I was FINALLY doing something with my gift. I almost cried because I feel like God is really going to use my writing to touch so many people.

I wrote about how true fathers could break the cycle of teenage pregnancy. I believe that it is one the best pieces that I have ever written. I gained so much wisdom about the importance of family from my church here and I know I will share all of this wisdom with the city of Miami and eventually the world.

The column will be officially published on Wednesday and I will post it here so you can read it.

I hope everyone is feeling as good as I am, because right now I’m just feeling peace.