Ask Me Thursday

It has been a while, I know. since I have done Ask Me Thursday.  But since I can’t talk I need to have some method by which to communicate.  So here it is.  Probably can’t get to all questions but I will do as many as I have a good answer to.

PEACE!

Germ City

I guess it was a little silly of me to think I could get away with not catching it.  I tell you what though, I gave it the good old college try.

At the moment I am loaded up with vitamin C,  Zicam and TheraFlu.  Got a big bottle of water and I am headed to bed.

To all of my struggling, tired or otherwise life-cranky OCMs out there:  HANG IN THERE!

And I hope everybody, OCM or not, has a good day.

My plan is to knock this nap out then do some work.

PEACE.

The Report and as Answer

Hello People:

Couldn’t blog yesterday because I was heavy into the doctor mom thing.  I do not know what goes on when I am not here.  15 was so sick I could hear the wheezing without putting my ear to his chest.  I took him in had to the real doctor to get him some meds. Neither 15 nor E knows when they are sick, not to mention, how sick they are.

Anyhow . . .

I did the coolest thing when I went to The Soul Factory in DC.  I was “teaching” My Mother’s Rules.  The congregation had bought the book because the pastors read it and thought it had valuable lessons. Anyway, as you know it is based on my Mother’s wisdom.  Well during the presentation the power went out for a while.  I had my phone and  I got to thinking: I always get applause and thank yous for writing the book,  but mom never gets any of that appreciation even though it is HER wisdom that they love so much.

So while the lights were out, I called MOM put her on speaker phone and had the entire audience (approx. 250 people) holler out in unison:

WE LOVE YOU TONI TOLER

She got mad tickled about that!!!!!!!!

Okay, that was The Report.  Now let me get to The Answer.

Yesterday Kelli Left this on my blog:

“Judge Lynn, I really need to ask your advice about something. Just to give you a brief, concise background. I’m a African-American female and back in the day I was thug-da-fied OUT!!! I was the typical “youth-at-risk” rippin and runnin the streets, generally a hot damn mess. Anyways, I decided I wanted a better life, entered college and graduated ASU (magna cum laude) with 2 Bachelors degrees. I just graduated this past May. I actually got accepted into law school(UMass at Dartmouth, jumped on a Greyhound bus and moved out there into the dorms, but the money was funny (my Grad Plus loan fell through and had to return to Phoenix). I want to go back to law school so I’m studying to raise my LSAT score so that I can possibly get scholarships. People have told me that it’s not a good idea for me to think about law school. They said that #1) I’d go deep into debt and #2) there’s no lawyer jobs out there for minority women. Is that true? Is it really hard to get a job after law school? Also, what advice can you give me about entering law school? Is it impossibly hard like people say? “

THIS IS MY ANSWER:

1. You tell all of those Nay Sayers “Thank you for then information.”  The you keep steppin.

First of all, check your sources.  Are the people telling you that you can’t  do it lawyers themselves?  Are they successful business people?  Are they in the corporate or legal world?  Educators?  Law Professors?

If not, how do they know?

2.  I do know.  I have done what you want to do.  There are thousands of black female lawyers out there WITH JOBS.  And they do a variety of things from work as prosecutors, solo practitioners, law firms (both large and small), the government in a variety of capacities.  They work as in-house lawyers for corporations,  agencies, legal counsel for non-profits . . . Please.  I have more than a few black women friends who are judges and magistrates.

3. Think about this.  Most people would tell you that what you have already done was impossible.  But you did it.  Don’t let other people’s limited vision obscure your sight.

4.  Yes there will be some debt.  But you know, you don’t have to go the private school Ivy League route.  Check out in-state, live at home and go.  Research grants and loans.  They are not all grade based.  You would be amazed how much private scholarship money is out there that goes untapped every year because people don’t know about it.

5. I had a friend who got pregnant young, had two kids, worked, went to law school off and on and at night while she was doing it.  I met her at a judicial conference.  She became a judge the same year I did.

6.  EVERYBODY, and I mean EVERYBODY (except my husband) said there was no way I would win the judicial election I was in but I did.  EVERYBODY told me that I couldn’t get my book published before I got on TV but I did.

7. Google The National Bar Association – it is a national group of Black Lawyers created in 1925 that is a resource for black lawyers across the country.  It’s president is a woman.

Listen Kelli, don’t you dare listen to people who don’t know what they are talking about  tell you what you can’t do.

Well, that’s it for today.  You guys have a peaceful productive day.  I’m working on having one!!!!!!

PEACE.

Great Weekend

I know I usually don’t post on Sunday but I haven’t had the opportunity through the week.

The Soul Factory was great.  I went to a play there last night called That Boyfriend Girlfriend Thang designed for young people that blew my socks off.

I was treated like family and every body picked me up ON TIME!!!!  Some people can’t pull that off, you know and I am serious about being punctual:

True story:

When i first started taping my show they always had a car service pick me up and take me to the studio  in the morning.  They said he’s be there at 7:00 am  so I was down at 6:55 a.m. to make sure I was there when he got there. He pulled up seconds later .  I thought “cool.  that’s perfect”

So the next morning I came down at 6:50 because I saw that he came early and I wanted to be there when he got thee.  He came right at 6:50 that morning.

Well that went on and on.  I kept getting down there early to make sure I was there when he got there and he kept getting there earlier because I was down stairs waiting on him.

After a while someone at the studio said “You know, you have to stop coming down so early because every time you come early he has to come  even earlier because it His job to wait on You.  You are making it harder on him.”

My pops was all about being on time.  In fact he was always early everywhere.  It’s a great habit I have picked up BUT you have to know when early isn’t a good thing.

Well that’s all my sleepy self can manage this morning.  I hung out with Son #2 last night and stayed up past my bed time.

PEACE

What's up, People?

I am traveling for the next couple of days. Got wi-fi in the airport though so I thought I would holler. No real news to report. I am excited about The Relationship Breakthrough Weekend at the Soul Factory Church.

After that I am heading home.

Always like to talk to new crowds and people.
Always like to get home afterward.

I will be “in season” soon so there will be a lot of Tube riding. Trying to get my head around that. Once I start doing it a lot though it gets less stressful. Never stress free but less is better than more.

Give a shout out for Arnell. She’s dealing with some stuff she could use some prayers on.

I am sleepy. I need coffee.

You guys have a good day. I am off for a caffiene pick me up!