Sunday Gratitude

Sundays are for extricating myself from the normalcies of life and for using the shackle-free moments to show gratitude for the things I love. Recently, I started using a daily gratitude journal. Although some days it gets pushed aside, I realize the importance of doing the internal work to make sure that you stay grounded in peace and knowledge of who you are. Being thankful for what you have is a great way to set your mindset for being joyous in life. 

I decided to write a poem to express some of the things I am grateful for. 

 

Gratitude

Sketch drawing by Stephanie Jeannot

I love granny pajamas because they are comfortable

I love a warm bubble bath with salt because it's wonderful

I love trying new recipes out because I love a good meal

I love wearing beautiful high-heeled shoes bcecause they have a sexy feel

I love conversations with people who know how to encourage me

I love a good book by a great author because they seem to inspire me

I love to write down words or phrases that seems like they are out of this world

I love trying to do something fantastic with this head full of 4C curls.

I love a good album to spin on my record player.

I love a song I can bop to that makes my spirit enliven my dancer.

I love a blank canvas that I can draw on and then later fill with metallics.

I love a vocal exercise that gives my voice improvement

I love listening to Sarah Vaughan and her wide vocal range

I love it when I can write in a book and fill up an entire page

I love the night, the sleep, the sheets, the room that I sleep in

I love my family, my talents, the ability to use them and I smile with the biggest grin

I’m grateful for every limb, sense and leveling up opportunity I have been blessed with

I am thankful for all the times God saved me when I had been sick

And I can’t thank him enough for surrounding me with his love every day

I am not perfect and yet, in spite of it all, God loved me anyway

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If you are interested in writing prompts to help to ignite the writer in you a bit more, maybe you can try my writer's prompt book entitled, "Storming the Page: Soul Aerobics." Check it out here on  https://a.co/d/frXJrnd

Thank you again for stopping by my blog! 

The Reason Why I Sing!

While many things may tug at me for my attention, I find music to be the one I respond to the most.

Photo from Taste of Minsk 2017 provided by EMM Management

I am thankful mostly for the spring of life that it gives me which is why I have genuine enthusiasm to partake in the art of singing. From the cradle to now in my adulthood, singing gives me motivation. Even in my worst days when my strength is sapped like in the heat of summer, somehow God girds me with strength just to fulfill my passion.

You might wonder why I love it so much. Well, I can honestly say that music gets my heart pumping. It brings my world to life. It animates me and gives me ecstatic joy. It adds sparkle to the routine of my day and I am thankful for the wonderful gift of music, song and voice that God blessed me with and I believe this is what I was born to do. Singing is my purpose.

Photo from Taste of Minsk 2017 provided by EMM Management

I know my most focused attention dwells there but it is only because I am wading in the deep waters of love God gave me to embrace it with confidence. That is just one of the many reason I will forever sing of his mercies. Thankful for every open door of opportunity that he enables me to walk into.

You are Invited:

Perhaps I might interest you in one of the many upcoming singing engagements that I will be participating in.  

On Saturday, September 9, 2017, please join me as I get on stage at the Fort Greene Jazz Festival hosted by Eric Frazier. It will take place in Fort Greene Park located at Dekalb Avenue and South Portland in Brooklyn NY from 3PM to 7PM. 

Photo from Taste of Minsk 2017 provided by EMM Management

I am thinking this event will be one of the biggest of the annual Fort Greene Park Jazz Festivals yet, now in its 8^th year. It is a free event and open to the public I think it will be something that will bring a spark of fun, joy and dancing in the streets of Brooklyn and am so excited to be able to share my talents there. 

Hopefully you can join us this Saturday. If so, see you there! 

Wishing you "Harmony"

 



It is Easter week everyone and knowing that we are entering a week that is so faith driven as well as a week where some of our kids are off from school, I would like to wish to you all Harmony in your week. May it be blessed and full of joy and peacefulness.


Thank you for all your support and love and prayerfully, one day we will meet face to face; perhaps Tuesday evening if you are free I will be performing live at Harlem Tavern located on the corner of W. 116th Street & Frederick Douglass Blvd in Harlem, NY from 6PM to 9PM. 

 

 

Harmony written by Stephanie Jeannot & Paul Garrod

http://www.reverbnation.com/stephanayjnote/song/22346913-harmony-by-stephanie-jeannot--paul

Have a wonderful week and God bless you!

I Appreciate You!

The Christmas season is just about over, ending tomorrow with Three Kings Day or the 12th day of Christmas as the carolers would sing.

 

 

 

Thank you each and every one of you for checking out my page and liking or taking time to support me as an artist. I dedicate the following song to you all. "I appreciate" written & produced by Stephanie Jeannot

Here is the link:

https://soundcloud.com/stephanay-jnote/appreciate-jeannot-vocals-and-piano

God bless you and may 2015 bring much joy and success into your lives.

 

Peace be the journey!