Touched By an Angel

We, unaccustomed to courage

exiles from delight

live coiled in shells of loneliness

until love leaves its high holy temple

and comes into our sight

to liberate us into life.

Love arrives

and in its train come ecstasies

old memories of pleasure

ancient histories of pain.

Yet if we are bold,

love strikes away the chains of fear

from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity

In the flush of love's light

we dare be brave

And suddenly we see

that love costs all we are

and will ever be.

Yet it is only love

which sets us free.

-Maya Angelou

1.

My winter break was very nice. I spent a lot of time with my son and his father. Although not technically during winter break, I did go on vacation. I went to New York City Jan 7-10th to see my best friend for his birthday. It was ah-ma-zing. I had so much fun. Being a new mother my "fun tank" was depleted. Seldom do I go out with friends. Well thanks to this weekend my "fun tank" has been totally recharged. Though it wasn't a relaxing vacation in the least (collectively I got around 10 hours of sleep over a 3 day span) I had so much fun! We did everything one could think to do in the City. We went to Central Park and the Central Park Zoo, on a horse-drawn carriage around the city (poor horse, it was freezing!). I saw snow for the very first time! I pummled him with snowballs and we made snow angels. That night we went to to Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village--where Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan started out as well as vintage shopping in the Village (too cute clothes!). The next day to the American Museum of Natural History, which the history buff within was ecstatic about. I went to Queens to see my Grandmother and Uncle that live there. We went to F.A.O Schwartz and got some toys for Aden (my son) and played on the Big Piano (think Tom Hanks in "Big"). We saw the Broadway musical Hair- about the 1960s hippie movement: peace love and happiness, which was more than amazing. We went to a jazz club and to a hookah bar and celebrated his birthday. It was the best vacation I have had so far. There are not enough superlatives to explain how great this trip was.



My goals for this year are to do good in school. The first semester I was able to get a 3.75 and get on the Dean's List, even while taking care of my baby boy. My goal is to keep my GPA at 3.5 or higher. I want to prove that even though I am a single mother I can still excel in school.
I also have a resolution to go to the gym on campus, instead of just thinking about going to the gym on campus.