Angelia Vernon Menchan

Angelia Vernon Menchan is an author, publisher and public speaker who owns two publishing companies, MAMM Productions and Honorable Menchan Media. Mrs. Menchan is also a Budget Officer and former Job Corps Counselor. To date she has published twenty-three books of her own work, both fiction and non-fiction and more than eighty ebook novellas on amazon.com. You can access her bibliography on www.amazon.com search words: Angelia Vernon Menchan




Contact information:
Website: http://acvermen.blogspot.com
Email: acvermen@yahoo.com
Phone numbers: 904 714 2272 904 303 2679

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Don't Give Me Nothing!

I found myself thinking about the James Brown song this morning,
“I don’t want nobody to give me nothing, open up the door and I will get it myself!”
That ran through my mind at midnight as I listened to Barack Obama’s acceptance speech
No one gave him anything, he went out there and got it,
Never compromising who he was or where he was from,
We can all learn from that,
It reminded me of my life,
All I had growing up was faith, family and a brain,
And I was told everyday that it was all I needed,
One thing I knew by the time I was grown, was this,
I would have to study hard,
Work hard,
And Pray harder,
I would also have to go against the grain,
Stand for what I knew was right, even when no one agreed with me, but me,
That has been particularly true in the last few years,
But I was raised to be beholden to no one,
That old Billie Holiday song was a mantra,
‘Mama may have, Papa may have, but God bless the child that has his own,
I remember when I was starting eighth grade,
I wanted alligator loafers,
That wasn’t in my mom’s budget, so she told me to get the penny loafers,
I said, that is okay, I will get them myself,
Within a week I was working,
Within two weeks I had my loafers,
Because one thing I knew and know for sure,
If you want it, you gotta go get it!

CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA

BLESSINGS!
Angelia
www.angeliavmenchan.com

5 comments:

Jennifer C. said...

AMEN! Use what you have to get what you want and where you are going.

Angelia Vernon Menchan said...

Yes we must because we can!

Smooches!
angelia

S.D. Denny said...

Alligator loafers? Wow! I just had the regular old penny loafers, but I had burgundy and black and instead of pennies, I put "dimes" in mine. But the most important part was that I bought them myself!

Great post!

Anonymous said...

Angelia--you know you should add this to your book :)

Thanks for stopping by the site earlier.

I'm glad Pres. Barack Obama stayed on course and allowed God to direct his steps--because of his obedience and hard work--and the dedication and prayers of others, we can all celebrate together--one nation under God.

'Cilla said...

Angelia... I thought of the Curtis Mayfield" People get ready - change is coming". One thing Barak said in his speech is that it may not take a year or one term but it's coming.. I respect him for his honesty, his faith and his determination to see it get done...

As Always.. I love you commentary