Omayra Vélez's Blog, page 8
July 12, 2019
I Had to Walk Away
Today is the fifth anniversary of the day; I said goodbye to my last relationship. I was working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories in Livermore, California. I was doing a Training with Industry program with the US Army from July 2013 to July 2014. In that time I met a man that I thought was to be the person with which I was to spent the rest of my life. However, in the end, […]
July 11, 2019
We have 167 Days until Christmas
I can’t wait for the Holidays. For me it all starts in Thanksgiving and it will not end until New Years. I absolutely love the season. I start counting down the days after the 4th of July. There is something great about the Holidays that makes me want to run on a field fun of fresh powdery snow and have fun. I love the seasons changing and how the air smells in the fall and […]
July 2, 2019
Today, I Lost Some Friends
It is not a nice day when people leave our lives. And for me, it is an even worst day when they leave my life like a whisper in the night. I am not a person that mince my words. I am even suspecting I may have a degree of Autism because I tend not to know what is socially acceptable jargon in certain situations and even when I feel I am very diplomatic, I […]
June 30, 2019
Better Than a Kiss
In Iraq, my best friends were both Jewish. They did not have a vehicle to go to their service, but I did. So every Friday, I gave them a ride to receive their Sabbath, and I waited until the service was over to give them a ride back to our area. I did that every week, and I stayed for the service, so they included me in their family, and I became an adopted child. I […]
June 27, 2019
Oh, I Am Going to Boogie, and then It’s Raining Men
Oh my Lordy, I am in big trouble today. I woke up with music from the ’70s in my mind. I have done all my house chores at the beet of A Taste of Honey, Silvester, The Jackson Five, and others. I love it when I wake with music in my heart. Now I must sit and write. A new book is taking form and The Assembly of Thirteen, Promises of War is also in […]
June 24, 2019
A Stolen Cup-o-Coffee
This big boy is Dexter, my English Springer Spaniel buddy. He loves coffee, and I found out the stupid way. Back when I was living in Maryland, I was sitting on my floor working on some charcoal sketches. The dog was sleeping near to me, and I laid my cup-o-coffee by my side when the phone rang. I left everything and went to get the phone. I was away for about five minutes, but it […]
June 23, 2019
My Favorite Kiss
When I came back from Iraq in 2010, my gift from me to me was a cruise to the Carribean. I had never been on a cruise, and I was so happy I was alive; I treated myself. I paid for a balcony suite and went to as many amenities and outings as I could. However, I went alone. The vacation was on the second to last week in September around my birthday, and none […]
June 22, 2019
Love the Ones that Matter, While You Still Have Them
This woman passed away last March, and I am still mourning her. She was the one family member that was always proud of me and was vocal about it. She told me the truth when I was overweight and when I looked tired, and she always told me she loved me. When I was deployed in Iraq, she and my aunt would send me boxes with the most amazing things like dunking doughnuts coffee, my […]
June 20, 2019
I Woke Counting my Every Blessing
I am a blessed woman. I am blessed from the moment I wake to the moment it is time to sleep. Every day, I struggle with mental illness, and every day, I wake with the blessing of a new day to count the good things in my life. I am thankful for my Jesus Christ. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for my dog, Dexter. I am thankful I was born in […]
June 19, 2019
Choose to Look at Life with Lens of Blessings
This picture was taken in August 2011. I was part of a NATO training in Moldova. I was in my capacity as the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Command Surgeon, and Environmental Scientist. I was doing my job and giving some ideas to a Belgium crew when this beautiful white eye Mantis stood on the shoulders of the woman I was talking. The woman got all scared when she noticed it, but I calmed her and […]
