How I Spent My Summer of 2011

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How I Spent My Summer of 2011
Written By: Jayi Kemp
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If one gains wisdom from experience then I guess life is a lesson that one is not fully suppose to understand? Because if someone fully grasp the lesson life intended for them to learn, then there would be nothing for that person to gain out of life?

Luckily for myself I am not that person, so hopefully I have a lot of living left to do, because if this summer was any indication to my knowledge, well then friends, I have a lot left to learn, however the Summer of 2011 was an incredible journey that taught me so much.

My Mother

For starters never say a door is completely close when its not your door to shut. I thought for the longest that my mother and I would never be on speaking terms ever again but when I needed her most she was right there ready to fill in and help me raise my daughters regardless of the cost.

I wish it wouldn't had taken me 28 years to realize how bless I am, but I know now (love you mom).

Secondly, never think what your doing is going un - notice, when I start shooting full time it was because I was passionate about photography and never seen it as a hobby, but more so as a way of life. And because of my hard work an sacrifice, people I never thought would take notice, took notice, when I got the text from Andrew Z about meeting up, I nearly scream like a little girl in the car I was so excited.

Toledo Blade Pics

And after getting the butterflies out of my system and some reassurance from a close friend (thanks No No) I knock on Z's door and the rest is history, not only did I shoot the pictures for his website, Z publish my pictures in the blade (www.Toledoblade.com) when they wrote an article about his comeback on the radio, thanks Z.

Now with the good comes the bad, the day I moved back to Columbus, Ohio to be with my then girlfriend No No, I experience a setback like no other, my baby (not my daughters) caught on fire in Upper Sandusky and suddenly I was without my most reliable means of transportation in awhile. To say I was heartbroken would be an understatement, I was devastated and had to come to the realization that I would not be able to bounce back as swiftly as I once use to.

RIH 6/19/2011 Barack

New Friends

But just like my grandmother taught me as a child (thanks Gran), God does everything for a reason, and while I was personally without transportation, my friends were there to shelter me, drive for me, and at times even provide a meal for me, now if that was not a blessing then I do not know what a blessing is. 

An from that moment on, things started to fall in place for me, things were not instant and not every decision was easy but every decision I made from that point on impacted me in a positive way.

The first thing I did, was let go of  the excessive partying, drinking, and womanizing (yes women do find me appealing lol) and put my energy into getting myself into better shape, I may not look like LL Cool J (the bald resemblance) but I feel a lot better about myself then what I do before the summer arouse. 

May 2011

Then after I started to heal my temple, I need it to heal my soul, I was hurting, I experience something earlier this year I pray none of y'all have to experience, and that's suicide. Thank God it did not occur, but attempting suicide is scary enough, especially when you love someone and really cannot imagine living life without them, who wants to go through that, I sure didn't, and luckily No No was there for me in a way that strengthen me, but maybe dependent on her in ways that were counter productive to my growth.

September 2011

So after trying to heal that situation on my intuition I feel back and let God intervene, I may have lost a girlfriend in the process, but ultimately I regained the friendship I need.

So lets flash forward to now, 2 weeks ago I went into seclusion and spent 3 days in meditation with God trying to prep myself for what conclusion I was going to come to about my daughters living arrangements, at the time I did not know what was going to come about from my decision, but looking at things now, I can't help but smile.

No No & I

God has put peace in my heart, my children are well off and where they need to be, I moved once again to a city I never expected to relocate to, I found support and love from the most unlikeliest of people and most importantly I am back doing what I love doing most, photography and blogging.

Back Where I Belong