Howdy from Fort Worth, Texas!

This is your girl, Sheniqua Williams, writing.  Thought it was high time y'all got an update from me.

I am no longer livin' in Dallas:  Dallas gettin' too crazy, too riddled with crime; was worried for my own safety, so I moved west to Fort Worth, where I now live.

I graduated from beauty school; have my own store now ("Sheniqua's Stylin' Boutique" is the name of it!); am lovin' every minute of it!  People get surprised when they see they have a beautician who's disabled, but I tell 'em not to worry; I still can fix hair!  :)  My disability shouldn't matter!

I have had my store for about a year now, and I have a respectable clientele.  Life is good now.

And get this:  I even have a boyfriend!  Yeah, I do!  :)  His name's Cordavius, and he's a fine lookin' brotha!  Met him at church about three months ago; it's been instant love ever since!

People ask me all the time for me to write a book 'bout my Hurricane Katrina experience; I tell 'em heck no!  I'm still tryin' to run away from the bad memories; my life is too good now; I don't want to ruin it with all the nightmares, the flashbacks!

I still miss my mama; she died two years ago from a brain aneurysm.  I was the one who was with her when she took sick; scared the livin' hell out of me.  They couldn't do anything:  she was dead before she hit the ground.  It was a terrible, awful time for me.

I think of my precious mama singin' in Heaven's Choir, and my heart breaks; I miss her so bad!!  Mother's Day was the worst; I didn't even get out of bed to go to church; didn't want to face all those people and their mamas!

I love Fort Worth:  it still has the big-city feel, but it's a lot safer (or at least the area where I live is!).  Don't go downtown much at night 'less Cordavius take me; too dangerous, even with all those cop cars crawlin' around, patrollin' the streets.  The north side (Little Mexico) is even worse; I try to avoid that area at all costs!

When I'm not workin' or spendin' time with Cord, I sing in church on Sunday (church is another big part of my life; found a wonderful spirit-filled, Bible-believin' church not far from where I live), and I been tryin' to contact some of my friends back home in Mississippi; not much luck there.  I miss them, wonder if they're even okay.

Or alive.

I miss Mississippi; Mississippi was my home until Katrina roared through, and changed my life as I knew it.  Now I live in Texas, and I am a lot happier (or would be if it weren't for those danged flashbacks!!).

Now you know what's been shakin' with me.  I will write in here again another time; until then, this is Sheniqua Williams signing off!  Take care, and may God bless y'all mightily!  Be blessed in all you do!

~Love, your friend in Texas, Sheniqua W.  :)