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smile.

I’m not into Gospel music, but this one song by Kirk Franklin always get me into good spirits. What caught my attention about the song “Smile” were the words. I was busy cleaning up my house one day and my television was on VH1Soul. Normally I end up changing the channel after a “I am not my hair” type of song comes on, but this day, I was tuning it out. Until this song came on and it completely grasp my attention. The video is beautiful, the lyrics are beautiful, the song is beautiful. This definitely works if you’re ever feeling down.

Kirk Franklin
“Smile”

I dedicate this song to recession,
depression and unemployment.
This song’s for you.

Today’s a new day, but there is no sunshine.
Nothing but clouds, and it’s dark in my heart
and it feels like a cold night.

Today’s a new day, but where are my blue skies.
Where is the love and the joy that you promised me
tell me it’s alright.

(I’ll be honest with you)
I almost gave up, but a power that I can’t explain,
fell from heaven like a shower now.
(When I think how much better I’m gonna be when this is over)

I smile, even though I hurt see I smile,
I know God is working so I smile,
Even though I’ve been here for a while
I smile, smile…
It’s so hard to look up when you’ve been down.
Sure would hate to see you give up now.
You look so much better when you smile, so smile.

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sorry for the neglect.

I haven’t blogged in so long and I am so sorry for the neglect. I guess you can slightly blame it on Twitter. My thoughts have been so short lately, they’re not long enough to blog. I’ve also been exploring the new opportunities in my career. I have a promotion I’m preparing for in the upcoming months. My daughter is relaxing in beautiful Jamaica for the summer (jealous!). I’ve been hitting the gym (well, I’ve skipped out on it the past month due to being lazy). I’ve just been turning my life into one big slumber party. Relaxation, music and sleep.

Kyle and I have decided to get married on May 6, 2012. That day is our 2 year anniversary. I am so excited, but I am also afraid of the wedding plan. My boss is going to handle most of the planning, but it’s still a lot of pressure. The easiest part is who I’m inviting, which is not much. I don’t care for everyone that I know to be there. I’m only inviting people that I actually care about. Which is about 25-40 people. Kyle’s list is actually longer than mine (he’s such a damn show off). I don’t want it big, but he wants it big. I had to remind him the bigger it is, the more of the costs. So we have to work on that. Ring shopping will be easy because we already know what we want. Nevertheless, our union is going to be beautiful and I can’t believe it’s finally happening!

I’ve been so used to making deep thoughtful blogs that I forgot how to make short quirky ones. I think I need to implement that into my structure as well. Just random thoughts, hopefully on a day to day basis? Maybe every 2 days. Or 3. I can’t make any promises. But I am making a conscience effort to never leave you all stranded again.

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imperfect love.

Relationships or the path to find love will have it’s rough moments. Don’t think for once that it’s “easy” to find love and to keep love. Both entities has it’s ups and downs. It’s your responsibility to embrace those that you have in your life. And if by chance they are not in your life anymore, cherish the memories and be thankful for the time that they were present in it. A lot of us would not be who we are today without that one person to show us the light of our ways. There are far too many times we are remembering the hurt and pain but can’t seem to remember the greater & more joyful things that we have all experienced. The road to finding love will have those potholes. There will be times where you will feel disappointed, rejected, disrespected, hurt, or even violated. Don’t let that stop you on your journey. You will shed a lot of tears and have many frustrating moments. Striving for your happiness will not come easy. There will be times where you are going to lay in bed at night and wonder if you’re ever going to fall hopelessly in love again. I used to be that person. And as soon as I stopped looking, as soon as I stopped asking “When will it be my turn?”, love ending up finding me. Wondering, is this marriage going to work? Am I a good father? Does he love me for who I am? Will she see that I will never hurt her? You’re human. There’s nothing wrong with inquiring about your future. However, in order to achieve the maximum results, you need to go for it and never give up. Love is worth the fight.

When you love somebody, you should follow your heart. Sometimes when you are with the person you love the most, you feel confused. You don’t know who you are or what you want but that is totally understandable. It is natural to let go of a part of yourself to be with that person but the important part is that you don’t lose your own identity in the process.

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Another quote that I love: “Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.” -St. Augustine

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