What @omarosa and I have in common....

Today is about a subject that hits close to home... Grieving. Yes that is What Ms. O and I have in common. Yesterday +OMAROSA tweeted the following: "Lost my love 3 years ago today...my world will never be the same #gonetoosoon #GodBlessMCD" and by this she means her late fiancee the Great Michael Clarke Duncan who suddenly passed on 09/03/2012 and what I believe was a fatal heart attack and in Omarosas arms if I recall in an article that I read. I tweeted back to Ms. O:" So sorry- I know what it feels like -inserted sad emoji face. Previously I had tweeted something to her and to my surprise she Fav'd my tweet! She did not respond to my last tweet.  So this is where I make the connection, and let bactrack so you can get the whole picture:

 I started following +OMAROSA on Twitter, that brought me to following here on Periscope , if you don't know about Periscope you live under a rock , or you can find out by reading my previous blogs. Anyway, Ms. O was kind to have her join her inside the Green room of various shows , one in particular is/was Dr. Drew (she has been active as a guest there recently) She did mention "after all I am single now" kind of under her breath. I can relate to everything Ms. O went through in terms of grieving. I suddenly lost my dear husband in Oct. of 2003. Every October since his death I would light candles and say a prayer then light more candles say more prayers and cry. 
But for the past couple of years I have turned things around. I want to celebrate my late husbands LIFE. See he is still with me day after day, he appears in small things, a song, a picture, a memory a friend. He is with me every day, and he is looking out for me , just like Michael is looking out for Ms. O on a daily basis.
I also wanted to mention that Today , I met a fabulous woman , no let me type that again a WOMAN named Ms. Taneshia Nash Laird a.k.a @taneshia over on Twitter. I was reflecting on what to write about today, and was in awe of Ms. Taneshia , what strengh! She is also a widow, her hubby passed in 2013, but let me tell you something actually let me type a portion of her bio:

• she is Regional Director of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce for the Trenton-Ewing MSA , which is all of Mercer County. Ms. Laird is the founder and CEO of Legacy Business Advisors, a strategic communications, business development and real estate development consulting firm. Based in Trenton, Legacy serves clients throughout the United States. Ms. Laird sits on several boards including Art Pride, the Advocates for NJ History, and the NJ Enterprise Zone Authority Board to which Governor Jon Corzine appointed her.

Wow! This was no coincidence, this was a message of support , a pat on my back that yes I will be ok, that yes I should and could move forward, even if I am feeling down. There are other women out there that suffer and continue and PREVAIL in their mission.
Ms. Taneshia invited me to an event in September with the US Womens Chamber , how gracious of her, I really look forward to meeting her. 
So see everything happens for a reason, we just don't know what the reason is so we become sad, frustrated, sometimes even angry. Well right now I feel grateful to have had a beautiful decade with my Husband that we shared with love (mostly) and that produced a wonderful human being : my Son Niko.
xo @latinabug_nj