SALT

So a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine asked me my views on the role of a wife. I told him that I felt a wife should be like salt for several reasons.

Salt has many purposes:

1)      To refine
2)      To heal
3)      To cleanse
4)      To enhance

When I say that a wife’s purpose is to be salt for her husband, she needs to fulfill the same purposes as actual salt. She should refine him. The Bible says that iron sharpens iron. She should be that woman that makes him better by who she is, not by nagging or trying to change him for superficial purposes. She should be there to heal his hurts. When he experiences hurt, trauma and disappointment she should be the one to help lift him. She should be there to cleanse. A man carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and often has to get down in the trenches. Not only is the wife supposed to get down in the trenches with him, but when they come out she should be the one to dust him off and let him know that all is well.  A wife should enhance her husband. People  add salt to food to enhance the taste. A man adds a wife to his life for her to enhance him in all areas. Like the lyrics say “I’m a movement by myself, but we’re a force when we’re together. Baby I’m good all by myself, but baby you make me better."

Just my thoughts in a nutshell.

Ms. Understood

I am a woman of class and distiction. a woman's whose father showed her the finer things in life. I was raised to expect men to be gentlemen and to take care of their wife and kids. My father is by far the greatest man I know and he raised me so well that now my standards are HIGH. Beyonce has a song entitled "Daddy" where she pays homage to her father. Some of the lyrics are "I want my unborn son to be like my daddy. I want my husband to be like my daddy. There is no one else like my daddy. And I thank you for loving me." This is the sentiment that I have regarding my father.

So I would not dare disrespect him by lowering my standards and settling for any old man for the sake of having one. People say that I am hard core and too guarded. My reply to that is, that is a good thing. No man should want a woman that is to freely giving of herself. There are somethings that I hold precious for the one I love and everyone should not and will not know the intimate details of my heart. If some of you men can get past the nice lips, big boobs, nice butt and sexy legs , then you could see there is so much more to me than that.

I am Ms. Understood. When I dont swoon and fall over you. Its not that I am not feeling you, its just I need to see where your head is.. where a man attention is, his affection lies. If I dont even have your attention then no I am not going to show you my affection. I dont blow up your phone... do misunderstand it. I recognize that people have alot going on. Unless I am a priority and we have that exclusive understanding no Im not going to call unless you set that precedence.

Don't get it twisted fellas. I love you all to death, but when you have so many people claiming to be so sincere you have to have a screening process and only the strong survive. If my heart is the prize you wish to capture you will not mind getting back to basics. For those of you who think my standards are too high, thats fine too because maybe Ms. Understood is just not for you...and thats ok. Thats why God all made us different and gave us preferences and choices. Because believe me when Ms. Understood step up to the plate she is hitting for a homerun everytime.

So take me as being unapproachable, difficult, mean or hard core. I am just Ms. Understood and if you took the time to really get to know me you would understand why I bear that name.

My View of the Marriage Debate

I am getting so sick of the conversation about why are 42% of Black Women unmarried?
Are they freaking serious? Is there no better topic? Do people really think there is a cut and dry answer? Nothing is that black and white. There are a number of reasons: some women choose to be single, some prefer women, some are focused on careers, MEN are asking… but in this conversation why does it seem like black women are being blamed for the relationship status. I was in a relationship with a man who treated me great he was a sweet guy and an angel of a boyfriend, however; I knew that he was not the man whom I was created for. Ah ha! Maybe this is the missing link!!! People these days get together for the most superficial reasons. Men want women who have big butts rather than big hearts, who are better at using their bodies rather than their minds. Women are caught up on how a man is dressed and his resume rather than his Vision. People do not court, date and get to know one another anymore. They do not pray and seek God about the person for whom they are created. People want instant gratification want a microwave relationship based on looks, status and other “surface” factors.

Another reason is the “grass is greener” theory. This is especially true with men. Because men have so many more options than women, they keep searching for “the next best thing” NEWSFLASH!!! Just because someone may be better on paper doesn’t mean they are better for you. Often time the most genuine people get overlooked, because someone thinks they are better than they should. I am not saying don’t have standards, but I am saying make wise decisions.

Careers! Don’t get me wrong I am a very driven woman and a born go-getter, but not to the point where it is going to negatively impact my personal life. Becoming Dr. Powe does not trump me being Dwayna Powe: mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover….and eventually WIFE. Why because I understand why I was created. Though I bring great things to the table I know how to be a submissive woman, I know I am designed to be a helper to my mate.

People take the true meaning of marriage for granted. My parents have been married for almost 35 years and they still have date night every week. They are each other’s best friend and they put each other first after God. These days people are self absorbed and have the Janet Jackson syndrome “What have you done for me lately?” Relationships and marriages can only thrive when both parties work together through good and bad and though you may not always agree you are willing to stick it out no matter what.

I could really go on for days, weeks, eons about this topic but I am just giving my surface thoughts at the moment. I just feel it’s bogus that black women a being looked down upon because we are not all married, as if we propose to or can marry ourselves. IJS!

I Own the Right to Walk This Way

I have encountered many men who often say, “I love your confidence” or your “swag” and then you have those who are bothered by the fact that I am so self-assured, but what they failed to realize is I paid the price and I own the right to walk this way. I remember being a young skinny girl with all the book sense in the world and plenty of friends, but I got picked on for being “too skinny” for being “a nerd” and for having “big lips”…. Fast forward to the present I now have the dangerous curves, being a nerd is about to make me Dr. Powe and the same lips that men used to joke on me about, now brings them to their knees. So don’t be mad I own the right to walk this way.

People say you are hard on guys you shouldn’t have high standards, but were you there when he cheated and I still stood tall. Were you there when I gave my all and it was still not enough. I paid that price and appreciate the experience because it didn’t make me bitter, it made me oh so much better.

They say she act like her life is all that, but let me ask you this… were you there when my organs started shutting down 2 days after my daughter was born or when I was in a terrible car crash when she was 6 weeks old. God destined me for greatness and I paid a high price so I OWN the right to walk this way.

Out of all these things none of them explain why I walk the way I do..with swag, confidence and some say arrogance. I AM A GREAT PERSON, Daughter of the Most High God I walk this way because of Who I AM and WHOSE I AM and that is what gives me the right to walk this way and proclaim that I AM THE GOODNESS KNOWN AS D.Powe! I OWN THE RIGHT!