Be good to me 2016!

Every time around late December, everyone starts with the slogan "New Year, New Me." I'll be going on 4 years in college this year and it's been a learning experience. I haven't had the best grades but I've learned so many lessons and character and maturity wise, I've come a long way. I've been betrayed, lied on, heartbroken, broke, laughed at talked about, disrespected and lots of other things. But I haven't been the best person myself.

I'm tired of living the same just to get the same results. I'm ready for something different, something better. I have so many ideas going on in my head and I just want to make them happen. I'm honestly over school. I'm not really a good student but I am trying to finish strong. I have lots and dreams and goals though. I want to pay off my parent's mortgage and own a bunch of small businesses and build up the city where I live now.

My mom tells me not to focus so much on the money and not to chase it. I don't think I do but I don't think there is anything wrong with being financially rich. And it's not like I'm a selfish person. Even when I have a little, I still give it and help people out when I can. I might not have it today, but one day.

I'm hoping this year will be a year of turn around. I might not get rich but I just want more out of this life that God has blessed me with.

I hope you all have a prosperous 2016.

Charles Barkley's Mother Passes

Via USAToday-- LEEDS, Ala. (AP) — The mother of NBA great Charles Barkley, Charcey Glenn, has died at her home in Alabama.

The Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office says Glenn died Friday in her hometown of Leeds, east of Birmingham. She was 73.

Deputy medical examiner Derrick Perryman says a report lists the cause of death as kidney failure and Barkley as the next of kin.

A pastor at First Baptist Church of Leeds says Glenn's funeral is scheduled there on June 27

A Texas mom who was desperate over being denied food stamps shot her two children and then committed suicide after a seven-hour standoff with SWAT teams at a state welfare office, authorities said.

Ramie Grimmer, 12, and her brother Timothy, 10, were clinging to #life at a San Antonio hospital after Monday night's l horrific ordeal, during which Ramie apparently updated her #Facebook page to say "may die 2day." The chilling incident began about 5 p.m. #Monday when Rachelle Grimmer, 38, visited a state welfare office in Laredo to discuss a food stamp application she had submitted in July #police said.

Caseworkers took Grimmer to a private room, where the distraught mom pulled a gun and threatened employees, authorities said.

Police negotiators spent the next several hours trying to persuade Grimmer to bring her children out safely, but she refused, instead haranguing them about the red tape she grappled with while trying to feed her family, The Associated Press reported.

At one point, Ramie Grimmer posted an update on Facebook that said "tear gas " — an apparent reference to tear gas being fired at the building.

Finally, just before midnight, cops heard three shots and stormed the building, where they discovered Grimmer lying dead in a pool of blood.

Her children were nearby, unconscious and bleeding from gunshot wounds.

Both #kids were reported in critical condition on Wednesday.

Authorities told the AP that Grimmer was denied food stamps because she had left some key information out of her initial application.

She and her children had recently moved to Texas from Ohio and appeared to be struggling to say on their feet. “She was dealing with a lot of issues," Health and Human Services spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman told the AP.

Grimmer had last contacted the agency in mid-November, but had fallen out of touch since then, Goodman said".

Todd Family Laid to Rest

This extremely emotional picture of eight coffins lined for the funeral services of The Todd family has been circulating on the Internet and it left me very heavy hearted.

Rodney Todd, a 36-year old father and his seven children, Cameron,13; Zycheim, 7; Tynijuiza, 15; Tykira, 12; Tybree, 10; Tyania, 9; and Tybria 6; silently passed away after being poisoned with carbon monoxide as they slept through the night. Rodney Todd divorced from his ex-wife in November and had been raising his children.

The family's power was cut on March 25 due to safety issues when the Delmarva Power Company located a stolen meter, contrary to the beliefs of the family thinking the power was cut due to a delinquent bill. In order to preserve heat and light, Rodney went and bought a generator and it was reported the family passed away from carbon monoxide inhalation on March 28, three days after their power was cut.

Unfortunately, their bodies were not found until April 6 when family and friends grew worried about their whereabouts.

Services were held on Saturday at the Ella Fitzgerald Percorming Arts Center which is on the campus of University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where Rodney Todd worked in the dining services department.