I GOT THE KEYS KEYS KEYS 🔑 🔑🔑😱😭✨ my very first apartment all to myself!!! alsjfjdkauIckmrhsk sometimes faulting doesn’t suck. like today. today it’s great. ☺️💛🙏🏽 i’m a queens girl now! 👑 #bigTinthenyc #firstapartment #keys #NYCrental #QueensGirl (at Queens, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0gPgW8lg2rI2N0J4yJpu0v3PSLkDWKqLVU2Gw0/?igshid=1ajgkopr0lozg

Vacation is loading...slowly #😩😩😩😩😩😩 #queensgirl #gemini #nyctodmv #couldbeworse

4️⃣0️⃣ Lessons I’ve learned in 2020 continued.. 21-39 Cuz I’m wordy.🙃 21. Rejection is redirection. What is yours, will not pass you. 🎯 22. Pay attention to how people and things make you feel.. if your body aches .. or if you feel drained. Let it go. If it feels like home... lean TF in. 23. Who’s the prize? YOU! I mean this for all relationships, and businesships (Businesseships is gon’ be a word tah’day!) 🏆 24. Take the time that you need to grow. 🌱 25. Take the time AND do the work to heal. 👩🏾‍⚕️ 26. Uncomfortable conversations aren’t always confrontational. 27. Some things just go without saying. 🤷🏾‍♀️ 28. Be impeccable with your words. Eliminate lack from your vocab, “Poor Baby”, “Broke”, “I’m dead”.. no matter how lighthearted.. be choosy as heck with your words. And make sure that others speak life over you in a sentence too! Bless yourself and others with your words outside of a sneeze “ Bless You!” 👃🏾 29. “Good Morning”.. 🚫 I’m going to stop saying that one too... because quite frankly, some have incurred enough mourning this year alone. 🙏🏾 #me #prosebylydia #fortylessons _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ #fortyandfine #lifelessons #lifehacks #wordsofwisdom #wordoftheday #beautycreative #creative #queensnative #queensgirl #birthdaypost #makeupartist #writer #vintagestyle #vintage #classic #naturalbeauty #productcreator https://www.instagram.com/p/CI2dNimJDkq/?igshid=1t8honodpcx1d

Si j'étais une belle fille de Paris… Je dis à mon petit ami, “retrouvez-moi à la tour Eiffel.” Et nous allons dans un café. Mais je suis une fille moche du Queens… Je dis à mon coéquipier de baseball, “retrouvez-moi sous le pont Crossbay.” Et nous allons à la pizzeria. Comparé à une belle fille de Paris, je suis un Troll. - Marielle C.M. 
English Translation: 
If I was a beautiful girl from Paris… I tell my boyfriend, “meet me at the Eiffel tower.” And we go to a Cafe. But, I am a plain girl from Queens… I tell my baseball teammate, “meet me under the Crossbay bridge” And we go to the pizzeria. Compared to a beautiful girl from Paris, I am a Troll. - Marielle C.M. 
I wrote this poem in the 8th grade, at 14 years old so my poetry game might have been weak back then, but it said a lot about how I viewed my life at that time. I was so ungrateful. 
Photo credit: found on Pixabay, user - Free-Photos https://bit.ly/2G3gfeA

She's got that sophisticated, street smart, spiritual, soulful, savage thing about her. Circa 2014 on this day. Georgia Anne Muldrow show. . . . . #umisays #urbansophisticate #blackcool #queensgirl #beautiful #goddess #empress #atlanta #atlantageorgia #gangsta #fashion #igdaily #ootd #styleoftheday #style #sheisart #dope #magic #blackgirlsrock #blackpeople #blackgirlmagic #magic #melaninonfleek #fly #getit

😊 Available online in just 4 days. NYC Queen. Tanks, Tshirts and Hoodies. Multiple Colors and Sizes. Available this Saturday 4/18/19 on www.obamashop.shop and at limited stores/ boutiques around the 5 Burroughs. #nycgirls #nycgirl #bronxgirl #bronxgirls #brooklyngirls #brooklyngirl #queensgirl #manhattangirl #manhattangirls #nycfashion #nycstyle #nystreetstyle #nystyle #newyorkfashion #bronxstyle #brooklynstyle #harlemgirl #bronx #queens #manhattan #brooklyn #nychiphop #nycwholesale #nycfashionista (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfE3qwFhy1/?igshid=r8a532cr16wv

Make America New York (City) 📷: @selwyn.ramos #nycpride #nycnative #queensgirl #chinatown #loveovereverything (at China Town, Manhattan, New York City)

#Sisters my sister my everything growing up my sister was everything to me she was always up for an adventure this is us at the #Bronxzoo #nyc born and raised #queensgirls #Croatiankids. 🥰♥️♥️♥️♥️ look how cool her Asymmetrical #haircut was that was the the #coolhair then ! 😊 I was always in a ponytail! (at Bronx Zoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaaPAJmJKaQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

🔥🔥🔥 @mropalace model @tytaytai makeup @maamanyc lenses @jwslivevents #fashionnyc #model #queensgirls #nija #nijafashion #nigeriadesigner #nyc #nassaucounty #elmont #jamaicany (at MRO Palace Inc) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_bU-WcHdhg/?igshid=1y2ehrzg2f71t

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This book was my life in high school... walking thou this floor at the museum gave me such awesome memories #gemini #imnotcomplaining #nyctodmv #highschool #queensgirl (at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

What a year.. my solar/lunar year. 🌞 Not referring to the specifics of 2020 necessarily. But wow, what a year! Realizing that I’ve been blessed to meet 4️⃣0️⃣ In the year 2020 has taught me many lessons. 🤓 1. Everything isn’t what it seems. 2. TRUST (wholeheartedly) your instincts. 3. No. Is not a curse word. 😐 4. Boundaries are not taboo and require no apologies. 5. In order for your boundaries to be respected they must first be put in place. ⚠️ 6. If you forgot to put boundaries in place for anyone or anything.. pause. Give your self grace (and them) then clearly move forward with a clear understanding of your boundaries (may need to go back to lesson number 4). It is never too late. ✅ 7. There is sooooo much peace in being still. 🧘🏾‍♀️ 8. BUSY is not THE blessing. 🙏🏾 9. Time is a gift. 10. Your energy is a gift. 🎁 11. Your energy should be protected at all times. ✌🏾 12. Lend your time and energy like it’s your last few dollars in your pocket and you misplaced your debit card on a holiday weekend. 🚫 13. Tell them you love them.. family, friends, pets, plants, your body parts, your favorite things. Say it! 14. Speak less, do more. 👑 15. Write more (writing is magic). 16. Everything you touch will turn to gold if you lead with your intent and connection to the higher power. 17. Don’t chase the bag. 💸 18. Give more than you take, but never pour from an empty cup. Pour from your saucer. ☕️ 19. Listen to their words but watch their actions. 🧿🧿 20. Take time (even if in private) to celebrate your wins and to give gratitude to the lesson in the losses. There is always greater waiting when a door closes. Greater as necessary for you, in the right timing. ⏳ * 21-40 cont’d on my next post. ❤️ • • • #prosebylydia #me • • • • • • • • #writersofinstagram #40lessons #lessonsof2020 #what2020taughtme #latebirthdaypost #birthdayfit #ilovevintage #vintagestyle #leather #leopard #makeupartist #marylandmakeupartist #nymakeupartist #queensbred #queensgirl #queening #womenwithlocs (at Where I Am) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI2XuZHpHLN/?igshid=1x41e4gxleatf

Beauty in the streets and a beast in her cleats ❤️💪🏼🥎 #softballgirls #softball #softballlife #queensny #queensgirl https://www.instagram.com/p/CP4RUNqH2Nz/?utm_medium=tumblr

I don't want ordinary anything! No ordinary love, ordinary business, friends, thinking, none of it! . . . . #umisays #urbansophisticate #blackcool #queensgirl #beexceptional #exceptional #motivate #boss #girlboss #womeninbusiness #lawofattraction #loa #lovewhatyoudo #passion #purpose #motivation #beyourbest #entrepreneur #igdaily #liveyourdreams #believeinyourself #investinyourself #achieve #getstarted #growth #instagood

Queens Princess.. T Shirts, Tanks and Crop Top Hopdies available for all you Queens NY Girls. Multiple Sizes and Colors. Available May 20, 2019 at www.obamashop.shop. I will also be selling to selling to select stores in Jamaica, Flushing and Roosevelt Ave. #queensfashion #queens #queensgirl #queensgirls #queensny #jamaicaqueens #nycfashion #nycgirl #nycgirls #nycstyle #nycdesigner #nycstreetstyle #nycsales #nycfashiondesigner #flushingqueens #nycstreetfashion (at Jamaica, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdI6iDF5jh/?igshid=tq6fkac7dwgn