This Beautiful Blossom

Welcome to my blog everyone! My name is Dyamond J. and this is my new blog. I am a 25 year old Los Angeles native, and I am an actress. I am starting this blog just because I think it is a fun idea and a way to share my experiences with people. This was originally going to be a fashion blog, but I have more to say and more to talk about than just fashion. I've been on a crazy journey up to this point and I have learned so much about myself and life in the process. I want to share these life lessons and these groundbreaking moments in my life. Yes, I will talk about fashion because I really like fashion but I will also talk about life. My life to be exact, and the things that I have learned from what I have been through. The thing about life is that it can get you down, and sometimes it can sucks. For periods of time is actually sucks more than anything. But what I have learned is that I have come through all of that for a reason. I am where I am for a reason, it didn't kill me, I'm still here and therefore I am okay. I'm alright. I'm more than alright, I'm great actually. I never thought that I would reach a point in my life that I am now. I never thought I could be this happy and free and enjoy my life the way I want to live and enjoy it. That's what this blog is about, learning to love myself and live my life for me. I have come into a place where life is more beautiful than it is ugly.

I shed many tears this past year, I cried more this year than I ever have. Some were old tears, from things in my life that never really healed or I never really got over until now. Some were happy tears, and some were just hormones if I'm being honest. I went to dark places this year, places that I've avoided going up to this point in my life because I was afraid. I had a number of mental breakdowns this year and even considered going back to therapy. I had to go to those dark places in order to see that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, and for me that light has been and will always be Jesus. The tears and going into those dark places weren't bad for me in fact it was a healing process. It was painful, but healing isn't always a walk in the park. I had to go back to those places in order to see that that is not where my identity lies and none of it defines me. I will get deeper into what those dark places were and why I know I had to go there in order to get here later. I can say that though 2017 did a number on me, I am coming out better because of it. I am refreshed, I am not holding on to anything from my past, I am blossoming.

I call this The Beautiful Blossom because at this point in my life that is exactly what I am doing. I am blossoming. I am growing into this beautiful sunflower that has been planted and watered for so long and finally it is doing more than sprouting, it is blooming. This is the point in my life where everything feels like it's falling into place and I am happy. Genuinely happy! I chose a sunflower as a representation of this point in my life, one because it is my favorite flower and two it brings joy. For me it is a beautiful flower that represents happiness and peace. But here are some other things the sunflower represents that I connect with:

• FOCUS
• FAITH
• HEALING
• WORSHIP
• LIGHT
• LIFE
• GROWTH
• HAPPINESS
• PROVISION
• ACTION 

So welcome to my blog, I'll be sharing various things and lessons I have learned up to this point in my life. It will be fun too, some days will be more about fashion or a picture I took overlooking Philadelphia or just moments that caught my eye. Some days will be more serious where I discuss everything from becoming the woman I am, and not feeling like I was woman enough to dealing with identity crisis, and even taking on social issues like bullying. One things for sure, this will be an adventure. This is, THE BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOM!

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