I have been a mentor and a coach to quite a few people. This year I ventured to mentor a young lady.

To be truthful and honest, initially I got overwhelmed and backed out. I thought there's no way I could connect with young ladies as broken as I am.

So, the mentoring group I am with didn’t drop me and kept me on and loved up on me. Eventually, they found a young lady to pair me up with.

We’ve been working together for a few months. This past week I just realized, she is so much like young Tameka that I find myself shocked and tickled by her. When I tell you this baby is headstrong and unmoving. If it doesn’t make sense she doesn't have time! And music, she studies music and lyrics and deeper meanings and small nuances like me in the 80s and 90s…

I got off the phone with her the other night and laughed and cried.

Most people who know me know that I just want to be the person I needed when I was younger.

God has paired me with someone just like me and is laughing his heart out…baby when I was her age, I didn’t think I needed anyone! And honey this baby swears she doesn’t need anyone either.

I must have been a handful for God. He is showing me just how much.

I makes my heart smile. I speak to my own daughter and realize I didn’t understand her because she wasn’t like me (Thank you God 🤞🏾)…now I have to learn who my daughter is and learn (by proxy) who I am and how to help in both cases.

God, I know you are laughing at me. I am glad I can laugh and learn as I am growing. These girls are funny😂