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AZ Republic: MONITOR THE PEOPLE YOU HIRE!!!

2009-07-02T12:14:00.005-07:00

My disgust is not necessarily with the Arizona Republic, but with their "sub-contracted Circulation department", I mean "Circulation Helpers". The company AZ Republic subcontracted to sell subscriptions!

As I sat at home, enjoying the roar of my children discuss who's turn it is to play on the computer and how BORED they were... the ominous ring of my door bell catches my attention. Along with the attention of my two dogs, who barked constantly for a minute until I calmed them down.

ANYWHO... I open the door and see a child sitting at my door. Seeing as though he looked roughly the size of my 12 year old son, I assumed he was another brat coming to join the ranks of "my children". (At present I have 4 children, and about 10 "adopted kids" from around the neighborhood!). MUCH to my surprise, he began asking me about my newspaper delivery and whether I wanted the paper tossed close to the door or out toward the end of the driveway.

As he talked, he mentioned that he was a Peoria High School Student (I live in Gilbert), and with my weekend subscription, I would not only enjoy FREE delivery of the AZ Republic during the week, but I would have 8 Weeks of Weekend Delivery for only $26, AND THE BEST PART... I would be helping him earn a $500 savings bond to use toward college. As a business & marketing communications professional, I have orchestrated similar door-to-door promotions and I knew that part of his story didn't add up. I looked around and NO ADULT IN SIGHT!!! I told him to come back with an adult, and credible paperwork, and I would be MORE THAN HAPPY to subscribe... (it would save me a trip every weekend and help a child!!!)

15 minutes later... my door bell rings again! The young man asks to use my phone because he can't get a signal and can't reach his ride! He explains that there are about 11 people total in a Van, with a "Sales Circulation Manager", that goes to neighborhoods around the area and the kids walk door to door asking for subscriptions. He didn't expect his ride to be there for almost an hour... ITS 100+ DEGREES OUTSIDE AND YOU HAVE THIS CHILD STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING FOR A RIDE!

I guess the child got in touch with his "supervisor", because roughly 15 minutes later a large white van pulls in front of my house and out pops "T. W.". This "competent", 26 year old Sales supervisor, couldn't produce any permits, licenses, or any credible documentation other that his name & phone number on the back of an AZ Republic Subscription Form! After asking him for several minutes about supervising and responsibility for a minor he politely said this wasn't going to work and proceeded to get into his vehicle.

I have experienced door-to-door sales, waiting on a ride, and even being left in an unfamiliar house out of town till almost midnight... BUT ALL AS AN ADULT!!!! What are you doing? Are you that desperate for subscriptions that you have resorted to hiring companies that exploit children? I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED... this MUST be addressed!!!! Yes I do have names and witnesses!

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Fat Boy Chronicles, Teen Obesity & a Fight to Survive

2009-04-23T11:56:00.005-07:00

At 13-years old “Jimmy,” stood 4’8” tall and weighed 197 pounds! He seeks comfort in his favorite foods and becomes increasingly reclusive and fatter by the day. He struggles with low self-esteem, depression and the daily torment from his classmates. He begins to review his lifestyle and eventually turns his life around and loses the weight.

His struggles serve as a lesson for so many other teens facing the same problems every day. A new study spanning decades has found that young men who were overweight at age 18 were as likely to die by 60 as light smokers were, while obese teens, like heavy smokers, were at double the risk of dying early.

A new book, “The Fat Boy Chronicles,” delves into the issue of teenage obesity and its psychological impact on teens. Told through the voice of a Cincinnati teenager, the story paints an offbeat, yet emotionally painful world of obese teens hidden beneath our thin-obsessed society co-authored by Michael Buchanan & Diane Lang.

Read full excerpt via link: The Fat Boy Chronicles

"On the bus ride home today, I sat with a kid named Allen. He’s overweight, but in a worse way than me. I mean, he’s not any bigger than me, he just doesn’t get it. Like he wears these big pants that hang too far down, and you can see his underwear and sometimes a little more. The girls think it’s gross and scream whenever his pants creep down too much. And his shirts are too short and half his gut hangs out. Sometimes, he really asks for all the grief he gets. Then he smiles all the time and tries to talk to people. Everyone ignores him, and I tried to, but got caught sitting with him in the front of the bus, which was a big mistake because we got bombed with paper wads. Then someone yelled for the bus driver to split us up—they said we were making the bus lean to one side. The driver hollered at everyone for messing up her bus, then made Allen and me pick up all the paper at our feet. Of course, the rest of the bus cracked up laughing. Ha, ha. Real funny.

Now, I’m sitting in my room writing this journal. I still think it’s a waste of time. I mean, who cares about my boring life? Hold on a minute. I don’t believe it. My pimple-faced sister is yelling at me because she thinks I went in her room and snooped on her laptop."

I hope you enjoy! Till Next Time, LaKisha!!

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Listen... to be HEARD... explained!

2009-03-25T13:19:00.006-07:00

I have been asked to explain my Motto... and so here it is... the long & short of why I selected this phrase.

My motto is "Listen to be Heard", and is directly related to my experiences as a volunteer and work as a public relations professional.

After a year of volunteering & working with a homeless shelter, It became obvious to me (especially after I was told by Ms. Runner) that some people like the homeless/nomad lifestyle. Ms. Runner (I gave her that name!) & her hubby were married for 30 + years, had two children (doctor & lawyer), and at one time owned a home worth close to 500K (I saw the documents & records!). After their last child went to college, they retired from their "everyday crap" and took upon themselves a lifestyle of freedom and travel. She mentioned they had to deal with the negative connotations that come with being homeless, but that didn't stop them because they enjoyed the unhindered lifestyle! They had visited 40 of the continental states and had a great relationship with family & friends, that after a while accepted their new found luxury! They stayed in shelters while in the cities, and lived off the land in rural areas of the country.

Why is this important... how does this tie into my motto. Well, my job was to assist people in obtain resources for transitional living. It was my "job" to help them find the information needed... in order to do that, I had to listen to them and allow them to tell me what they wanted & needed. It was then, that they were able to hear me as I described options based on what THEY WANTED AND NEEDED. I went into the position thinking I knew what was best, (i.e. stable housing & employment), but I was initially unable to help people because I didn't listen to their needs!

I take this approach in business & volunteer work. Although I might have the best ideas, services, or products in the world, it makes little difference if I don't listen to the needs of my clients and their target audience/markets. I have volunteered at homeless shelters, battered women shelters, child/foster centers, various community centers & community projects as well as professional, religious, and XXX based organizations I have been involved in. Every experience has the same given me the same lesson, I can't help until I know what you want or need!

If you want your public to hear you, your organization must be comfortable & capable of listening to them! If your public tells you, "I get my info from XXX", "I value XXX", or "I wish we had XXX"; it is your responsibility and duty to provide for those needs within your companies abilities.

Are you listening and putting your message in the right hands... or just talking because you think we want to hear you?

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Kind Police Escort from Corvallis, OR

2009-02-12T11:57:00.006-07:00

Let me start by saying... WE HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE!!!

America is "from Sea to Shining Sea" beautiful; the mountains capped with snow overlooking the cabins with billowing smoke; the hills with goats & green pastures next to the gurgling river; the desert sunset that lights the fire with red, gold, & if you lucky a bright streak of violet as the moon takes hold of the sky.

We live in a beautiful nation. We need to take occasional trips outside the tattered infrastructure that holds this country together to really view the beauty our leaders should be fighting for! (By leaders I mean ANY PERSON with ANY INFLUENCE... yep that means you!) :)

Okay... back to the point, MY KINDLY POLICE ESCORT FROM CORVALLIS, OR!!! I am on my way back to Phoenix. It is 1:30AM, perfect traveling time because no-one is on the road & I timed it to miss the big city rush hour traffic... 19 hours to go! I have my handy dandy Blackberry GoogleMaps Application with my route from the hotel planned to my door! Car's packed, cd's organized, Starbucks DoubleShot & I am on the road.

I get 3 blocks down the street from the hotel when I hit a red light, I was supposed to turn here but the street name was different. I looked down at the BB to confirm with GoogleMaps. I guess I stopped to far away from the light... Next thing I know I hear the loud horn " You can't stop in the middle of the road". I wave my hands sorry and inch to the light.

Then the red & blues... Okay I kinda expected it at this point. AZ plates in OR. "Pull over" rings out over the loudspeaker. I flip my hazards & turn RIGHT at the light... "PULL INTO THE GAS STATION RIGHT NOW!!!" rings out. By then I am a bit freaked out so I whip across the street into the gas station. Around the corner comes another black & white with the red & blues going. By then I have I officer at my driver door & two back-ups at the passenger & rear of the car.

I turned off the car; handed him my license & registration for the rental car; & proceeded to light a cigarette. He asked... "So, how much have you had to drink tonight"... Sarcastically I say "two shots of expresso". " He looked sideways at me and I said " seriously, I haven't had anything alcoholic to drink tonight".
"What are you doing out tonight"
"I am on my way home... I just left the hotel & got a bit turned around and was checking my blackberry to verify my route. I have a serous cold & cough, I hate cold weather, and I JUST WANNA GO HOME!"
He said okay I will be right back.

He comes back to the car and says " Well you started off good by pulling over, but you didn't pull over far enough to the right... & then you made it worse by turning THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY STREET! (That explains why they yelled to turn into the gas station and why they thought I was drunk!) I really don't think you should drive to Phoenix tonight, but the exit out is straight down this street and right @ the highway. Please be careful tonight!"

"Yes sir & you have a great night!" The second car & officer left, the primary car took off down the street I needed to drive and when I turned at the highway I saw them turn around! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!! Okay.... you thought I was drunk... but you did your job & for that I applaud you... & you gave me an escort out the city, cause your streets are JACKED-UP!!!

I love my little excursions! Always an adventure... & I got a cool coffee mug... I forgot to get a shot glass for my collection! I will take pictures & post them and tell you moreabout some of my great states excursions another time... Another gem from my trip!

What do you think?

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Cultural Training Part 1...

2009-01-22T08:27:00.007-07:00

I have coached multicultural and diversity training for several people. The underlying comment that forces the uncomfortable talk is the perception of fault & the resulting attitude.

For example:
Asian Woman makes a comment that generalizes black people as lazy. Black woman says that offended me. White woman states, "This is why I don't make comments in these types of seminars. Everyone is so sensitive & now if Isay anything Iwill be seen as a racist!"

Black Woman is offended by this comment, but doesn't say anything to White Woman for fear that she will be seen as "bitter". White woman continues to feed the ill gotten attitude & intolerance festers without addressing the original concerns of offense. The topic has shifted from the action or statement that causes the ill feelings to the feeling itself.

In this instance... I challenged everyone in the room to be sensitive... to others & themselves. If you are offended, you would like for the other person to acknowledge their offense, make amends and move forward. If you say something to a friend, regardless of ethnicity and/or cultural background, and it offends them and they mention it to you; would you make sure the situation is resolved. Would you blame them for being sensitive or offended by your words or actions. Generally speaking, NO... as a friend you would do everything in your power to apologize to your friends and make them understand you meant no harm. This attitude should be no different when you interact with strangers.

Asking someone to come to your house is not the same as visiting them. By this I mean, don't use the additive " I have _____ friends, or I invited a _______ person to my house." This does not excuse you from stepping out of your bubble of comfort to experience another zone! You may have black friends... but are you a friend to them. You may have invited a homosexual to your birthday party, but have you attended birthday party for them.

I know, birds of a feather flock together. We as people are naturally attracted to people that we admire for some quality... usually a similar physical trait. The goal is to go beyond the surface to see that we are all the same crap underneath! Bones, blood, & a human connection!

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Hystercetomy at 30.... Men-a- what.....

2009-01-15T12:25:00.006-07:00

I am glad birth control failed me... It failed miserably. 4 children later, I have pre-teens... Uhhh.

My doctor's words "I guess you part of the 1/100th of percent that birth control doesn't work"
My words " If I get pregnant again, I am suing you for child support".

My husband & I celebrate our 11 year anniversary in March. We have 4 beautiful children, and I still LOOK young enough to pass for the older sister when they turn 21! (I will not be the old chick at the club... just a mother having fun with her kids!)

Seriously, I wanted a large family & didn't want to be in my 30's popping out children. For me I got exactly what I wanted... without knowing it! Last year I had a hysterectomy & now I am....

For once... no longer in pain. No more shall I be forced to visit the isolation tent for days on end. No more does the amount of luggage in carry on a weekend trip determined by the day of the month... (Or if I was to even go!).

I can enjoy roller coasters again. I can enjoy swimming ALL summer. I can leave behind the fear of someone knowing and live a "normal" life. For some women, a menstrual cycle is just another annoying part of being a woman... like shaving your legs...

For other women, like me, a menstrual cycle is a curse befallen the female species that forces excruciating pain, wild mood swings, hot flashes, depression, severe bloating, and nauseating fatigue for 7-10 days every month. It makes things worse when you have endemetriosis, a wonderful ailment that causes the lining of your uterus to grow into the muscle... OUCH!

Not a bad deal in the end. 3 weeks of pain, for happiness for the rest of my life!

What do you think?

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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New Years Thoughts

2009-01-15T11:58:00.003-07:00

Hello All, This is a few days old... but this is Early Morning View from U60 East Here in Phoenix!!!

Well Happy New Year! It is officially been a Year of 2009 for me... See I believe the first twelve days of the year mimic the general feeling of what to expect for the coming months. The first 12 days were great so I see happiness & change for the new year.

It is also a belief of mine to disregard resolutions... I make them & its funny when I have "toasted" the new year... but true resolve comes from experiencing challenges a daily basis. As they say, "Its easy to SAY, Hard to do!" Instead I make life changes.

They don't happen over night... but every day it becomes a part of my routine, instead of the initial piercing in my spine to the center of my nerve irritating chore!

To those who know me... you would never guess the hardships I have experienced in my life... For those who KNOW me... you constantly doubt my sincere happiness with life because you know what I've experienced. Well this is me... I get annoyed, I get mad, I cry, I laugh till I pee on myself, I SMILE!

I forgive people, almost as fast as there is an issue. I forgive myself for the bad choices in life, because they make me the woman I am today. I pray daily for God to grant me serenity. I have one guilty pleasure... but I am working on that!!!

I pray for Love, Peace & Happiness in your life... and I give you the gift of RESOLVE!!!

In the words of Rascal Flatts: (GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!)
I'm gonna stop looking back, start looking on... learn how to face my fears
Love with all my heart, make my mark, I wanna leave something here
Go out on a ledge, without any net, that's what I'm gonna be about
I wanna be running (I insert smiling or laughing) when the sand runs out!

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Sharing the Meaning of the Season & Holiday

2008-12-24T11:55:00.003-07:00

I wanted to share this with you! I receive emails & notes every year and I feel this is an appropriate depiction of my feelings on Christmas & the Season!

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star as it rose, and we have come to worship Him.” Matthew 2:1-2

Substantial speculation has been written and discussed over the years about the source of the star and the origin of the wise men, but such discussion misses the point. God sent Christ to earth (John 3:16-17) in fulfillment of many prophecies made over 700 years prior to His birth (Numbers 24:17, Isaiah 9:6, Micah 5:2-5, and so on). It is extremely fascinating that many individuals today want proof that God exists, proof that Jesus Christ lived (and lives), explanations for and from a holy loving God as to why events are unfolding as they are in the world, and demand that God give them whatever they may ask. But that is not what the wise men did. The wise men looked for God, wanted to see where He was living (no matter how humble), asked for no explanation, and gave gifts to Him.

It is also extremely fascinating that thousands of years ago individuals outside the Jewish culture and faith clearly understood that God existed and that it was appropriate to offer sacrifices and gifts to Him. (Of course, those inside the Jewish culture understood this concept even more clearly.) How twisted the human intellect has become that it questions the existence of God and expects Him to make sacrifices and offer gifts to us.

Although it has become trite, it is undoubtedly true that wise men still seek Him and His presence in their life.

Wise men still come to worship Him. Do you?

Merry Christmas!!!

In His service,
Steve Carlock
Pastoral Counselor
Lifepointe Biblical Counseling

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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The Inspiration of a Child

2008-12-08T11:34:00.004-07:00

These are the GeanPool Children!
Eli -top left
Jazzy - top right
She-She - front right
Jo - front left

We just left the D-backs game and Jessica Simpson micro concert after the game. It was at the end of this game that my children discovered the inspiration for the soon to be launched online cooking show for Kids... 1/2 a chef!

You see these children were raised in the kitchen with Paula Dean and Chef Emeril. They love Anthony Bourdain and Bizarre Foods with the guy that eats all the weird stuff. They eat everything from chicken nuggets and pizza... to sushi and oysters. They have eaten chocolate covered ants and grasshoppers at the Purdue Bug Bowl and eaten fried frog legs and alligator!

They discovered that they wanted to be on the Jumbo-tron giving something to the kids of the world. They wanted to show the grown-ups that kids can do cool stuff too. (Don't ask me... this is the mind of a child!) Being the encouraging mom I am, I said "Let's look for something you can do well, that you can show other kids how to do!) Of course when we got home, the food channel was the station they stopped on and Boom - The Inspiration of a Child was born! They wanted to start a cooking show!

The morning after the game, they began practice for the show by cooking rice, eggs w/cheese, bacon and toast. They had the hosts (Eli & Jazzy) the Producer/Director (She-she) and the Production/Film Crew (Jo). They had schedules and menus and had begun filming when I walked in the Kitchen!

I sat and watched them work... WOW... I am truly a blessed mom! They had small spats, but otherwise the show went off without a hitch! I will be posting their footage as time goes on...

Keep watching for more to come...

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Read & Respond

2008-10-07T13:01:00.005-07:00

Read this and let me know your thoughts... thanks, LaKisha

Today was a great day... I was able to organize my life and work schedule to finally coexist without spreading myself thin. It is amazing the freedom one feels when there is a plan of action!

I am recovering from personal, professional, economic, mental, physical, & emotional "wrenches" sporadically tossed into the plan over the last year. I have confidence in myself, but cannot find the energy to fight the doubt clouding my ability to "handle it all". So I let it go.

I cannot control everything and what brings me to my knees today, strengthens my stance in the future and provides and opportunity for a truly eye opening learning experience. I just recently found understanding in the statement "You learn more from a failure than a success". You can write an novel on sympathy, compassion, & "understanding"... but until you live in the world of failure, and come out of it... one will never truly "understand".

I was fortunate enough to be given a second chance to make a first impression in my life. I can feel competent with my definition of personal success without the meandering thoughts of someone else's reality!

This is an excerpt from "Why, Why Me, Why NOT me"... which will be a chronicle and story book to other women that need to see there is a way. This is not a self-help book or an "I have found the secret to a great life" book. This is just one women's experience with Life!
Please let me know how you feel and what you think!

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Making a Big Move

2008-09-11T12:02:00.003-07:00

Many people don't understand the value of a friend. I have been subjected to the whims of the innocent and the persuasions of the guilty for far to long to ignore the substance that resides within their comments.

Many people don't understand the value of a love. The sexual intricacies of marriage and monogamy against the excitement of the thought of another's loving caress undermined by the lost understanding of touch.

Many people don't understand the value of a loving friend. The unsung verbs and adjectives that proclaim the sadness and joy, the peaks and valleys of emotional rapture that is the last line of defense against the world's misguided ammunition.

What I try to do is incorporate literary genious with layman's mindset. We as a culture rely to heavily on the growing and stabilizing power of the governments and societal structures that govern our self identity.

I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover, entrepreneur, nurse, teacher, student, urban goddess, cultural socialite, volunteer, and mind reader. But my primary job is being me... the loving mother that doesn't take crap from the world while being the health conscience mother that teaches her children about the lessons of the earth and promotes the golden rule as if she gets paid for it without a sudden thought for "what can I get out of the deal", idealistic, faith-driven non-denominational servant to the greater good of the world!

Many people just don't understand!

LaKisha Geans
Media & Public Relations
GeanPool Consulting
www.GeanPoolPR.com

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Missed the boat?

2008-06-25T13:56:00.001-07:00

This is the start of my mobile

Expression of words

Txtin & typin is the new way to flow

Respect the novice exporting critical noise for the deaf

Mesmerizing with the anticipation of instant domain

Forward I press to 2.0

Mobile blogging

2008-06-25T13:42:00.001-07:00

Define It Walks by Rosie Geanpool

2008-06-25T13:36:00.000-07:00

Define “It Walks”,
If your answer included more than “it just does”
Your putting in two much thought
So you keep a man happy,
Do that which attracted him to you…
Miracle Answer for All … “Just You”
For all the complains have roots within his personal insecurities
Men are prone
To be rambunctious animals
When protecting their territory
Meaning they are scared of loosing
Yet some choose two allow the self-depravities a matter of your actions
Yet actually the rid themselves of guilt and
Charge of actions contingent upon your activities
Women take charge of you! WALK
Men take charge of you! WALK
Nothing is worse than nothing at all
Now define “it WALKS”

Freedom of Thought Part Too by Rosie Geanpool

2008-06-25T13:35:00.000-07:00

Freedom of Thought part 2

Today was particularly hard for me because I had to hear the words again… THE TRUTH
The day was not hard because I heard the truth.
It was hard because the truth was another dagger in my hopes
Of returning to a positive relationship all the time
Rather than then the camera is on and ready
To capture our reflection for life’s constant spectators
In knowing how much love carried the brunt of our human choices
Someone, something has to pay the consequences and suffer.
How do you determine what is sacrificed.
Make daily decisions that reflect life altering events
Make grand chance a temporary visitor in the home of grand choice
Question all or nothing
Determine reactions or act determined
Cliché’s to teach the masses they are special, unique even individuals
But goth at the pure expression of free choice and thought
Many nights I see love’s eyes with contempt
For the idiocracy forced into my existence
IF, BUT, and MAYBE are vocabulary determinations of fault Regardless of actual blame recognition
When I stare into the spot of hope
Still circling my expressions of relaxation with change
All hope of fail is fallen

FREEdum of Thought by Rosie Geanpool

2008-06-25T12:55:00.003-07:00

Freedom of Thought Part 1...

Heavy is the feather on my spirit
Waited down with the pressure the pits of the ocean's belly
Word choice becomes actions
When acted upon, but the act is a reaction to the actions from the choice words.
Wisely spoken once was that of common sense.
Yea though it walks, my spirit is carried by
Emotion of desire for change.
The change received was not desired for the emotions of the spirit doesn't match the walk.

Trust is the word we place on an expansive
Vision of the expectations placed on others.
Spread life's nectar trust on a trap and
The expected vision has been transformed to the small encasement placed on expectation's older sibling "disappointment".

Why must we travel the same path…
Expecting it to take us to new places
Travel can not change for it is the constant which catapults importance to the path's existence.
Though change is travel's understudy it is not constant.
The path taken determines the variety of traveled changes.

Elevation by Rosie Geanpool

2008-06-25T12:49:00.003-07:00

Elevation
Beneath tall trees lay acorns
Filaments of hope for growth
Address the needs for necessity
Internal strength and desire
Sun breaks darkness as it warms
Give me needs, tall & strong my oath
Breeze of huricannes text flexibility
Grit, hardness of untouched earth from fire
The veins of life form
Birth and death time’s promissed hope
Watch me grow from what past sees
Develop into a glimmer on the higher
Winds colder, darker darkness forlorn
Thought prevents action as yoke
Giving, taking, present the best of me

Struggling by Rosie Geanpool

2008-04-08T11:42:00.000-07:00

Struggling
By Rosie Geanpool

Head vs. Heart
Together or Apart
Many thing pass through my head
In the course of a day
My biggest concrn is feeling
Feeling love, appreciation or
Feeling you walk away
Do you have to be next to me to show love
Physical connection is not emotional direction
My head tells me you never change like a penny to a dime
Heart Speaks of love and change made from a nickel or time
Who’s right
Me, you, No U, there is no other right
All else, exempt from God’s eyes is wrong
Make a decision to walk on faith
Walk into the ocean, bottomless, dark, light, eternal
Water moves as it can, love moves as it will
Not confined by physical limitations
It is still unless there is wind
It can be held in a cup
It can hurt if forced into a small area
Can it be done
Love has no limitations
It is not restrained by physics
In, out, and around.
You can’t see but feel it’s power
Love is Faith unknown tomorrow
Together or Apart
Head vs. Heart

REgret... by

2008-03-28T14:19:00.001-07:00

RE-gret
By Rosie Geanpool

Energy lost
Time missed
Money wasted
Respect mishandled by
Misappropriation of resources
Unexpected outcome
Unsuccessful results
Kindest mistaken
Weakness abused for strength
Your sorrow on
My heart-empty
Promises made in trust
Misplaced portions of good
Intentions of prosperity
Forgotten words of romance
The stone of unyielding
Faith of the innocent
Blood spilled on the floor
Rehash your instructions
Over again they are red
Red to be read
Pain and anquish
Move about freely as
The happines and joy is
Captured in the tree sap
Fairy tells for children
Mean more as adults
Make sure the trail you
Follow or leave go to
The smiles of life
Leave the leaves of green
Ride white clouds in
To the deep blue sky
Don’t leave open the gap

Re-Gret

AAAAAHHHHH - by Rosie Geanpool

2008-03-21T18:59:00.000-07:00

AAAAAHHHHHH
by Rosie Geanpool

The pain within you, is a ball of negative energy
AH
Building steam, speed, strength,
AAHH
It hurts, can't breath, feeling sadness within
AAAHHH
Tears fuel the dry pit with hope of release
AAAAHHHH
STOP... I can't take it anymore
AAAAAHHHHH
It bursts through the walls of your chest
So painful it makes you smile
Filling tear makes painful music of completion
Exhale
The emptiness that once stood hole is now whole.
JOY and love surround you abundantly
Clear is the air, kissing the sun of your smile
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LaKisha Geans Blogography!!!

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LaKisha Geans is a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and Rhetorical Advocacy and Multicultural Relations. She has worked in several genres of the industry from Event Planning, Promotions, and Publicity & Media Relations to Development and Sales & Marketing based communications with Fortune 500 companies to small non-profit/ and community resource organizations. She is experienced at evaluating current communications efforts and suggesting multiple avenues and solutions for targeting new and existing audiences.

With a combination of five years experience in business management and public relations, she has provided commutation to freelance and volunteer clients that drive business and presents result. She has an expert knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Publisher to develop effective communication materials and presentations. She has conducted quantitative and qualitative based research using communications databases Cision, email distribution services such as Constant Contact, and BurrellesLuce media services. Throughout LaKisha’s educational/professional career, and involvement in innovative projects she has acquired a working knowledge of creative program such as InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. Her motto, “Diligence, unquestionable work ethic, and active listening skills” are the keys to her success in this business.

LaKisha now resides in Atlanta where she operates GeanPool Consulting (Publicity & Public Relations).