{"id":41,"date":"2014-09-30T03:48:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/44.232.0.111\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-03-21T22:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:40:59","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Shout Out Time\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;Yes, it is time for me to thank some very special people who, without their assistance, this project could have been quite painful.\u00a0 So, without further ado, let the thanks begin!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/44.232.0.111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BJG-Shout-Out.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/44.232.0.111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BJG-Shout-Out-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"BJG (Shout Out)\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BJG-Shout-Out-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BJG-Shout-Out.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>First Up: God\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;While it is evident throughout my website and writings, I truly could not have done any of this had <strong>God<\/strong> not blessed me with such an awesome gift; Amen!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Next Up: My \u201cI.T.\u201d Peeps\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;Thanks goes out to <strong>Ms. June \u201cthe Buhg\u201d Helderle<\/strong> for she claimed my domain name for me seven-years ago when I first thought about starting my own business. \u00a0June not only believed in me then but also while she was away in Guyana with the Peace Corp.\u00a0 Yes, she maintained everything for me while away.\u00a0 Needless to say, June jumped on-board as soon as I emailed her back in March about overhauling my website.\u00a0 In short, without June, this platform would not be here.\u00a0 With that said, to my friend of twenty-two years, thank you for all that you have done, doing and will do.\u00a0 I hope to pay it forward someday via your volunteer endeavors!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;Thanks goes out to <strong>Ms. Terri \u201cMy Sister in Christ\u201d Gray {Andres}<\/strong> for since 2006, my friendship with Terri has morphed into something truly special.\u00a0 From her \u201cright-on-time-prayers\u201d to her \u201creality-check straightforwardness\u201d, Terri has been that type of friend that only God can bless you with.\u00a0 Just like June, Terri was on-board with my project from day one.\u00a0 She was actually somewhat of a catalyst or as I like to say; my confirmation.\u00a0 With that said, Ms. Terri, I pray that God will continue to pour out His blessings upon you; especially your new business venture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Next: My Decision Panel\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;A special thanks goes out to the people I harassed via email in the <strong>\u201cwee-early-hours\u201d<\/strong> of the morning with a set\/hard deadline response time: <strong>Octavia M. Thomas, Pamela L. Roper, Robert D. Stewart, and Stephanie S. Thomas<\/strong>!!!\u00a0 Not only that, they were pretty much in the dark regarding the things they were giving me feedback on.\u00a0 In short, thank you all for helping make important decisions regarding my business and ministries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Next: The Law\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;As always, my dear friend <strong>Mr. Bert Gates<\/strong> was there ready to assist me as I drafted a very important legal document.\u00a0 I am not only thanking Bert for his assistance but also for his enthusiasm regarding my project.\u00a0 I will forever be indebted to you:)!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Next: The Social Media Guru\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;Never say never; yes, I still believe that <strong>Ms. Christine Villarreal<\/strong> should be a lawyer.\u00a0 I say this for Christine and I met while working towards earning our paralegal degrees.\u00a0 Needless to say, when I shared the details of my project with Christine she went right to \u201csocial media\u201d {I was always anti-social media}.\u00a0 After listening to her arguments as to why I \u201c<strong>must<\/strong>\u201d utilize these platforms, I did some research and have decided to officially enter the social media networking realm.\u00a0 Yes, I will be partaking in a weekly Twitter two-step.\u00a0 With that said, thanks Christine for your ongoing support\/encouragement and I look forward to seeing you walk down the aisle next year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Next: Icon Printing \u2013 Chicago&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;As always, Brian and his team never disappoints.\u00a0 In short, they worked diligently on a key element of my project while being kept in the dark.\u00a0 Needless to say, they handled their business!!!\u00a0 {<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iconprintinginc.com\/\">www.iconprintinginc.com<\/a>}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><strong>Last But Certainly Not Least: My Family &amp; Friends\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">&#8230;Yes, I know that I kept most of you in the dark as I worked on this project.\u00a0 However, I thought about each of you while the work was being done.\u00a0 With that said, I hope that you all know how much I appreciate all of your support over the years.\u00a0 Wishing all of you continued blessings and much happiness!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Zeyada', sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>BJG<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shout Out Time\u2026 &#8230;Yes, it is time for me to thank some very special people who, without their assistance, this project could have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyfullamentations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}