Happy International Women’s Day ladies!! You inspire me! I have been blessed with formidable forces who continue to enlighten and encourage me. My grandmother, mother (hey Mommybaby!!), sisters, aunties, cousins, friends, mentors, friends who have become family, coworkers who have become sisters, friends’ mothers who have become aunties, my niece, godbabies, media/public figure aunties have all been the driving force behind everything good that is me and everything I hope to be. So to commemorate International Women’s Day this year, I’ve decided to write about … [Read more...]
Patience
Hello my loves, thank you so much for your love last week. Honesty really is the best policy. Who knew? Lol! As much as I enjoy sharing what I can with you all, it is HARD sometimes. The feedback (if any) is not always positive. And for whatever reason, the negative feedback tends to stick more. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you to everyone who left comments, sent texts, called me, said prayers, and offered words of encouragement, to keep pushing with this blog. I love you all truly and I pray God meets you in your area of need as you did for me last week, in … [Read more...]
Remember Your Value
Happy Friday loves! I know it’s late but it’s still Friday and I am determined to achieve my goals of not missing a post a week! To that end, permit me to share this amazing story by Cassan Said Amer: A lecturer began a seminar by holding u a hundred-dollar bill and asking: “Who would like this one hundred-dollar bill?” Several hands went u but the lecturer said “Before I give it to you, I have to do something.” He screwed it up into a ball and said: “who still wants this bill?” The hands went up again. “And what if I do this to it?” He threw the … [Read more...]
UnStuck
*Clears throat and channels Ne-yo* My sexy loves... ? Hi Everybody! I hope all is well. Okay so, it’s about that time of the year again. You know, that not-always-so-great time when you realize the year is almost over and you can’t seem to account for where the time went. You can relate to every single “this year is horrible” meme on Instagram. You had high expectations that are yet to be met. You heard everyone’s olowogbogboro/life changing testimony but are yet to give yours. You lost a job. You hustled endlessly and are yet to reap the rewards. Buried … [Read more...]
Pick Up the Pieces
Hello everyone, I know it's been a while... And I am sorry. I don't even know where to start. Actually, I take that back, starting isn't my problem. In fact, I've started a number of posts that have gone nowhere. Think I'm lying? See below: "Okay so last week, I was scrolling through my IG timeline when I came across a post from Issa Rae. It was a photo of her and in the caption she wrote "I remember being an awkward black girl in high school, reading the pages of my favorite magazines, casually flipping through @COVERGIRL ads, singing their slogan in my … [Read more...]
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