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Self-Care Sunday: Give Your Skin that Glow

This week for self-care I want to highlight something very simple yet very relaxing that I do once a week; sheet masks! I’ve been doing sheet masks for a couple months now and I must say I LOVE them! I do one at least once a week (sometimes twice depending on what I’m doing it…

Your Ignorance Does Not Get My Sympathy

This past MLK Day, another non-person of color surfaced in the media for a video that she posted on her Instagram, for blatantly spewing the N-word several times with no real care in the world from what it appears. According to her, I guess her being in the south gave her the authority and the…

Job Mobility vs. Job Loyalty: Which Do You Choose?

As a millennial, I know that we are regarded as an age group and a professional group that is very unpredictable when it comes to job stability. I read an article on XoNecole that talked about some reasons why jobs look at your job hopping as an advantage as far as your increased job skill…

Sometimes We All Need a Break, Even Your Kid!

Despite what others may think, it is perfectly normal for you and your children to want some time apart from one another. Just like any other relationship, kids get sick of their parents, and parents get sick of always being around their children. I believe this is why we take advantage of the opportunities when…

Self-Care Sunday: Creating Space for Yourself

One thing that I feel is necessary for self-care is creating space for yourself. When you think about “creating space”, sometimes the first thing that comes to mind is physical space; cleaning, de-cluttering, doing basic “detoxing” of your life. Those are all good things; however, when I think of creating space for myself, I think…

We’re Tired of Companies That Always “Get it Wrong”

There are really no words to describe the outrage that appeared in social media when this picture showed up “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” is what the hoodie says. Well alright. 😐 My first reaction to the hoodie was, “well, that was HORRIBLY executed and offensive as hell.” I also knew that there was going…

Self Love is Always Your True First Love

A lot of times, there are lessons that I feel cannot or will not apply to me, even being five years into my marriage; however, 2017 put me in a place where I was struggling with loving myself more than I ever was before. In turn, that put a big strain on parts of my…

A Narrative Change in 2018

Hello 2018… Here we are again at the inception of another year. Another opportunity to set intentions and goals for ourselves; to start routines that we may or may not commit to our memories by the end of the year. The beginning of the year is a time that everyone is all too familiar with…

That Question We All Love to Hate

Now that our daughter is three years old, it is not very often that time goes by when someone is asking my husband and I this one aching question: “When are y’all going to have another baby??? Jokingly, we always tell them a number of different answers: “I don’t know” “Soon” “When you start helping…

Y’all, Oprah Wants No Part of This President Life.

I had an opportunity to watch Oprah’s speech during the Golden Globes, and I too was mesmerized by her words. They were powerful, poised and on point so much that she had everyone in the room on their feet giving her a well-deserved standing ovation. What followed her speech was a flurry of tweets and…