I’m excited to have the opportunity to participate in the Pitch Wars Advice Blog Hop! Thank you, Brenda Drake and the Pitch Wars team for considering my input! Time for Business This is supposed to be brief! The biggest piece of advice I received when I was a mentee hopeful was “The most important part … More Pitch Wars Advice Blog Hop
In this day and age of trials, it’s easy to get sucked deeper and deeper into a black hole. Negativity breeds more negativity. I can feel when my brain is telling lies of not being enough. Not good enough for this job. Not good enough to get published. Need to be a better mom. And … More Thankful
I’m so sorry I haven’t posted in some time. I will give an update below. I hope you are all doing well. I miss interacting with many of you. I will be sure to check in on other blogs! Today, my focus is on International Men’s Day! I’m back collaborating with some bloggers who inspire … More International Men’s Day: A Father
What makes you happy in life? Is it your career, traveling, family, hobby, phone, house, car, etc.? Think about that, and I’ll return to that thought. Storytime When my youngest daughter, Kayzle, was twenty months old, I started a full-time position at a college. She attended a daycare that had excellent reviews. It was connected … More Minimalism: What gives you meaning in life?
During a crisis is often when you come face to face with the bare essentials of life. When my son, Jy, suffered from encephalitis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, he almost tasted death between his coma and quadriplegic state. During his hospitalization, I learned how thin the veil is between life and death. At any given moment, … More Health is a State of Balance: Mind, Body, Spirit
Today is International Women’s Day! Collaboration with a Purpose wanted to celebrate women from all over the world! (Don’t worry, we will cover men on International Men’s Day November 19.) If you are a man, you still will get something out of these posts because a woman had to positively influence your life at some … More Collaboration with a Purpose: Dedicated to Women Worldwide
February is known as the month of love to many. Therefore, Collaboration with a Purpose decided to write about any kind of love. I took this opportunity to give an update on my nine-year-old son, Jy. I wrote a post in the past about how Jy suffered from encephalitis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome at the end … More A Mother’s Love
Have you ever taken a trip with no plan? Or started a project without envisioning your end result? You end up with results that look something like this. Or like this. Making New Year’s Resolutions is one tool to help you stay on the roads that will lead you to your goals. Here is a … More Keep Focus with New Year’s Resolutions
If you could look in the mirror at a 2017 version of yourself, what would you look like? One definition of reflection is “the production of an image by or as if by a mirror.” I think naturally we are hard on ourselves. We often reflect on all the “things” we have not accomplished. When … More 2017 Reflections
In a previous post, I wrote about a series I admire, IA. The series has two books published: INITIATE and B.O.S.S. The third book in the series, UNION, will be released on Black Friday, November 24, 2017. I recommend this series because I like positivity (if you didn’t know already!). Here is what I had … More Thankful! Author Interview: John Darryl Winston
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