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Thoughts, ideas, and inspiration for everyday life
Explore motherhood reflections, lifestyle inspiration, family ideas, recipes, personal growth, and simple encouragement for everyday living.
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Song of the Week: 5 Songs I’m Totally Loving!
Read more: Song of the Week: 5 Songs I’m Totally Loving!Music is a drug like no other. No matter how depressed or down and out you may feel, it always makes you feel better, in ways a prescription could never do. There are some songs that just take you back, let you feel young and hip again, and there are some songs that take you…
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DIY: Transform a Skirt into a Strapless Peplum Blouse
Read more: DIY: Transform a Skirt into a Strapless Peplum BlouseI love clothes. I love finding unique pieces that are cute and versatile. However, in this economic climate, sustaining my love of tea length skirts and peplum blouses is not top ten on my monthly budget. I, like most fashionistas-in-the-making, are on a tight budget. With this hurdle, I have to either do without my…
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Never Apologize For Who You Are!
Read more: Never Apologize For Who You Are!I am peculiar. I am particular about what I do, and with whom I do it. I don’t leave things to chance; I plan the hell out of everything; I don’t practice lying. I don’t pretend to be someone I am not. I don’t do things the way everyone else does it. I am reserved,…
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Thank You!!
Read more: Thank You!!It has been a year since I started this blog and it has gotten better and better every month. Even though I haven’t added any new posts, I am grateful for your interest, comments, likes and follows. I know that there are many options; I am very grateful that you choose me (even if it…
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Song of the Week: You & I (Nobody In The World) by John Legend
Read more: Song of the Week: You & I (Nobody In The World) by John LegendOMG! This is such a beautiful song, it brought me to tears. I never thought that John could sing a more beautiful song than ‘All of Me’, but he blew it out of the water with You & I (Nobody In The World). It is a beautiful song that celebrates love in its purest form,…
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Song of the Week Kiss by Prince
Read more: Song of the Week Kiss by PrinceI love Prince. He has a certain kinda conviction that only a few persons can pull off. He is very interesting,…to say the least. He has a way about him… I mean; he wore heels and skinnies and he is not gay!… He is very talented and is the man behind a lot of my…
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The Sheath Dress
Read more: The Sheath DressThe Sheath dress is a type of dress that’s closely fitted to the body. Its name is derived from its fit and silhouette. It is relatively unadorned. It usually falls on the knees or lower thighs. It has a straight, simple silhouette, defined waist and a skirt that fits snugly either straight or pencil. A…
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Song of the Week: I Can by Nas
Read more: Song of the Week: I Can by NasLife, Life….Life is so hard, depressing, difficult, unfair, unbearable and all the other terrible adjectives that escape me right now…. Life is well, life,… it is a roller coaster, it has trials, phenomenal highs and depressing, dark lows. Maneuvering the day-to-day activities and responsibilities of life can be a lot, it’s feels like all the…
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Be Inspired: In and Out of Time by Maya Angelou
Read more: Be Inspired: In and Out of Time by Maya AngelouI just learned that the most phenomenal teacher, activist and poet has passed. Maya Angelou passed away at 86. She was a woman with an enormous legacy. My heart goes out to her family. My heart is broken!….there will never be another like her!… RIP Maya Angelou.
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Song of the Week: In Case by Demi Lovato
Read more: Song of the Week: In Case by Demi LovatoHappiness, sadness, anger, love, hate, fulfillment and disappointment are some of the beautiful and painful things that make up relationships, relationships that we treasure and hope will never fade. But unfortunately relationships are tumultuous, its failure more guaranteed than its success… when a relationship end, we sometimes hold on to the chance, the smallest glimmer…
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My Visit to the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant
Read more: My Visit to the Little Ochie Seafood RestaurantThere are many beautiful places in Jamaica that provide authentic Jamaican cuisine, but none does it better than the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant. This restaurant is rustic and is as authentic as they come; it is nestled in a fishing community in Alligator Pond, which lies at the foot of the Don Figueroa Mountains on…
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Song of the Week: Human by Christina Perri
Read more: Song of the Week: Human by Christina PerriThis song is a great listen, if you are in a particular mood, it will bring you to tears. Human is that song that talks about the fragility of human beings and how much it takes to be human. The average person has around two major life changing bad moments in their lifespan, outside of…
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What to Wear: Spring Essentials
Read more: What to Wear: Spring EssentialsSpring is upon us, we can say a hello to warm temperature, beautiful sunrise/sunset and a big goodbye to chilly nights and even colder days. Spring brings much fun, warmth and the chance to whip out those skimpier clothes. It is the time when a good pedicure and a skin-kist skin are in. Wondering what…
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Women of the East
Read more: Women of the EastThere are so many things that I have achieved and want to achieve – I want to own a business, travel the world and earn a Ph.D., etc. My dreams are very possible. If I work hard and make the right financial decisions, I can accomplish them. I know I can because I have seen…
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Song of the Week: ***Flawless by Beyonce ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read more: Song of the Week: ***Flawless by Beyonce ft. Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieIf you know me or have been reading my blog, you know that I LOOOVVEEE Beyonce. I love the way she does her thing. She is unapologetic about who she is or how she presents herself. She is a hard worker who believes in giving her everything, no matter what she does. I am a…