Funny thing about blogging is sometimes you sit down and your topic is already there and you start writing only to get half way through the post to realize that something else is speaking to you. I am having one of those days. I hesitate to write about this because the few times I have put it out there, I …
Back to the grind and the youngest kiddo is getting ready to head back to school, thankfully college boy will be home a bit longer before he heads back to school. I love vacation time as it allows us to log in true quality time as a family. I must admit the hardest part of being a mom who works …
This post is probably best avoided if you are a blood relative of mine or a tad prudish. Hey kids! It’s a New Year! Now put that tree away, don’t worry about that extra five pounds you have gained from too much baking, it will come off. Let’s kick the year off right here in BGIM land by talking about …
I had been meaning to see if I could share this video from a speaking engagement I did this fall with several other women. Some of you may have already seen it, since it was up briefly this fall, but it’s back up. It’s the last day of the year and with a million things to do, blogging is not …
This post will conclude my public review of 2011…come on; ya know I can’t share everything! 2011 has been good in many ways, professional growth, dealing with old demons and a host of other things. There is one area though where 2011 wasn’t quite as good and that’s my body! After losing damn near 50 pounds and keeping it off …
Looking back over 2011, this was the year where I got serious about doing the deep soul work that you try to put off but eventually realize you have to do if you want to grow. I have always struggled with gratitude and acceptance, like so many it’s easy to take what I have for granted and want for more. …
Another Christmas was survived and here we sit just a few days away from the beginning of yet another new year. Is it just me, but I swear the older I get the years are literally flying by! I mean didn’t 2011 just start? Now you guys are telling me that it’s almost 2012…yikes! All jokes aside, 2011 was …
Today is the first weekday in weeks that I am actually off work. Monday night one of my board members demanded I take the rest of this week off and return to work next week. In typical workaholic fashion I spent yesterday handling our social media and working on a grant, figuring I would get ahead of myself since I …
Once upon a time there was a young girl, who wanted to chart her own course in life. All her life she had been a good girl, always one to follow the rules, did what was expected of her, she was what some would call an easy child. Somewhere around her fifteenth year of life, she got tired of being …
At a certain point, it gets really tiring having people who have never experienced a moment of poverty pontificate about poverty and how they would deal with it. Of course as a Black woman, I get even more bugged by upper middle class white folks who appear to have the cure for what ails poor brown people. To that I …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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