If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!By Amanda Fox With the new year rapidly approaching, New Year’s resolutions will begin flooding every corner of our life. We’ll hear about the resolutions made by friends and family members, they’ll be status updates everywhere we go. Some people […]
December 28, 2012 1 Comment
December 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
Michelle Obama And Her Impact On Black Women
By Anise Smith The mainstream view of the typical black woman may not necessarily be true, but perception can sometimes taint the view of many. This is especially the case if there is no basis of comparison for whatever reason. This has been the case for so long because some of the images in both […]
December 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
Happiness And Success: Make 2013 Your Year Of A Lifetime!
By Amanda Fox Happiness and success are not accidental . That sounds a little funny maybe, but think about it. Happiness and success are not abstract things that stumble into our lives, they are something we pursue. You can’t sit on the sofa all day doing nothing and expect happiness to ring the doorbell and […]
December 23, 2012 5 Comments
The Meaning Of Christmas: It’s About The People We Love
By Amanda Fox Over the past couple weeks, we’ve focused on the holidays and what they mean to us. The importance of giving and forgiving, compassion and we even tossed in a couple funnies to keep the smiles coming. We’ve been thrilled that many of you chimed in with your views on the holidays and […]
December 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
Organizational Good At The Holidays And Year Round
By Anise Smith This past year there has been a lot of talk about organizational and corporate greed. I am NOT disputing that there is corporate greed, but there is also corporate good. I am not totally against a certain amount of greed, as it is needed to build and grow a business. Just keeping […]
December 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
A Bittersweet Christmas
By Tracy Madlener As a mother of two, I am doing the same thing that most other moms are doing since the tragedy of Newtown, I am hugging my children more than usual and at the same time, whispering a prayer under my breath. Like you, my heart shattered with the news of the shooting […]
December 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
How To Plan Christmas In A Multigenerational, Multiblended Family Without Duels To The Death
By Carrie Eckles The bulk of my childhood was spent splitting Christmas day between the houses of both of my grandmothers’. For lunch, we would go to my dad’s mom’s (Ma’s) house; for supper, we would go to my mom’s mom’s (Grandmommy’s) house. And it was very evenly split like that until my mom’s mom […]
December 19, 2012 4 Comments
Flocked Trees, Christmas Ninjas And A Borrowed Miracle
By Tracy Madlener It’s the holiday season once more and it never fails, I, Tracy Madlener become a mushy ball of sentimental goo with no rhyme or reason that even listening to Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” will put me in tears! As soon as December 1 is marked off […]
December 18, 2012 1 Comment
December 17, 2012 1 Comment
Hope Is The Greatest Gift Of All
By Amanda Fox The holidays are a joyous time! What isn’t there to like about them? There are presents, people wishing us a happy whatever we celebrate, and oh, the food and seasonal snacks to die for! There are people, however, that aren’t overjoyed on the holidays. Some people might call them a Grinch, killjoy […]