Mentorđź’śMySister

Authentic Women, Authentic Resolve, Authentic Connection.

Category: “the hard stuff”

  • Acceptance & Receiving.

    This very well may be first writing in 2018 on Receiving. I suppose if I set a goal, then by the end of this year, both you and me shall learn immensely about my one word. (So my first goal is to truly see where this precious word leads me!) I will say this, this…

  • Hey there, first week in January and I feeling like I’m on a roll, already! I’ve been doing a out of contemplating over the past two weeks an have found that being in the place of “Receiving “ has been very prosperous for me. Let me be completely  transparent about why this word is so…

  • This was Christmas, this year. I unexpectedly had a great Christmas. We lost our dad about two months ago, and I didn’t really expect it to be so neat! It’s important to know that during the holiday season some want to be with family, yet they cannot, because they have passed on. Some families don’t…

  • Ava Duvernay inspires me. As I get older and wiser, I look to women like her, to inspire me. Strong, Powerful Black Woman, who doesn’t forget the skin she’s in.  That has brought to light (on film) what the discrepancies are that exist between Blacks and Whites (in the Netflix movie 13th); and even giving…

  • Day 4. Weathered.  #50daysToFifty

    “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not…

  • Have you checked your “care” barometer, lately? The “care” I am  talking about is this kind of care: 1.) Self-Care; 2.) Personal  Development as care; 3.) Care that involves you  being  a caring individual in our society. But  sometimes that’s the norm – that we  forget about others.    We can barely care for ourselves;…

  • I’ve taken to micro-blogging for the sake of a lack of time, and what you see here is the beginnings of my offering to you –  as  I  share how I  partake of my personal rest. Self-care used to be hard for me. I have a very busy job and some days I get going…

  • I’m self determined. Yeah, that didn’t come easy though. It took a few great leaps of faith. It was the spring of 2005, and I was in  rat race for time. I was determined to move onward my life, and relocate to Maryland. I was almost done with my divorce and I needed to breathe.…