WHO ARE YOU?
WHO ARE YOU? Who are you? What do you stand for? What’s your favorite color? What are your fears, wants, and needs? We need to start asking ourselves questions about who we are and what we want out of life. In my past experiences, I’ve learned so much about myself. When your back is against [...]
Dear Mama
Dear Mama (dedicated to my mama Salethia R Watts RIP 05/15/1957-11/12/1998) Well mama all of your children made it through another year of missing you on November 12, 2011. Even though 13 years have passed, we still remember you passing away November 12, 1998 at 3:30pm CST like it was yesterday. You called me [...]
Black Fatherhood Research Study
Researchers at the University of Kentucky, Department of Family Sciences are conducting a study about the parenting experiences of Black fathers who have at least one child not living in their home 24/7. More needs to be known about what it’s like to parent when your children do not live with you 24/7 and how [...]
Fathers (article inspired by the late James VanArsdale)
FATHERS While our Fathers are not always talked about or praised, we appreciate all of them whether good or bad. Our fathers help shape and mold our foundations in our lives and we look up to them for it. My mother, Salethia Oldham Watts, taught me no matter how a parent is they are still [...]
Until It Happens to You
Written By Haley Rhine It is said if you ever think there is something you won’t do or that won’t happen, just keep on living. I have always been a person who was very sure of myself and my outcomes always knowing where I was going in life. I have a plan A, and a [...]
Climate Changes in Life
Climate Changes in Life When God made us, he made sure we were durable for many climate changes environmentally. Humans were like Ford trucks ‘built to last”. Well for His period of time anyway. We experience climate changes in different parts of the region and during four seasons of the year, depending on where you [...]
Brace, Boast Believe- ABCs Stagnate Careers
As we continue our series on stagnate careers, after reading I hope you will be encouraged to keep your head up and fight another day. I would also encourage you to read a great book titled: Emotional Bailout by Cathy Holloway Hill. Cathy is a Life Skills trainer that has experienced the world of corporate [...]
Investments (part II)
INVESTMENTS (part II) In my previous article, I discussed how we need to save our generations by teaching them the value of money. Money is how we survive and how we live whether that’s good or bad. How we invest our money is the question. Do we invest too much or too less? Where do [...]
The Gift
The Gift Its exciting when a child receives a gift from their parent when a special occasion comes such as a birthday, Christmas, or any other celebrated event. Children’s eyes are usually big and bright and hopeful of the item that was previously requested. The parents and family give the gift and watch as their [...]
Investing for the Future
Women have invested for their futures by investing in a savings account or bank CD but is that all that we have to do in order to survive in the future? Studies show that women are more interested in investing than men; however, when it comes to making the actual investment the checkbook is not [...]