When my sister and I were younger, my parents often took us to restaurants for dinner. We were taught to be on our best behavior and learned to select and place our own orders. At 5 and 7, my children know the same. In fact, on a recent trip to Friday’s, Yvette began circling her…
Today I celebrate my firstborn child’s birthday. Seven years ago today, after 19 hours of an uncomfortable labor (not painful, just uncomfortable), Isidoa Branch III came into the world. I had waited so long to become a mother, and I was not about to mess this up! I spent the first several weeks feverishly recording…
It’s the weekend…the end of another work week. For me, it has been yet another hectic, but quite productive week. Most of us look forward to the weekend as a time to kick back and relax, or to do things we’ve had to put off since the last weekend. Even if there are chores to…
The other day I had a conversation with my 5-year-old daughter that concerned me. Yvette is a beautiful, smart, feisty and confident young lady who never backs down from a challenge and isn’t afraid of anything or anyone! The other night as she was putting out her clothes for the next day, she informed me…
This is probably my first post (or one of very few) regarding business and the workplace. Perhaps I don’t write about it because TTWC is my escape from my work life! LOL Nevertheless, this #31WriteNow challenge has encouraged me to expand my writing horizons. The other day, during a meeting with my boss, we were discussing…
The other day, I was having a heart to heart talk with my 5-year-old daughter Yvette. She was telling me that she is sometimes slow to finish her class work. Knowing she’s a good student, I asked what the issue was. She said that sometimes she makes mistakes and it takes her a while to…
I’m going to keep this quick – just jumping on my soapbox and then jumping back off. I love when people share their children’s cute photos and funny videos on social media. Vine has given many the opportunity to catch those cute 6-second scenarios on video. ‘Howsinever’…if I see one more video of some child,…
A few weeks ago, I announced that AfterSix Productions would soon debut its long-awaited release, What Love Is. (see Coming Summer 2013 – AfterSix Productions to Release “What Love Is”) Well, ‘soon’ is here! The first single, Chamorrita, will be released and available on iTunes on August 9, 2013. Make sure you download your copy.…
A recent local news report indicated that children were becoming less creative. Duh! With the advent of more sophisticated electronics, including telephones, music players, video games and the like, no wonder our children are becoming less creative. And this is nothing new. I did a Google search to see if I could find the details…
The other day, a young lady from Facebook mentioned she was looking for a new lipstick shade and asked for suggestions. I immediately pointed her to my March 27, 2013 blog post, “Afrobella’s Essential Lipstick Collections For Women of Color.” Here I provided links to two awesome posts by Patrice Grell Yursik, a.k.a. Afrobella, where she…
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