If you are here with us on this beautiful planet you’ve been tested. Covid-19, loss of a job, divorce, political instability, death, the list is exhaustive. Since some of these things happened to us without our consent we have to learn to be resilient. Tragedy...
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How Do You Want to Be Remembered When You Leave This World?
A lot of us don’t think about this since we’re focused on our day-to-day lives. But this week my husband, my daughter and I want to say our goodbyes to “Pa-Pa.” He was my husband’s grandpa, and his full name is Paul Barbarin Sr. While I...
We can change the world, one person at a time!
We don’t need a lot of money to change the world or lots of time to make a difference in our community. I’ve come to a point in my life where I realized that I can make a difference. I used to think that I had to have a whole lot of...
Can I still be a great student in the COVID era?
This is not a great time to be a teenager! A responsible teenager these days is forsaking social ties, skipping proms, spending untold hours in front of a screen...with university looming just around the corner. I had an opportunity to...
Celebrate all women for Women’s History Month March 2021!
Women's History Month is a celebration of women's contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. My husband’s favorites include Hatshepsut, Boadicea, Ayn...
Are you open to reinventing yourself?
It is very important in life that we are open to reinventing ourselves and our career. Sometimes before we start doing our calling in life, we have to go through a variety of experiences before we come to our optimal path. There’s a...
It’s OK to share your pain!
We all go through hardship in our lives. The things I’ve seen in my own life and in the lives of my loved ones include cancer, loss of a loved one, job loss, divorce, hospitalization, and so many others. We must know that a better day is...
How can we all support our local businesses?
As we all know businesses are very important for our economy. We have to find ways to support them and keep their doors open. Our friends and neighbors, our families, are connected to this economic web in some way. When you look to support local business you are...
Do you acknowledge and celebrate others?
We all like to be acknowledged and celebrated in life for our hard work and accomplishments. It is especially important to take time to celebrate people around us! People want to feel respect, and if you think about it, you do as well. Reflect upon all the times you...