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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This year for Valentine’s Day I thought about what I should talk about to give hope to someone that is possibly waiting for their life partner or praying to meet someone great. I did not have it easy before I met my husband at 37 years...
All of us go through a testing time in our lives. Some of us go through losing a family member or friends we are close to. Some of us get fired or go out of business or go through a divorce. It is very important to understand that you are...