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Status Update

Lord, I thank you for allowing me to live to see this day!! Oh, what a glorious day it is!! For the last 23 years of my life I have been a single parent or single mother, but thank you, Lord, today I can officially declare that I am just Single! While I will be forever their mother, I no longer have to mother them. I am so glad to see both my children come to this stage in their journey of life where they no longer need to parent them and I am so glad to take on my new role as a partner in their destiny!! It has definitely been a long rugged road that I somehow managed to have it look envious, but so far from it. My children and I have been through a lot, but we have managed to keep it together and come out more refined every time. Even though we have not had a lot of support we learned to lean on each other and embrace our flaws! So to my two beautiful, talented, smart, brave, and strong young ladies, hats off to your future and mine...big things are about to happen! I can fe

AUTONOMY: What is it?

Have you ever wondered what it is like to have full and total control over your life? What would it look or feel like to have no one to tell you when to come or go? When to get out of bed or when to go to bed? When to do what or how to do it? That is what autonomy looks and feels like. Total freedom and independence to do what you want to when and how you want to. Autonomy is to be the author and narrator of your life and driver of your own destiny. It is having full control and authority over everything you do, through God's grace and mercy, of course. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13. Autonomy at its core is being independent, self-directed, decisive, self-aware, collaborative and self-motivated. Autonomy basic radical Independence When individuals are allowed full or even some degree of freedom and flexibility, especially in their work/career, that leads to autonomy on the job. When people experience autonomy in t

MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY: How I Loss Over 30 Pounds In 3 Months

Weight is an everyday epidemic. We have all struggled with it at one point in our lives or the other. Whether it is to lose it or to gain it. One of the biggest contributor to gaining or losing weight is STRESS! There is no doubt then that to lose weight, means first and foremost to reduce unnecessary stress in your life. One way to reduce negative stress is to infuse your life with more activities of mindfulness to ward off boredom and anxiety. If your goal this year is to drop some pounds, kudos to you! Losing weight is one of the best goals to set for yourself. Weight control is paramount to our health, happiness and livelihood. Without our health, we can not really achieve much of anything or as much we would like to.  Losing weight is not just about eating less or exercising more.  To lose weight, you MUST make a conscious self-determination  to make it happen. It requires careful planning of meals and activities, a lot of sacrifices and someone to hold you accounta