If the TV show “Girlfriends” created and produced by Mara Brock Akil taught us anything, it was that us women could seriously benefit from a group of good girlfriends. Continue Reading
Hi babes and happy Monday y’all. Oh & Happy Labor Day! It’s the start of the new week and for many of us we spent the day off grubbing on some yummy barbecue or at work — getting it how we live in any case. Putting on a brave face and keeping things professional as we took on the day. & for many of us we’ve made it to the end of the day.
Let’s hear it for the almost relationships. The ones that seemed like they could turn into something magical. That we were sure if able to survive the treacherous dating phase, would surely set our love life on fire. The ones with individuals that we believed (even for the slightest of seconds) could have been our forever.
Since the day I was born, my parents have always drummed in my head the importance of first impressions. I guess there was always this unspoken rule that the way you meet someone is how they’ll remember you. I’d always believed that to be true, until something changed my mind recently. Which in turn made me realize, why first impressions aren’t as crucial as they used to be.
It’s one thing to accomplish falling in love with yourself, but the real feat? The part that’s never really discussed is how to stay in love with yourself, once you fall. I thought about myself when I wrote today’s post, so this one is especially near and dear to me y’all. No, scratch that. I thought about us all and the vulnerability that comes with not being at your best sometimes. Which ultimately makes staying in love with yourself that much harder. Continue Reading
