Category: Family
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Christmas Shopping Made Easy

Two weeks (mid-September) ago I asked my husband a very serious question, “When can we put our Christmas tree up?” That may seem strange to you but not me! I love the look of sparkle and after all, the Macy’s in NYC (largest in the world) already has their displays out! So when we walked around…
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#TURN OUT FOR WHAT

Rock the Vote‘s mission is to engage and build political power for young people in our country. It fuses pop culture, politics, and technology to mobilize the millennial voting bloc and the youth vote, protect voting rights, and advocate for an electoral process and voting system that works for the 21st century electorate. RTV’s latest venture includes…
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Run Your Personal Finances Like a Business

An article from The College Investor, How To Run Your Personal Finances Like a Business, was referenced in one of the blogs I read daily. I absolutely LOVE the concept because one of the things I learned early while in the MBA program at Case Western Reserve University is that what you learn is not just for…
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Just Say No

“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” (Warren Buffett) While saying no could be a missed opportunity to build a relationship or explore new things, it’s also an opportunity to focus on what’s important to you! Remember, we started 2014 with You Is! The…
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Girls for a Change

A few little girls wrote a letter to the Richmond city sheriff, C. T. Woody, Jr, requesting to spend time with their fathers. The setting? A Father-Daughter Dance. I watched the founder of Girls For A Change, Angela Patton, share about this organization on NewsOne this morning (Weekdays on TV One 9 AM CST). She states, “It is…