Blessed & Curvy

This is the time of year when you see so many writing what they are thankful for The question arose why do we have to pick just one day a year and not be thankful throughout the year? I have seen posts that some are thankful for their families, children, their health etc. I sat in the living room and it was from the mouth of babes as they went around the room . It is what they said  that caught my attention We had gone around the room giving thanks for various things Laughing and smiling at each other for being thankful There was one child in the room who said you didn't ask me ? You think what could a child only six years old be thankful for? He hasn't seen life yet? Gone through any drama? Yet he is here and he wants to be counted too.  He was thankful for his parents, his friends, and and his family. So many times we go through things and it doesn't matter at what age it's your friends and family who are there. You depend on these peop...

From the desk of Patricia A. Saunders I want to introduce you to another guest author Bryetta Calloway ... she is about to release her book tomorrow November 17th. A sneak peak with an excerpt from her book: Hope is My Birthright, Not A Feeling. Emotions can become so intense and overwhelming that you will feel pulled undertow by the sheer weight of them. Sadness covers you, fear tracks your every step, frustration pushes against you, stress seems to smother you. You feel surrounded, backed into a corner. Your fight or flight response kicks in like wounded prey. No matter that nothing appears to have changed, or maybe BECAUSE NOTHING seems to have changed. Whatever the impetus, you feel the rhythm of your heart uptick as you paddle against the waves of hopelessness. Desperate to seek an intravenous injection of hope. You turn your head away from the world, and you go chasing after that feeling of relief, assuredness, security. Desperate to find respite from the noise of...