Blessed & Curvy

I am excited for the weekend coming up. Sunday especially I look forward to meeting readers . Stop by booth 334 where I will be doing a book signing. From 10am -6pm Civic Center Park, Berkley CA  See you there! Patricia A. Saunders Author, Blogger, and Poet  

Coming from a large family is a blessing, tons of gatherings, laughs, and sharing history I was going through pictures and seeing siblings, cousins, and friends who died from cancer I realized that there is a history that we share. All forms of cancer from bone, prostate, breast, to lung caner. I have had my own scares with biopsies for breast, uterus and tongue cancer. I still have a marker in my body for them to track the size of the lump in my breast that they said isn't cancerous. Looking at my friends and family go from being healthy, not a care in the world and then BOOM the results! We have so many dollars going to research Supposed to be able to detect it sooner Changing diets and exercise Why does it still exist? You want to pray it away You want to comfort them through their treatments You want to say it won't come back I promise You want to be strong for them when they are weak You know when you know someone so well that even though t...

One More Thing Authored by M. C. Walker ISBN-13: 978-1544903019 ISBN-10: 1544903014  BISAC: Fiction / Contemporary Women  Free spirited, thirty something, dancer Monica Charles doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to men, but now Anthony's come along. Handsome, funny, and attentive, Anthony. He could be her Mr. Right. Things are looking up for Monica… apart from one small problem, well a rather large and annoying problem...., District Attorney, devilishly handsome and charming, Chase Fitzpatrick, is back and ready to put a ring on it. Monica's happy with Anthony and nothing can come in between their love, right? Chase is not taking no for an answer and will do anything to get the woman of his dreams back into his life...forever. What happens when our past interrupts our future? Monica's about to discover that the past can come back to haunt you, and the future you imagined could slip right through your fingers. Discover one woman's search for...

The end of National Poetry Month with an excerpt from  This Too Shall Pass book of poetry. My Son I didn’t birth you I just feel that I want to see you turn 21 I want to give you advice on how to make it I want to tell you challenges are coming I want to tell you people will judge you by the color of your skin Not knowing who you are It doesn’t matter You’re my son You will go out with your friends and feel it’s funny To be followed Prove you are in your own neighborhood That the expensive car you’re driving is your parents and they worked hard to purchase it That the clothes you have on aren’t bought with drug money You’re going to be alone and there are going to be times you won’t get one phone call I want you to know no matter where you come from it’s not fair I want you to know others have come before you Have endured worse That they died for you to be able to be here You’re my son I know it hurts when people fear you becaus...

April is the time of year where everyone is doing their taxes Some are looking for those tax breaks and looking for investments. My question that I always ask is what about you? Have you invested in getting your annual exam to make sure your health is on track? Have you planned your spa days to unplug and unwind? What about date nights with your love? Are you exercising? What I mean by the questions is that when we select to invest in stocks and bonds and don't invest in ourselves who will reap the harvest if we're gone because we're not taking care of ourselves? Not to be negative but to enlighten and get others to think I stopped going out to dinner daily and started cooking at home Pulling out my mother's china that she left to me and enjoying each chew of the food I prepared . Reminiscing looking at the plates thinking about how she only brought the china out for special occasions. Now I am reaping her harvest. You heard the saying...

BAN Radio Show Interview Date and Time Please note that all shows are on Eastern Time Zone (Maryland) Interview with Ella Curry -  Monday night , 4/24/2017     All callers and authors use the same number:    646.200.0402 Chatroom:   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Black-Author-Network FEATURED AUTHORS AND SPEAKERS: 8:00  - Life & Love: The Journey In Verse by Pat C. (Poetry) 8:30  - This Too Shall Pass by Patricia A. Saunders (Poetry)

When asked the question I state it's my Mother that inspired me to write! As a child I can remember always writing in my journal a poem or something that I tried to express.  As a teenager I wrote about boyfriends or feelings of being hurt, in my yearbook I wrote about the  journey of leaving middle school to go into high school, and never taking much serious.  It wasn't until my Mother who had Alzheimer's passed unexpectedly in my 40's  that my world was turned  upside down that I felt alone, uncertain of my emotions, and looking for a way of expression that I let my words flow.  I  cried until my vision was blurry, I let the words flow to my fingertips, and onto paper until I was emptied.  My thought process was I am getting older, single, no children and what would my legacy be? If I inherit this ugly disease and can't remember my sibling's face, the love that I had for my lover, or the experiences that I had gone throug...