Summer of Stevie

 We still have legends that still yet exist in our midst 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPH5XPnZfVU

May Day

 May came and went and I did not realize I had not posted much of anything at all Yikes!!! But it was a busy month of school practices for the end of the school year. It was also a month of honoring Mothers for Mother's Day. 

So, it may seem late but every day on this side of heaven I get to celebrate her  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAkfXV5CIzM

Finance Girl Friday

 Hey ladies,

It's back to financial Friday book list :) Here are a few worth checking out. Would be a great idea to start a girls money book club to keep our money tight. I know it's long overdue 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e03y-QflUaM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPPdNKS3HM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6S63406raY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DpiM6R32QY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWfQJoLiqA0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM_rwsNxe5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gKMoXycHm8

Lift the weight Wednesday music

 Black and white videos for me are timeless. I know right now some may feel the weight of the world on your shoulders. But I have always found in the times where it seems the darkest a song can carry you through until the light shines again. Take it day by day and like a wise man said every 5 minutes.

Keep breathing

 

There's a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Through thick and thin 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66tI8J46hAg  

When you need a shoulder to cry on 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugQOacYX5m0

Anytime you need a friend it's good to know someone is always there 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6vpAMmfw0

Miracles are always just around the corner keep looking up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAdi3LIW898

Good to know there are still those we love we can count on 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae2iX6vZCoM

Food for thought

 It seems like each new day presents us with moments for us to choose and lose our focus on what matters most. When you are working 9 to5 you come home and you sit down and chill out for a few minutes. You get the chance to call a few friends or parents in my case being a teacher:) But you see that you have been in bubble. As you get online to check a few emails you come across certain headlines or videos shared. I don't know if it's different for others but being black online can be tasking as it seems you are to post about every other racial incident that shows up on the daily. 

A friend or coworker who is other will DM you and ask your opinion on such and such and see if you are ok! etc!!! I don't have the time or energy to speak out about everything they choose for us. For me it's all a distraction and can be distracting as to what matters most like I said before. I follow different voices other than my own those with a different perspective so I'm not just an echo chamber of my own thoughts. It's good to be challenged as to what and why you believe what you do.

There is good and bad with social media, but I found these words from a young lady I follow, and I was like I'm feeling the same way.

Grown folks going at each other over dresses, comedy skits animal memes things that will make us lose our focus. And one wonders in the long run will it matter?10 or 20 years from now?  Things I don't have time for and are not needful me at all in this season. We have 24 hours each day and to spend it always responding to this or that is it even wise?? To each is own I guess? but how do you live like that waiting to see what the next outrage moment will be. Maybe it's all a distraction for some not to focus on themselves and what they may be going through. But day after day giving energy into the negativity takes you away from little moments that are happening that you can't see. 

So 

Here it is, short and simple:

I’m not letting viral moments emotionally hijack me.

What has changed is my focus.

This season is family over frenzy, real life over rage bait, and peace over performative outrage.

Roselyne Dorval

Thank you for those words expressed

Real life still matters

Stay in peace

Book love

 In this month of love foster in your little girl's heart the gift of reading. Reading takes you places and helps you to discover a world you have never known before. A few wonderful suggestions for girls ages 6 -12 

Here are a few cool links 

Amazon.com : books for little black girls

Nesting Dolls book by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

The month of Love

 How do you celebrate the month of love without one of the greatest voices 💖

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tzH8zExD4