This year makes the eight year I’ve celebrated Kwanzaa with my family. I hadn’t even heard of it before then. However, my husband’s family have been hosting annual Kwanzaa dinners since the early 90s. I still remember the first time he invited me to celebrate Kwanzaa. We were newly engaged and this would be the second family function I attended….
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The holiday time is a magically awesome time of the year. Unless you’re stressed out worry about cooking a big dinner, decorating the house perfectly, traveling, or buying the right gift for that ambiguous someone in your life. Talk about a nightmare before Christmas, just try visiting toy store. From Stressed to Sacred This year I made a conscious…
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“Your projects are so cute, I wish I had your creativity.” If only I got a dollar every time I heard this. And no I’m not bragging because hearing this makes me a little sad. Sad because the person saying this usually feels like they are not creative. I believe we all have creativity and intelligences. We just express it in…
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With so many things to get done, sometimes feeling joy seems to be impossible. A couple of years ago I was introduced to the concept of mindfulness. The more I learned about mindfulness, I started being more intentional with my thoughts and actions. And then I came across a simple technique that helped me in cultivating more joy and less stress…
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