One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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Bootlylicious, but sometimes offensive...

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Apparently Beyonce has offended people by telling Latina Magazine that she wishes that she had been born Latina. Given the uproar this has created, one would think that she said that she confessed to being a serial killer.

Because we're often occupying the lowest rung on the totem pole, Black folk are particularly sensitive when Black celebrities do anything that could be perceived as insulting Black people. Needless to say Beyonce's comment has pissed a lot of people off.

I think that people are getting worked up for no reason. I am a Beyonce fan. She is absolutely gorgeous, charming, and talented. However, while I believe that she is the consummate entertainer, she is no scholar.

Above all, Beyonce is a self-promoter. I opine that she intended that statement as a compliment to Latinos and simply didn't think that it might be perceived as a rejection of her own race. Moreoever, I am sure that her primary goal was to motivate more Latinos to buy her records.

I doubt very seriously that she intended to insult Black folk. What would be her motivation? Her boyfriend, Jay-Z is a hip hop artist and mogul in that industry for goodness sake.

Even if she occasionally wishes to be Latina, so what. Sometimes I wish that I had been born a man so that I'd know what it was like. However, at the end of the day, I am always happy and proud to be a woman. I'd bet my last dollar that Beyonce is damn happy that she is the one and only Beyonce Knowles. And if she isn't, she can send her money and Jay-Z my way! :-)


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ELH Esq said…
I LOVE your blog! It is refreshing, honest, insightful and encouraging. Thank you for sharing yourself with the rest of us, Soror.
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Chaton T. Turner said…
The support of my sorors inspire me and bolster my confidence. Thank you!
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