A Secret to Success This New Year: Become Committed and Resilient

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Mom and son celebrating the new year in the Bahamas in 2025! "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Confucius Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three , working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. 2025 was intense. I faced a convergence of pressures: the stress of navigating life as a single mom while paying considerable  alimony ,  an intensifying family situation since we lost my beloved aunt, my dad, and my cousin’s mom—work related stress—learning a new job after an imposed job change, all while navigating the rapid pace of raising my kids and trying to maintain a standard of living for them with fewer resources. Together, these factor...
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Everybody wants something...

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Christmas is the season of giving. Children want gifts. Mothers and fathers want their kids home for Christmas. And lovers want kisses, and then some.

A lot of my friends want to "hook up" this holiday season.

More people have shared their desires with me this year than ever before. Friends have told me whom they crave and whom they desire. One friend even revealed how excited he was about the possibilty of a rendezvous with a woman that he met through jury duty. He disrupted his entire holiday plans because of the promise of passion. Nothing else mattered.

I don’t know if I will get the final report of these true confessions, especially since I have this blog. However, I still thope that my friends get what they want this holiday season. That will help to inspire me. I will start to believe that we all get what we want in 2009! Here's hoping!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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