When I saw the invitation to join the Consistency Challenge by successful influencer, Mattie James, I knew I had to participate. I first saw Mattie James speak at Stage for the Creators Conference on the YouTube channel KevOnStage. She gave amazing advice and tips on every aspect of blogging, so I knew participating in her …
I am grateful that I launched my blog a week before covid-19 because it has kept my mind off of the uncertainties we are all facing. I am also so thankful that God has provided for all of my needs prior to the lockdown; because I lost my job 6 months before the lockdown, I …
Last week, I shared some book recommendations and some tips for reading aloud to your children. Reading aloud daily is very important to helping your child to develop vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension, and a love of reading. See Related: Book Recommendations for Children I focused on elementary aged children because those are the ones …
As a single person, it is very difficult to create a variety of fresh meals each week. I understand the importance of meal prepping, but the problem is that you have to eat the same thing all week. I am okay with leftovers, but it is healthier to have a variety of foods each week …
Several years ago I was doing a Bible Study on the Proverbs 31 Woman, and came across an article by Melissa Ringstaff on her 10 virtues. The purpose of my blog, Above Rubies or Pearls, is to inspire women to see our true value in Christ, to become virtuous women, and to live accordingly. So …
I have lost some toning and conditioning since working out at home. I was so happy then when Empower was added to the barre class schedule. I quickly learned, though, that it would not make much more of a difference. Because I live on the 3rd floor, I can’t fully do the exercises the way they …
I actually have two social media accounts, one I created for my blog when I started it. It is my creator account, not my personal one, that I am going to focus on today. Since this account is for my Christian lifestyle blog for women, I follow accounts of those who make up the lifestyle …
Reading aloud to my students was one of my favorite things to do as a teacher. It is also important for you parents to read aloud to your children every day, especially if you are going to be teaching your children at home when school starts. Reading aloud to children provides them with a model …
Did you know that July is National Family Reunion Month? All this time I thought it was just a coincidence that all of my family reunions have been in July. 🙂 The tradition for family reunions for African Americans were inspired by the Great Migration (of 4 million African Americans from the South to the …
Just this past week in the news, there was a story about community refrigerators. The concept is very simple: if you have food to donate, leave it in the community refrigerator, and if you need food, help yourself to it. I pray more of these pop up all over, so that even more people struggling …
