“Too Busy For MY Health!?”

8AM: Get the kids ready for school and get ME ready for work!

12PM: Quick Lunch!

5PM: Pick up the kids grab dinner...

10PM: Bed!

And that’s your day. Sometimes it feels like whether you have kids or not, whether you are married or single, you’re always busy! It wouldn’t be fair to say, “Well since Sara isn’t married, she has way more time on her hands” and it’s certainly not fair to say, “Tony & Kathy don’t have any kids they have all the time in the world”. The only thing I’m sure we can all agree on is, there’s a lot to do and not enough time in a day to get it done!

But! It’s so crucial that we make time to check on our health. Ask yourself, when is the last time I went to the doctor’s office for a physical or a checkup, oh yeah two years ago when you were sick with the flu!

Been awhile huh?

Please don’t consider me to be a hypocrite hey, the only reason this piece is being written is because I just went to the doctor! It’s tough I get it! “Can’t miss work, can’t afford it, I’m guilty, is this you? “I keep missing my appointment & I don’t bother to reschedule” all of the above right?

Well, hopefully by the end of this talk you’ll have some motivation for considering why it’s so important to have REGULAR DOCTOR VISITS & ANNUAL CHECK UPS! There are a million reasons why but let’s focus on 3 Important ones:

1) KEEPS YOU AHEAD OF YOUR HEALTH

• Depending on your test results they may warn you and /or give you advice on how to better maintain your health to prevent serious illness in the long run.

Remember prevention is better than needing a cure. Regular check-ups will also give your doctor a better opportunity to spot any potential health problems.

Better Safe Than Sorry Right?

    2) BECAUSE THE STATISTIC ARE TRUE!

• There are hundreds of statistics out there that many of us (myself included) just ignore because maybe we don’t want the stats to apply to us well, they do! Here’s a few example statistics:

~Women leading cause of death: Heart disease, Cancer, Stoke

~Men leading cause of death: Heart disease, Cancer, Accidents (Ok, that last one! WHAT!? L.O.L)

~Children leading cause of death: Cancer

In most of these cases the person was “SEEMINGLY” in good health.

     3) YOU CAN’T CONTROL IT IF YOU DON’T KNOW IS THERE!

This one saddens me and it’s personal, I experienced this first hand. Some one very close to my family “seemed” to be just fine he didn’t complain about anything. From the first day I met him, 2 months later he was dead. He had a brain tumor. Some of these conditions are silently developing in our bodies, they don’t give us outward signals then BOOM!!! It’s too late!

Sorry for the WORD GRAPHIC but this is REAL STUFF and it behooves ALL of us to PAY ATTENTION!!!! 

Phew, that’s was enough for me!  We aren’t trying to depress any one, we just want to bring awareness and remind folks how important it is to have REGULAR CHECK UPS!

Of course, there are things we can do in the meantime to REMAIN somewhat healthy like, Eating right, Drinking plenty of Water, and please people you and please remind our little ones that

WE MUST WASH OUR HANDS A LOT, ESPECIALLY BEFORE A MEAL!

We can’t emphasize enough that it’s of the utmost importance that WE make time for the MORE important things like our health!

STAY HEALTHY MY FRIENDS!

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“BLACKFACE' SWEATER”

Let’s face it, who doesn’t or who hasn’t wanted something that has that world recognized GUCCI monogram on it?  Folks with plenty of money who can afford all their stuff, working folks who treat themselves once a year with at least one item of their merchandise and those of us who know we can’t afford it, but we make some kind of a sacrifice to get our hands on a small piece from one of the BIGGEST designers in the world!

That said it’s understandable that the First look at their newest known creation of the “BLACKFACE' SWEATER” may seem like nothing to some, but to a lot of people especially people of color it brought up emotions that a tremendous amount of time is spent on trying to believe that you don’t have to revisit.  Certainly not over an UGLY SWEATER, feelings that start with, but absolutely don’t end with

“OFFENDED, DISRESPECTED, APPALLED, DISBELIEF, BETRAYED, LET DOWN, DISAPPOINTING & DOWN RIGHT ANGRY!!!

Many of us wanted to take the items we’ve purchased from these folks and throw them in the trash! Then, reality set in and you remembered how much money was spent on them so that’s a NO!!!!!

So, you ask yourself, have these people at GUCCI along with the designers that proceeded them in their blatant display of racism, have they been given a secret pass to disrespect and degrade people of color?  And if this is the case, why weren’t they also given a secret devise that sounds an alarm telling them NOT to take the “GREEN MONEY” from these people since they are so bent on making a mockery of any race? Why accept any MONEY from people who clearly are not respected by their organization?

After all, they are GUCCI an iconic, powerful, influential designer looked up to and envied by millions who doesn’t need the money of, or the support of these people they clearly don’t think have any impact on the promotion of their products RIGHT???  

MONCLER

Is their intent really to offend much of the population that makes them who they are???? They got lots of reviews, from people from all walks of life, expressing their hurt feelings over such an outward display of insensitivity clearly, to make money at the expense of an entire race of people.  REALLY!!! It’s sad that we are just 11 days into the 28 day, “Black History Month” and we have a top actor Liam Neesom publicly allow the effects of hatred to spew from his lips THEN, we have GUCCI displaying the same hatred visually by creating what may very well be the DOG GONE, UGLIEST SWEATER in the history of SWEATERS!

GUCCI

What a month! And its not even over yet!

APOLOGY of course we get one!  In fact, some of the same people in the GUCCI camp that approved this UGLY design probably went back to the round table and encourage public apologies for making such an insensitive design. After all, not only have they read the reviews they feel the effects of their actions because the reviews and the consensus is screaming at them.  Of course, they realize, that there are so many that showed their non-support for the sale of this UGLY SWEATER and probably any other GUCCI products, huh, wouldn’t you apologize? They said do it, SWIFTLY because the law of gravity works FASTER when money is FALLING!!

Should we accept their apology? First reaction, HECK NO!  Really GUCCI? making the sweater was a truly DUMB move but are they serious, do they not know that we’re not so dumb that we don’t know that if they don’t apologize, not only will they NOT sell that UGLY SWEATER, but there aren’t enough people working for the GUCCI organization to wear ALL the items bearing their name across the world!!!  

PRADA

Can they spell BANKRUPTCY…. Over an UGLY SWEATER???

SMOKE CLEARS although this was an absolutely, crazy move, we must remember that many eyes saw this design before it hit the public. Somebody came up with it but more importantly SOMEBODY approved it and gave the go ahead for it to be mass produced SO, it’s a definite that there are some people high up the ranks in this organization that should be looking for new jobs!  

More importantly though, we must remember that the designers of this UGLY garment are simply HUMANS and their making such an UGLY GESTURE only exposed their imperfection.  Mistakes are made by everyone who puts their pants on one leg at a time and it’s to our advantage to view them as such.  

There has been enough time spent on realizing the negative about this and did we say this was an UGLY SWEATER??...We say, we’ve given GUCCI enough of our time trying to figure out why?  

After all, there’s only one word that describes RACISM no matter what color you are, no matter what language you speak.  GUCCI knows what it is, their sweater bears it, it’s just

UGLY!!!!!!!!

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“NO BREAKS! SINGLE PARENT OR NOT”

Let us say that this article is by no means intended to give anyone a warm and fuzzy feeling, no way, no how!! “I NEED A BREAK FROM THESE KIDS”!!

Have you ever heard or uttered those words? We were talking to some friends and having a real deep discussion the other day and single parenting became the discussion and we all acknowledged that we’ve heard folks expressing needing a break from their children.  “This must be new” because coming from a group of 4 kids, we had 1 parent my mother, she didn’t take any breaks. In fact, it was like she was a quintuplet because when she moved so did 4 other little people! lol

That lady made it clear to us when we did go to visit friends and some of our relatives, under no uncertain terms were we to ask to spend the night and we didn’t.  These folks that talk about needing breaks act as if they don’t’ know that folks that prey on kids are looking for parents that always need a break.

What’s wrong with you all that are always letting Johnny or Jane have a play date or sleep over with the first person that offers.  You just met Johnny’s schoolmate’s mom or dad and you’ve already packed Johnny’s overnight bag, you’re more than ready to let these people leave your presence with your most precious commodity “YOUR CHILD”…ARE YOU ALL NUTZZZ?

News Flash for all of you parents single or otherwise, when you have kids, “YOU LOSE THE RIGHT TO BE SELFISH” …And taking breaks became obsolete when you decided you were ready to take on the responsibility of another person!

The child that god LOANED you is your heavy responsibility and you have been entrusted to take care of them and protect them.  Therefore, my friends, cousin Joe, Uncle Sam, Coach Jim and the next-door neighbor Sarah, should not ever have free reign with your child.  Here’s a little statistic for you, did you know that in about 90% of the cases of sexual abuse of a child, the perpetrator is someone the child already knows and trust.  That means you know them, and you trust them too! Now I’m not saying that you should be suspicious of everybody but don’t be scared to be suspicious and position yourself to be your child’s “FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE”.  

If someone who appears to be more interested in children than in adults, offers free babysitting or private excursions with your child it doesn’t necessarily mean they are planning any harm but, such behavior should put you on alert.  Remember an offer that sounds too good to be true most times it’s just that “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE”!   ..Carefully screen anyone who volunteers to take your little person off your hands, screen them, ask questions, who will be there, friends, family and what will they be doing.  And more importantly “DON’T LET YOUR BABIES SPEND THE NIGHT AT OTHER PEOPLE’S HOMES”. You’re relinquishing all control over what goes on with your child when you don’t know all the parties sleeping where your baby is sleeping.

This article doesn’t profess to give you new information, it’s a “REMINDER”, single parenting is the HARDEST JOB IN THE WORLD! And if you haven’t been told lately “YOU’RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOBS. Just please, please, please don’t let your guard down.

This piece could go on and on and I know some of you readers are wondering why we’re on this tangent?  We’ll tell you why, because we have little people around us that are more precious to us than gold. We don’t want any harm to come to them because it would go down to the marrow if we thought anyone was trying to hurt them or scar them.  Let’s WATCH our own babies and Let everyone know we’re keeping a close watch on those who think we’re not WATCHING!

It takes a village to raise a child, it takes an army to protect them!!!!!!

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