How To Style Olive-Green Jeans 3 Different Ways

Styling the same piece several different ways is the easiest way to save money and get more wear out of your clothes. When it comes to fall, olive green is one of my favorite colors and in this post, I show you how you can recreate many different looks just by keeping one piece constant.

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Who is My Enemy?

The dictionary defines enemy as “a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.” If I asked myself if I had any enemies, I’d probably say no. I don’t have anyone any mind that I would consider my enemy. BUT, looking back at this definition, I definitely have a lot of enemies.

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What’s the Hardest Thing About Marriage?

Marriage is not easy…it requires you to daily die to yourself; it calls you to serve, to compromise and to love unconditionally. If you are not willing to do any of these things, then don’t get married. At the end of the day, there’s nothing like having someone to share this thing called life with, someone to make important decisions with and to share life’s moments and laughter with.

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Stocking Up on 2021 Summer Outfits PLUS 50% Off Deal

A lot of places that I travel to usually have some really nice beaches or the hotel would have a nice infinity pool. This means that having a bathing suit on hand is a must. Since I didn’t get to go anywhere this year, a picnic by the lake (Hempstead Lake State Park in Long Island), away from the crowds, felt a like a mini getaway.

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Why I Quit Blogging Many Times

A lot of people start blogging because they think it’s a quick way to earn extra money or they are looking to get free stuff from brands. Don’t get me wrong, all those are great things but if that is the main reason you start blogging, then you will soon realize that it’s not all fun and games but there’s a lot of hard work, time and money that goes into it.

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Giving Yourself Room to Grieve

There’s no such thing as getting over the loss of a loved one. It gets better each day but the void left behind cannot be filled by anything else. It’s as if a piece of you dies with them. It’s okay to give yourself room to grieve for them while continuing to live your life the best way you can.

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Essence Cover Challenge: Besties Edition

I am super excited about today’s post - my bestie (Edwina) and I are bringing you black girl magic. Some of you may be aware of the different magazine cover challenges circulating on social media. We wanted to pay homage to a magazine that honors and covers black excellence and that’s how we decided on the Essence cover. But instead of just doing a cover, we thought we’d address some of your burning questions in this post. Enjoy getting to know a little bit more about us and our friendship.

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Killing Your Joy With Comparison

Comparison will instantly kill your joy and gratefulness. It has a way of twisting your mind, so instead of focusing on every single thing that God has done for you, you start to magnify all the things that you do not have, and the result is discontent. We are all guilty of this. Comparison will keep you from being happy for others when they achieve their dreams.

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3 Things I Learnt From the Daily Blogging Challenge

Today is officially the last day of the daily blogging challenge and I wanted to end it with three main things that I learnt during the month of July: I can wake up early every day, I can plan my activities for a whole month, and I can do whatever I commit to EVEN when I don’t feel like it.

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The Significance of the Black and White Photo Challenge as It Relates to Femicide

In recent days, there have been a plethora of black and white images posted by women on social media. This is a challenge where women nominate each other to post a black and white image of themselves and then caption “Challenged Accepted”, followed by the hashtag #womensupportingwomen. What most people don’t realize is that this challenge was started as a way to highlight the massive killing of women in Turkey.

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Why Marriage Is More Than Just a Piece of Paper

ve heard a lot of reasons (excuses) about why people do not think it’s necessary to get married and the most common is that “marriage is just a piece of paper” that doesn’t change how they feel about the other party. Come to think of it, if you are going into marriage thinking it’s just a piece of people, then you most definitely should not be getting married. Some people say marriage is just for tax benefits. Others say they don’t need marriage to show that they are in a committed relationship.

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Top Five Stores to Buy Affordable High Quality Glam Outfits

The question I can get asked over and over again is where I purchase my outfits from. I’m sure by now, you have come to the conclusion that I’m a sucker for pretty dress. I’ve always loved them from the time when I was young and that penchant for them has never gone away. Today I’m sharing my top five store to buy glam outfits in the order of preference.

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Your Spouse Was Not Meant to Make You Whole

Our culture has shunned singleness as if it is something to be ashamed of but on the contrarily, the bible talks about singleness being a gift. It gives you ample time to focus on God, and work on your shortcomings while developing and investing in yourself. Singleness gives you a chance to really get to know you and become whole, so that by the time you get into a relationship, you are not going in expecting the other person to fix all your shortcomings.

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