Is cosmetic surgery just what you need to make you happier? I don’t know. Will it? You’re the only one who can answer that question. It depends on how you measure happiness and success. If you truly believe that you’ll be happier after cosmetic surgery and that you will find your soulmate and true love,…
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Aug
Write About What You Know Stick to one niche is the advice you often hear repeated over and over in writing courses, workshops and books. But who is one dimensional? Certainly not me, and I suspect, neither are you. So why should your writing be? I am referring specifically to non-fiction writing. You don’t have to…
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Jun
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Strategies to get your child from reluctant reader to motivated reader Your child doesn’t want to read anymore. It seems as though one moment you had a little avid reader, and the next thing you knew, your child had morphed into a reluctant reader. You are totally bewildered. What happened? When did it happen? One of…
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Nov
Nov
Watch out for these 7 Common Mistakes The idea has been floating around in your mind for years. You want to write a children’s book. Wonderful! Now is the perfect time to get started. But before you begin, take a moment to read over these 7 common mistakes made by beginning writers. Once you’ve read…
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Nov
Nov
Tips from a Book Reviewer What makes a good children’s book good? That’s the question. And there is no one easy answer. I know this because I worked for almost twenty years in the youth services department of a public library. I loved my job. I worked daily with children and teens, read thousands of…
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Nov
Nov
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Depression is heartbreaking. In an affluent Cleveland Ohio suburb, depression caused a father and husband to kill his wife and their two children, 15-year old twins, a boy and a girl, in an apparent murder-suicide. In another nearby city, the same thing happened, only this time three children were…
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Nov
Nov
Take control and become more confident Facing my fear. When it comes to fear, a snake does it for me. I am afraid of snakes, especially those thick muscular types such as the constrictors, the pythons, the anacondas, and so on. Whenever I would see them, mostly on TV screens, my control and confidence would…
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Oct
Oct
Black Americans Exit America Blaxit is the word used to describe the latest migration of Black people in America to other countries. In this article, I use the term Black people to refer to African Americans and People of African Descent. Past migrations This is not the first time that Black people in America have…
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Aug
Aug
Aiming for September 1st When will Ghana’s borders reopen? That’s the burning question on the minds of many African-Americans these days. The answer is soon. For those itching to go, Ghana hopes to reopen its borders by September 1st. On August 16, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo presented an update on the country’s Covid-19 situation and…
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Aug
Aug
Eliminating Color & Peeling Away Self-Value Imagine walking down a store aisle and being confronted with products claiming to bleach skin! Which is exactly what I encountered one day. Whatever you want to call it, skin bleaching, skin whitening, skin lightening, I never realized how widespread this dangerous practice is. I am a proud Nigerian-American…
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