Dear Parents of Daughters, This post is written with you in mind. As you may know, October is National Bullying Prevention Month & starting Monday, here at Marvelous University, we will tackle this important issue and offer tips on prevention. Yes, prevention. I learned years ago that bullying does not have to be and…
Author: Shanterra
Be Happy
How do you rejoice with others if you’re still waiting on your “reason” for rejoicing?
Have you ever found yourself surrounded by people who seem to all be receiving the answers to their prayers or being granted whatever they’ve been waiting on or hoping for? Meanwhile, YOU are still waiting on YOUR good thing.
How do you respond to this with happiness? Especially when you’re like “HEY, can I get a breakthrough?”
The After School Talk
Here are three questions to ignite a more meaningful conversation with your young person after school:
Guiltless Rest
It’s MONDAY, Marvelous Monday. The day I’ve decided to post a new blog that will hopefully encourage, empower, motivate…something. But today, on this Marvelous Monday, I’m taking a day to rest. I’ve been going nonstop for the past couple of weeks with a lot of exciting things for which I am extremely hopeful and thankful. And I…
You just have to try it…
I’m not one to ever brag, but my family is full of great cooks. We all have our favorite dish prepared by another family member and we all agree on who can claim “top chef” status for a particular specialty. For my great-grandmother, “Big Mama”, it was peach cobbler. Ohmygoodness! To this day, I have…
The Do-Over
“Will I go kayaking again? Sure, if I have to, which means, if a mentee needs me to go, I’ll go,” (Shanterra McBride, July 28, 2015). Words written in the previous post, as I shared my story of kayaking for the first time. In the spirit of being transparent, I admitted that it was an experience…
That time I went kayaking on the Atlantic Ocean
On Friday, I did something I have never done before. I tend to do this quite a bit – especially when I travel – because I believe that life is meant to be lived and I for one, want to live it to the fullest. However, when I have these “life is to be lived”…
Marvelous Monday
What a MARVELOUS MONDAY! Why? Well, not only did I wake up and have a chance to be an active participant in this day, but it’s MARVELOUS because I had a fantastic weekend with two of my younger cousins, Latrice and Shanice. They are first cousins to one another and 3 months apart. It was fantastic because not…
Falling Leaves
Originally posted on alexmcqueeen3:
Winter. This is the time of year where people’s yards (front & back) go often unattended. Much different from the spring, where one can smell the scent of new flower beds and aisles of the neighborhood hardware stores are crowded with people looking forward to putting their hands in the Earth…
Off Limits For All
I’m sure you’ve heard about it, but a couple of weeks ago, Malia and Sasha Obama were criticized by (former) congressional aide, Elizabeth Lauten for…well, for them basically being teenage girls. She said the girls needed to show “a little class,” referring to their looks and posture during an appearance with our President as he decided the fate of two turkeys that hoped to live and not be the main course…
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