Share When I began seeing the advertisements for Race–Are We So Different locally, I knew I instantly that I wanted to be a part of it. In our society, of course, even today, race is a taboo and sticky subject. This past Saturday afternoon, my Aunt and I trekked to Forest Park where the Missouri [...]

Share I love it when a good plan comes together! Yesterday, I hosted my second event here in St. Louis at Jilly’s Cupcake Bar and Cafe off of Delmar near the Loop. Again, I was both amazed and humbled that so many wonderful people turned out for the event. There were plenty of cupcakes and [...]

Share When I received a follow request from @STLVolunteen, I followed back immediately. As a mother of a teen, I felt it was important to be in the know of volunteer opportunities for my son. But after chatting on Twitter, I found out not only was this the first type of site dedicated to local [...]

Share Let me preface this blog post by saying that I love the movie, The Color Purple. It was the first PG-13 movie that I saw (I was about 9 or 10 when it came out though but we still got to see it alone anyway) and later read the book. I was moved by [...]

Share This morning, I had the honor of speaking with a close friend of mine. We haven’t chatted in some time and with her living in a completely different state, it’s hard for us to catch up with one another. So when I saw my Blackberry light up with her name, I was overjoyed; there [...]