Despite my Disabilities: The importance of love, acceptance, perseverance and determination

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      Hello again to all . In this long overdue installment, which is long overdue, I am writing a bit about how my education, family and friend’s support helped me to overcome all that I have and let me be who I am today.  The first thing I should say about all of [...]

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Life Essentials for Success: Raw Fish and Lumpy Grits

So after surviving the third interview, making it through the hiring and orientation process you are now happily settled it at your new job. The job is going well, your co- workers are nice and you are finally feeling at ease in your new work home. The bliss and euphoria of this new situation is [...]

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Life Essentials for Success: Selecting Friends

It does not matter the decade or for that matter the century we are in, being a teenager or a young adult is not easy. With our global community’s population totals pushing ever so closely to the seven billion mark communication, problem solving and decision making skills will be critical to successful relationships as we [...]

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Life Essentials for Success: Strengthening and Protecting Your Child’s Self Esteem

Self- esteem is apart of each person’s social development which begins during infancy and lasts a lifetime.  Parent, educators, religious leaders and neighbors all play an important role in this most delicate process.  What does self- esteem mean?  According to author David Myers in “Exploring Psychology”, self- esteem is one’s feeling of high or low self worth.  Simply said [...]

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The Room in which I am Sitting

The room in which I am sitting in has been my constant companion through the good times and bad.  It is a small studio apartment in a well kept brownstone house.  I live on the third floor or second, depending on how you look at it.  There is a ground entrance and a stoop entrance; [...]

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