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Ladies…. Welcome, I am so excited you’re here! I wanted to create a special space and day just for us girls to talk. I don’t have any actual sisters, but I do have a fabulous mother, a cousin who is a year younger than me, a best friend, and have had many girlfriends throughout the years who are practically like family to me. Since the age of 5, I have been on team sports and always surrounded by so many different types of girls . At that age, it was fun and playful. There would be sleepovers and playdates, going to the mall and spa, eating candy and playing with makeup. It almost felt like a holiday, just a day hanging out with your friends.

Then come the hormones, the boys, and the gossip. I don’t think anything truly prepares you for that transition into your teen years, which is where I believe our attitudes come from. Then you have the transition into your twenties, where you could prepare for the hit, but majority of the time we realize it once we are already down bad. Speaking from experience here, ladies. This is when the depression and anxiety come into play. You begin to have the stress and worry of the world and what role you will have in it.

You hit your thirties and you no longer view yourself as young and fun. If you are still single at this point, people will start to think there is something wrong with you. You hit your forties, and if you are not making big money or have a family of your own at this point, people will start to think there is something wrong with you. Finally, it is believed that once you’re in your fifties and beyond, your life is over. When in reality, all of that couldn’t be farther from the truth. We think this to be true because of our mindset.

I want to ask you to do something for me right now. Think of all the things that stress you out. Everything, from school to work, to kids, to friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, and family. What is stressing you out about it? Can you control all of those things? Whose validation or attention are you seeking? What is your purpose and reason for getting out of bed this morning? Is there anything that you like to do that relieves you of stress? If so, do you feel it is important to include in your daily routine? Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what you like and don’t like? What motivates you, and what things cause you to be lazy? What do you think of yourself and not what others think of you? We think these questions to be simple, basic, and easy, yet we do not ask them to ourselves enough.

In my opinion, I find these to be the hardest questions, and if you don’t have an answer to some of them, I completely understand because that was me not too long ago. Here we will have a weekly girl talk, not to talk about what men want us to talk about or what they think we talk about (although we will talk about the men ;)), or our jobs or anybody else, but ourselves. We will uplift each other, ladies. We owe it to ourselves to value, respect, and love every little thing about ourselves. Not for what we look like, what we are able to do, or what is acceptable, but for who we are.

And ladies, since you have already taken the first positive step in becoming the fabulous woman you always had in you, just by opening and reading my page… I dare you to take another and leave that gossiping shit at the door. And I mean that here and in life. We are women who support other women and care for other women. You are no one to judge, and neither is anybody else to judge you; leave that to God. You are the main character in your life, and that won’t change no matter what anybody has to say about you because you can’t control anybody. You can only control yourself and what you think, say, and do.

So again, I applaud you for taking that first step and reading my page. I hope you tune in every week because, as a famous rapper once said, “if you are a fan of me, you are a fan of yourself.” Think about some of those questions I gave you over the weekend, and let the fun begin! God bless you all today, tomorrow, and forever. ❤️