BE the Example

It is my life’s mission to live a life that my daughter can grow up to want to emulate. The idea is to BE the person that I ultimately want her to become. Raising a little girl in today’s society seems more challenging than ever. A lot of the messages out there are so inconsistent with some of the most basic values that were passed down to me from my mother: self-respect and dignity. Our young women seem to be lost in a sea of Basketball Wives, Love and Hip Hop and Real Housewives (this is putting it lightly).

However, there are positive examples out there. Superbowl 2013 showcased a few of these women brilliantly:

Jennifer Hudson

Beyonce

Alicia Keys

True Mommy-Preneur inspiration!

A Mother's Prayer

Dear Lord,

I don't want to be a good mom...

I want to be a GREAT mom.

Help me, Lord, to instruct with

PATIENCE;

to speak with KINDNESS;

to encourage with PEACE;

to discipline with SELF-CONTROL;

to heal hurt with GENTLENESS;

to desire what is GOOD;

to be FAITHFUL in all that I say...and do;

to live with JOY in my heart and on my lips;

and to LOVE...like there is no tomorrow.

Help me, Lord,to be the very BEST mom 

that I can be...Amen.

                              -- unknown