The Honeybee's Lifestyle

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  • Q2

    Q2

    Hello Honeybees

    We are at the midpoint of 2020 and boy a lot happened in the second quarter. The first quarter for me was about Lent, hanging out, girlfriend time and thinking that by now the world would be back to normal. As we now know the world is anything but normal. 

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    Q2 brought us the stark reality of everything that is COVID-19. We went from dining out to curb side pick up. From everyone HAD to go into the office to everyone NOW working from home without an end date. From in person meetings to ZOOM, which I am SO OVER at this point. From washing your hands to washing your hands AND wear a mask AND stay 6 ft apart. To add more craziness people are actually refusing to wear a mask. How much more outrageous can we get? Well, keep reading.

    On top of a global pandemic we also have to fight racism but this time on a much different level. It’s not like Black people haven’t been fighting but we haven’t, in my opinion, seen this level of activism since the Civil Rights Movement. We are STILL fighting for basic human rights, like….walking in the park, jogging down the street, going to the store, SLEEPING IN OUR OWN BED without losing our lives. We wish we had a true leader to help guide us through this period but unfortunately we are on our own. In November…..VOTE!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!

    Personal

    On a personal note I stepped outside my comfort zone…. I started wearing my natural hair and I did a Facebook live. 

    Quick hair story. I started transitioning in late 2018 by wearing braids. I wanted to “go natural” for years but was scared. Scared of what my natural hair would look like and how others might perceive it. Well I got over the what others might think part real quick and embraced my now fro. If you don’t like my fro then that’s on you. Blog post about this coming soon.

    The Facebook live was for Beautiful Spirited Women, an organization that empowers, support and build confidence in young women. Up to this point I had never done a live. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been on live television several times and that didn’t bother me. For some reason Facebook live scared me but it didn’t stop me. It was a wonderful experience of me sharing my blogging journey. I’m ready for another one….Who’s next?

    Purchases 

    I’ve shared some of my quarantine purchases here but for Q2 I made an effort to support Black women owned businesses. I received my first CurlBox. CurlBox is a natural hair product subscription founded my Myleik Teele. I purchased local honey from The Tea Bar by DIVINITY, got my Juneteenth tshirt from Ivy Storehouse and a new print from She is This.

     

    As we head into Q3 and my birthday let’s all embrace that the world that we once knew is no longer a thing. The world is changing. People are sick & tired of being sick and tired. If you don’t know who said that….Google it!

     

    How was your Q2?

    Beewisdom- BLACK LIVES MATTER

  • Be Amazing

    Hello Honeybees,

    Sometime last year on one of my thrifting adventures I came across a sweater that spoke to me. Literally!  The sweater said BE AMAZING.  I think I paid maybe $4 for the sweater and I will say that it is the best $4 to ever leave my wallet.  I wear this sweater when I need to encourage myself.  It’s like my power sweater. It’s like striking the Wonder Woman pose in the mirror. It’s my reminder to BE AMAZING.

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    Recently I was giving a presentation to a room full of high school girls. Usually I wear my work polo but on this day for some reason I felt that I needed a little extra encouragement.  So I pulled out my power sweater.

    I was standing at the door as the girls were entering the room. Totally in prep mode, forgetting all about the sweater UNTIL… one of the students read my sweater out loud and smiled. I smiled back letting her know that I heard her.  Another young lady was talking to her friend and said, I want a sweater like that. My response to her… Yes because you are amazing.

    So here I am standing in front of 50 teenage girls and the whole time they got to stare at the words BE AMAZING.

    After leaving the school I ran some errands and in each place someone made a comment about my sweater. People of all races, male & female.  One brother asked me where I got my sweater. I told him that I thrifted it but the look on his face let me know to further explain. So I just said, Old Navy. And no he wasn’t trying to hit on me. He was truly asking like he wanted to find one for his special person.

    Who knew that a $4 sweater would not only encourage me but also those with whom I come in contact? It doesn’t always take a lot to make a difference.  Sometimes all it takes is a $4 sweater that simply says……..BE AMAZING!!!

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    Beewisdom- Be Amazing, I Dare You!!

  • Blogger Fun

    Hello Honeybees,

    When I started this on this journey called blogging I really didn’t know what to expect. I knew what I wanted to happen from following other bloggers.  I wanted to experience the “blogger meet ups” , photo shoots and free prodcut.  Well, guess what????  Thanks to Memphis Moms Blog, I got to experience two of them in one weekend!!

    Friday night was Moms Night Out.  It was held at Treasure Box located on Union Ave in midtown Memphis.  If you are looking for vintage furniture, jewelry or clothes check them out. It is a thrifters dream. There was mixing & mingling, shopping, wine of course and desserts.  No event for women would be complete without makeup and hair fun.  It was a much needed break and it was great to be around other blogger moms.

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    Sunday we gathered on world famous Beale St. to take photos. Believe it or not this was my first professional shoot.  iPhone photo shoots don’t count.  It was really weird taking photos while people are walking all around you.  You don’t know who is watching. You see other people, hopefully tourist, taking your pic as well. 

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    As we gathered for the group picture we had to decide what to do with our purses.  Our solution….we surrounded our photographer with them.  We were literally standing in the middle of Beale St with the Beale St Flippers entertaining the crowd behind us. Scary!!!

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    Pop over to www.memphismomsblog.com to meet the wonderful ladies that help me live this experience.

    One of my blogger goals is to attend a blogger conference hopefully in New York or California.  I have big blogger dreams, I’m just waiting for them to manifest.

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    Beewisdom- To blog= To share, To connect, To create, To inspire –The Gingerbread Gem