May 24, 2013

Living in the Land of Make Believe: Searching for Allen Iverson

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*No really. I’m actually looking for Allen Iverson. I want to chop it up with him, have a conversation, you know, real talk. I actually think he would actually appreciate my article. I remember meeting him and having a few brief conversations during my time at Reebok, when the company endorsed him. His sneakers were [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Kym Whitley, Holding Her OWN

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* KYM WHITLEY. Personality. Actress. Comedienne. Entrepreneur. Producer. Mother. Being a true veteran of show business, she’s been all over the circuit. However, what interested me the most was the Kym Whitley that we don’t know much about. And that is Whitley as a mother, a kid growing up and  now, as a debuting personality on [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: No Love Allowed

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Recently Jada Pinkett Smith posted an interesting entry on FaceBook that gave way to many comments and conversation. Not just on social media, but in a few circles of mine. She said, (referring to Rihanna’s song No Love Allowed) . . . “I have always loved these words in this song because I believe it [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Love Actually is Everywhere

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*The deeper I grow in love, the more fascinated by it I become. I’m learning about the various facets of love in friendships, romantic relationships, familial connections, nature, human affiliations and experiences. While we focus primarily on romantic relationships, like the characters said in the movie Love Actually, “love actually, is everywhere.” It’s in a [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Intentional Ill Will

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*”I think I was frightened to blink for a sec. Then Michell sung and woke my ass up from my daze! She always f—N the groove up.” is the infamous tweet that Keyshia Cole recently wrote about Michelle Williams after seeing Destiny’s Child perform during the Super Bowl halftime show. Certainly she is not the [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: A Silver Lining in Truth is a Great Playbook

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*I am a movie fanatic! Netflix is losing money on my subscription, for sure. It may be no secret to some of you, that I much prefer films that are grounded in an honest human connection. Well, last week I had the distinct pleasure of going to see Silver Linings Playbook, with the adorable Bradley [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: When Defeat is Not an Option

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*Imagine being 6 years old and losing your favorite aunt. The one who is just always in your corner and comes to get you to hang out with her just because. Imagine developing an incredible closeness with your grandmother (the mother of your favorite aunt) that is so strong, she is like a mother. She [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Setting Yourself Up for Success in 2013

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*With four more days until the New Year there is lots of talk about resolutions, getting in shape, losing weight, finding a new job, working towards finding a significant other, starting a job search, giving up swearing, and so on, and so on, and so on. The end of the year often brings the need [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Before You Say I Do

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“Marriage is hard.” That seems to be one thing that many people agree on, whether they are married or divorced. Well, the statistics  in the United States support that notion, with a divorce rate of 40 – 50% depending on whose report you’re reading. When people seem to be “happily” married, people often marvel at [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Finding Love before Finding Love

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*There are countless self help books that try to teach us how to love ourselves, accept ourselves for who we are and to find inner peace within ourselves. What they are really trying to help us do is to find true love. A love that begins within and one that I believe is the purest [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Romantic Relationship Readiness

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*I believe that we, as humans, are meant to be in relation. We’re supposed to have relationships, romantic and platonic and they are supposed to be healthy. But the truth is, no one ever teaches us how to do that. There are no relationship courses in school that show us how to figure out our value system [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: On the Level about Life with Kenny Lattimore

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*If you’ve ever heard Kenny Lattimore sing “For You” then you’re most likely a fan of that voice. And, now having met him I know that he’ll always “Find A Way” to live in his own truth, and that makes me a fan of his journey. I had the great pleasure of meeting Kenny while I [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Failing Forward

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*Failure. Failure. Failure. There I said it. The other ugly “F” word. Dictionary.com says that is it the nonperformance of something due, required, or expected and, a person or thing that is unsuccessful or disappointing. Well, the truth moment here is that we’re all going to experience it. Yes, you’ve probably experienced it before and [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: SCORE! The Legacy of Jock Smith Continues with Janay

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*Today at the new SCORE Las Vegas sports fan attraction (the only one of its kind), in the lobby of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, a power packed room of people gathered. People like football hall-of-famers Warren Moon and Marcus Allen, President/CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enterprise, George Veras and President & Curator [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Why You Should be Affected by Keith Robinson

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*”Keith Robinson.”  ”Who?”  ”You know the guy who played Jennifer Hudson’s brother in Dream Girls.”  ”Oh yeah, I loved  him in that movie. What is he doing now? ” Sound familiar? I remember talking to many women after the movie came out, and Keith’s character usually came up as someone they adored. Even though most [...]