Tag: personal development
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Celebrating You Mama: Your 2nd Anniversary in Heaven
It is nice to know that the value of lessons learned from nurturing parents increases with the age of their children. – A MadonaRism by Madona Cole-Lacy –
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With Love from My Heart to Yours
“….trust your instinct, and proceed with steps that would aid you and not invade your mental health.”
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Celebrating One More Year: Birthdays Are Not Taken Lightly Here
This is a concept I do not take lightly as I dedicate this day – with a warm embrace – to everyone who has at one time or the other made the RIGHT DECISION and COMMITMENT to join their loved ones in their fight to stay alive.
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Fabric Designing with Youth at LI School – My Time Has Come Program Senecon Experience
I must note that these students comported themselves quite well, and showed much interest in the task at hand. It is little wonder that I felt like going back to the classroom full-time as a result of this experience. It was nostalgia all the way!
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Honor Your Father and Your Mother: Something to Think About
Telling It Like It Is Another perspective that begs for examination places the onus solely on the children. In today’s society,….
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And the Two Shall Be One: Celebrating A Brave and Courageous Soul on My Birthday
As I mark my own birthday in the hospital waiting room today, with much anticipation of the answers to questions that have cropped up of late, I cannot think of a better way to spend my time than to write this open letter for all to understand what my husband means to me. I hope by doing this, more people would open up and subscribe to a culture that accommodates the celebration of humankind in a grand way – as the default modus operandi – be it in celebration of the spouse, the offspring, the neighbor, the boss or Joe Blow!
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The Joy of Self-Actualization
When was the last time you did something that was work-related and felt so satisfied from that experience that you actually thanked yourself for having made the choice to follow that career path? That high level of satisfaction was all mine as I worked with a group of ladies at the Wyandanch public library who for […]
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A Daughter’s Plight: My Response
Use fear and anxiety as tools to focus your energies on building yourself up in ways that you can be a blessing, not just to your family and friends, but also to those who do not mean well for you.
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Bridging The Gap: 8 User-Friendly Tips
Madona Cole-Lacy on why citizens of the world should aspire to make healthy connections with one another. “If for no other reason that is remotely obvious to you, you should care because the bliss of ignorance must be superseded by the folly of wisdom if we expect to be treated with respect, empathy and even sympathy when it is our turn. We cannot allow the unwillingness to make wholesome connections to lead us down the path of ignorance.”