To "Bee" or not to be

The Bee's that taught me to "Bee"

Beecause of the legacies that have preceded us our only requirement is to "Pay it Forward", If you have nothing but information, it has value. No trumpet is necessary for your doings if it's done from the heart.

Judgement of others is a waste of valuable brain space, use your seconds precise because Life is not as short as it is Unpredictable.

"Bee" comfortable with and stay true to your gifts and offerings. If you are a Black girl, you only Rock if you are comfortable with the Legacy that only you know you will leave behind. We are role models.

As a child I wasn't taught about my past, but I know now and I Live my life in respect of my fore parents related and not, those who shed tears to be, those who said yes but meant no, those who died from lack of respect, and those who will be the us for generations to come. They paid it forward.

In the midst of your adversities and self doubt the only way out is FOCUS, you were born with exactly what you need to thrive, just remember that Weighted Wings Can Not Fly.

To my fellow entrepreneurs, it does not matter the size of your bank account, brand or how many likes you get on your social networks, what matters is What We Give Back.

I'll use the Bee as an example of the power of community, diligence and teamwork, they co-exsist in harmony, live as a unit and we eat. Be the Bee. Pollinate.

ArlindaM.

Weighted Wings Can Not Fly

'tis the Season, now and Always #Season-less

A Rooster on my Head and a Flower on my Skirt

Hey Everyone, while searching for gluten/wheat/dairy free breakfast this morning I stopped to get a quick Hump Day Skirt Pic and instead of the expected camel, I instead ended up with a Rooster on my head LOL

Oh, the Skirt???, it's from Sofistafunk and is called
"One Winter Bloom"

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That is all.

Colitis and the Fashion Designer

Until then I had never heard of Ulcerative Colitis.  The road to discovery started one morning on my way to the fabric markets,  that morning I was experiencing some lower back and right side back pain, by the time I reached NY I was in so much pain that I was weak and sweating.

I went into a pharmacy and purchased advil thinking that would stop or lessen this never-felt-before monster in my back.  fast forward >>> later that evening I had to visit a client, on my way there and the rest of the 6 hr. appointment I was miserable but I never said anything even when she asked me if I were ok, This insane urgency came for me to use the rest room and what I delivered into it was like a horror flick, red yellow and white was all I saw and I was petrified.

Back track a minute, about a month prior I had lunch with a dear friend.  Later that evening I started feeling this aweful abdominal and back pain that sent me to the ER, after the morphine and ultrasound they told me they didn't see really see anything that would warrant this kind of pain and that I should see my doctor.  The next afternoon I had to make an urgent trip to the restroom where what I put in the toilet looked like something Stephen King would have written about.

Back to the ER with stool photo in Iphone, 3 hours later I was being scheduled for a colonoscopy indoscopy and food allergy blood work.

Colitis with wheat, shrimp, milk and others allergy.  This is where my new life begins...
to be continued...

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It's My Birthday...

So I turned 56, re-launched this here Blog, and Introduced a fun little collection of Skirts designed especially for Celebration and Color-blocked For the FUNK of IT.  See it here: Sofistafunk