Life. A precious gift. Something to treasure.
"Sometimes our pains and trouble can make you wish you were born in another time and place...But you can bet your life and that as twice as double, that God knew exactly where he wanted you to be placed. So make sure when you say your in it, but not of it, that you're not making this place sometimes called hell. Change your words into truth and then change that truth into love, and maybe our children's grandchildren and their great-grandchildren will tell...and I've got to say Always - Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life "As"
Love & light,
Carla
Monday, June 29, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
The King of the Jungle - Hear Him ROAR!
This week was really an unusual one. Got good news (friend is getting married) and bad news
(the death of a friend). What with all that's happening in the news - the shooting of
9 innocent people in Charleston, NC. - I could go on and on.
What I wanted to say is, who ever you are, know that you've got to do whatever it is that you want to get accomplished, as soon as you can.
Why?
Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
Thank you, all of the men that decided early on to marry, have children and stick to it -stay with it - committing yourself to your family. A big shout out to all of the step-fathers, uncles, cousins and brothers who have helped out as a father figure to their siblings - No one said it was going to be easy - being a parent, but it is so rewarding!
So, to all of you men who have stepped up to the helms, helping single mothers raise their children, being the father figure that is so so needed in every child's life - hats off to you.
Children who have been raised by men with true grit are so grateful and thankful to you.
In that regard, that's why I say, everyday should be Father's Day!
With love & light,
Carla
(the death of a friend). What with all that's happening in the news - the shooting of
9 innocent people in Charleston, NC. - I could go on and on.
What I wanted to say is, who ever you are, know that you've got to do whatever it is that you want to get accomplished, as soon as you can.
Why?
Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
Thank you, all of the men that decided early on to marry, have children and stick to it -stay with it - committing yourself to your family. A big shout out to all of the step-fathers, uncles, cousins and brothers who have helped out as a father figure to their siblings - No one said it was going to be easy - being a parent, but it is so rewarding!
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| The King of the Jungle and his Cub - ROAR! |
Children who have been raised by men with true grit are so grateful and thankful to you.
In that regard, that's why I say, everyday should be Father's Day!
With love & light,
Carla
Friday, June 19, 2015
150th Anniversary of Juneteenth Celebration - 6/20/21st 2015 @ Leimert Park
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| Black Arts Los Angeles (BALA), 6th Anniversary, in full swing. Join in celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Juneteenth in Leimert Park. #BALAEvent2015 |
The battle of Antietam (a.k.a. Sharpsburg) set the stage, providing the necessary Union victory needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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| Henry Louis Stephens, untitled watercolor (c1863), black man reading a newspaper w/ headline "Presidential Proclamation/Slavery". (wikipedia.org) |
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Images courtesy of Houghton Library, Harvard University The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on Jan. 1, 1863. The writing on the bottom of this copy, in the hand of Charles Sumner, a senator from Massachusetts, states that this was an “official copy from the Department of State.” The document is part of the Houghton Library collection.
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Dec 1865, made slavery and indentured servitude, expect for those duly convicted of a crime, illegal, everywhere subject to the Unites States jurisdiction.
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African American Men - Military Service in the Civil War
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Quiet as it's kept, President Lincoln had to issue the Emancipation Proclamation twice.
Fast-forward to today. America, the Beautiful. We've got work to do.
As the late, Dr. Maya Angelou said in
"Still I Rise" -
"Out of the huts of history and shame -
I rise.
I am the dream and the hope of the slave -
I rise.
I rise.
I rise.
Love & light.
Carla
Black Arts Los Angeles is a 501(c)3) founded by Moza Mjasiri Cooper and Gail Jennings.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
SFAACC-Juneteenth-Business-Awards-Luncheon-6-19-15
What a wonderful, empowering way to celebrate Juneteenth in San Francisco!
Get your tickets now for the #SFAACC Juneteenth Business Awards Luncheon, at the
San Francisco Marriot Marquis.
Hope to see you there!
Love & light,
Carla
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Get your tickets now for the #SFAACC Juneteenth Business Awards Luncheon, at the
San Francisco Marriot Marquis.
Love & light,
Carla
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Friday, May 15, 2015
#PinkPump Affair @ Montage Beverly Hills - It's ON!
It's time for the 7th Annual Pink Pump Affair - Yay!
Every year, Mother/Wife/Humanitarian/ Mother & Child Advocate, Areva Martin, Esq., and her team of #caregivers at
The Special Needs Network, INC., (#SNNLA) get together and throw a fabulous event that supports parents, #caregivers with children who require #SpecialNeeds to attend the
Joe Patton Academy Camp - (JPAC),
a camp that provides a week of fun for children who require round the clock care. The parents and caregivers bring the children to JPAC, and are given a one week break, during the summer.
The next #Pinkpump event is this Sunday, May 17, 2015 @Montage Beverly Hills.
Get your tickets now, because the event is selling out!
How awesome is that?
Love & light,
Carla
Every year, Mother/Wife/Humanitarian/ Mother & Child Advocate, Areva Martin, Esq., and her team of #caregivers at
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| Special Needs Network INC., is all about the children. Support Camp Joe Patton Academy Camp (JPAC) |
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| 7th Annual #PinkPump Affair @Montage Beverly Hills Sunday, May 17, 2015 - Get your tickets NOW! |
Joe Patton Academy Camp - (JPAC),
a camp that provides a week of fun for children who require round the clock care. The parents and caregivers bring the children to JPAC, and are given a one week break, during the summer.
The next #Pinkpump event is this Sunday, May 17, 2015 @Montage Beverly Hills.
Get your tickets now, because the event is selling out!
How awesome is that?
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| Special Needs Network INC. - StreetTeam, advocating for #AutismAwareness! |
Carla
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Happy Mother's Day!
Just imagine if everyone around the world treated their Mom as if everyday was Mother's Day. Wishful thinking. Quite often, people take their Mothers for granted. Thinking that Mother will always be there. Not so, for many.
If you have been entrusted with the job of being a Mother, you realize that it's not an easy job. In my opinion, there is no other job that is more rewarding then being a Mother.
It rates in the top 3 positions of being one of many women's top accomplishments.
So if you are fortunate enough to have given birth, adopted a child, been, or is currently a Foster Parent, raised your grand children, your great-grandchildren - siblings, cousins, distant relatives or even neighbors - count yourself blessed.
Having the love of a Mother is better than finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!
( All capital letters on M for Mother is done intentionally, with so much respect)
If you have been entrusted with the job of being a Mother, you realize that it's not an easy job. In my opinion, there is no other job that is more rewarding then being a Mother.
It rates in the top 3 positions of being one of many women's top accomplishments.
So if you are fortunate enough to have given birth, adopted a child, been, or is currently a Foster Parent, raised your grand children, your great-grandchildren - siblings, cousins, distant relatives or even neighbors - count yourself blessed.
Having the love of a Mother is better than finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!
Enjoy today, and everyday with your Mother, if you are still blessed to have her!
Love & light,
Carla
( All capital letters on M for Mother is done intentionally, with so much respect)
Friday, April 24, 2015
It's Friday! Let's Do This!
It's Friday, and time to shift gears and get on over to where ever it is you like to spend your T.G.I.F., okay?
I would recommend that you stop on over to the Montage Hotel and grab a spot at
Chef Scott Conant's place - SCARPETTA. Chef Scott Conant is holding it down on the East Coast
and the West Coast - Okay?! The atmosphere is lovely, the food is delicious!
Love & light,
Carla
I would recommend that you stop on over to the Montage Hotel and grab a spot at
Chef Scott Conant's place - SCARPETTA. Chef Scott Conant is holding it down on the East Coast
and the West Coast - Okay?! The atmosphere is lovely, the food is delicious!
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| Montage Beverly Hills, the perfect spot! |
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| The Man - Chef Scott Conant, Owner of Scarpetta BH, Scarpetta NYC, Scarpetta Toronto, D.O.C.G. Enotecca at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV, SCCulinary Suite = Holding it down! |
Love & light,
Carla
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